When I got the DD for this one, I put up a short version of the background story for this in my Journal entry . fav.me/d6n7bmd , which I took down before you could read it. You could also read an allegory into this painting: it could be about having to come to grips with reality; having to abandon the magical world of childhood for the noise and stink of our modern world.

Anyway, I am glad the painting triggered a bit of creativity in you. I hope you can pass the spark along someday.

Thank you!When I was working on the painting I came up with a story to go with it. The story helped the painting to evolve and I could say that the painting helped the story to evolve at the same time. Several of my paintings have background stories like this, but I generally do not share them unless asked to do so...I have noticed that sometimes people will begin to invent stories on their own when they look at a painting and I would much rather let them do this than force them to accept my own tale. We humans seem to be natural story-tellers, and I rather like the idea of encouraging this talent.