The amazing brush strokes of life!

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I find it amazing, in fact fascinating how many people look at the fine details of every circumstance.  Art critics will analyse, study, debate, and critique the minute details of artworks, sometimes surmising what the artist intended, wanted to portray, how they wanted us to feel etc.  However, for the "uneducated" like myself I just look at the picture, and sculpture and think... In other words, I look at the completed picture and consider what is it and do I like it?
Maybe some would call me a Philistine, but to be honest I like to look at the bigger picture.  I know some people who were they to be given a jigsaw would spend hours examining each piece, probably complaining that they can not see what it is, or what relevance it may have. Certainly, the central pieces they may even go as far as to say, these are useless, all misshapen no straight edges to conform with the other pieces etc.. however, when they lose sight of that one central piece the bigger picture will never be complete. It is far from being a wholistic representation of the real thing, the original scene so to speak.
There are many in society today, particularly amongst the media, political realms, local authorities, wealthy, and poor who do not see the complete picture, they choose to examine their individual piece of the jigsaw of life.  Now that could open up a large scoping psycho-social-spiritual debate on the individual's perspectives of their purpose, meaning and role in life.  Maybe we will look at that again.  However, for now, I want to reflect on the individuals who choose to be so critical, as I alluded to in reference to the art critic. Still, rather that was an analogy of some people's perspective on life, society and politics etc.   They are so busy analysing the individual brush strokes, which way it was applied to the canvas, and how it interacted with the colours and strokes adjacent, yet they still fail to see the whole piece. Maybe not even finding peace in the details.
During the covid pandemic, certain individuals were like the critics who looked at every action, motion and interaction that they couldn't or would not see the bigger picture.  Lockdown brought about massive ecological changes in such a short period of time, just see the pictures of Venice, the satellite images of China's smog etc. Also, the effects on our communities, and the selfishness of our society as a whole.  Only today I was reading about the people throwing away vast quantities of food, after "panic buying" and yet organisations like the Trussell Trust are struggling to meet demand amongst their food banks.  A lot of people love to blame the government for this and that, but I ask, what did the complainants do to support them, offer advice, wave their magic wands, or lend the use of their crystal balls?! 
No one person is perfect, and no one human leader can have all the knowledge, experience or wisdom to act in a perfect way, in reality, would it have made a difference, would things have been for the better, could the economy have coped if we had lock downed sooner.  What would earlier testing of front-line staff have achieved before they had recruited the additional staffing from amongst the retired and volunteers? Who knows, if we are honest!  Criticism of past actions, decisions and choices is not constructive, but rather reflecting and learning from, carefully considering, building upon, preparing and taking actions, will be constructive, not only for the nation and communities but also for ourselves as individuals.
Why should I be an "art critic of life", why do I want to spend so much time on one piece of the jigsaw?  To be honest, I don't anymore.  Maybe in all this, I/we need to be a more positive futuristic-thinking people, rather than a retro analytical critical negative historian.  I want to learn from my history, my past and all that it includes, good or bad, and rebuild myself, and take actions that help my development as a person and the futures of my family, community and nation.

Se the beauty of the bigger picture, see the completeness of the life cycle and all the miracles it contains. You are a miracle.

Location: Swansea, UK

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