Collection: Late to realise your place

This Collection, and the others in the Late for Living series, are based upon an imagined individual who has followed a conventional path in the manner that's largely expected of us all. Perhaps, for most people, this is a fine way of living their lives whilst for some, it leads to certain questions that seem to be left unanswered. These people may still be finding their way, identifying their priorities. Or leaving their lives to the whims of serendipity.

So we each pursue a chosen path, or continue to seek a suitable one, or wait patiently for life to choose one for us. Whichever approach we take, there will come a point when we're able to position ourselves against others and the wide world in which we're operating. Understanding this will have implications for our aspirations and priorities. We might adjust our material ambitions up or down, embrace altruism to a greater degree, decide to seek adventure, or decide to work for societal change.

This distilling of various strands of ourselves into a more cohesive and purposeful whole can happen at any point in our lives, although it's most likely to occur in our thirties.

The base picture in this Collection, in various colours, simply tries to capture one of those moments of insight that happen to us as we approach a better understanding of ourselves. A moment of unusually acute observation and comprehension. I hope you like them.