Sometimes we get so tied to a certain idea, person, or place, that we hold onto it so very tightly.  That thing we’ve longed for finally comes to us, but it isn’t what we expected.  And although things begin unravelling, we are still holding tight, even as the threads become ever more loose.  These incredible ink drawings by San Francisco artist Steven Vasquez Lopez got me thinking about how we allow ideas to weave themselves into our psyche.

We tend to think of ourselves in a certain light, I this way or that, I could live here but never there.  But then a funny thing can happen.  We grow, we evolve, we experience life in different ways and we end up surprising ourselves.  The weavings unravel and we realize that idea we were so in love with was just that– an idea, not a reality.  Those strings aren’t so tightly woven after all.

Or maybe they were there to connect us in a different way altogether.  Want to see more of Steven Vasquez Lopez’s work?  Please visit his website.

All images via the artist’s website.  Artist found via Design Milk.