Uncertain Balance

The funny thing about humans is that they usually accept what is as the only is there is---or, at least their perception of it which is, by all accounts, only partial and/or skewed. And they think, accept, maybe even hope that their existence will continue at an acceptable even favorable level. This past year should have brought home the fact that this assumption is much closer to a delusion than we'd like to admit. Maybe this is why we have a tendency to over-react when the delicate balance of our existence is tipped. This is a 6 by 4.5 inches gel pen drawing with color pencil. Yes, it's a little bit more of that Original Jones Art as he notes his own tenuous reality in northwest Austin, Texas.