To The Edge And Back by Matt Mills

This is a piece I created in May of 2021. I had recently read Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson and this wonderful quote struck me:

"The Edge...There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others-the living-are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there."

This hit home as I had been reflecting on some of my earlier adventures and how my life had changed dramatically from those years. I think this artwork visualizes some of those feelings. It's a bit dark, with an edge to it, but almost feels as if time is slowing down around that central sharpness in an attempt to dull it.