Taking The Left Hand

There is a ton of symbolism associated with hands and the right/leftness of them. For the most part, the right hand is the good side, the left is the bad...but it goes a little deeper than that. At first, the left-hand path as it's called, was attributed to the people that took a path of life away from God...a path opposed to the "sitting at the right hand of God" idea. However, as people and society evolved, the differences between the two became much less obvious or telling. From a figurative sense, the left hand meant following the devil, but in all reality, the literal idea was that the left hand was simply a "different" path than the widely accepted religious ideals. Today, that "left-hand path" could be seen as any number of life paths. If looked at this way, it falls from the "evil" symbolism and becomes a much more universal symbol of individuality...something symbolizing our freedoms to choose a unique path. The piece has a bit more work to be done on it...and a title needs to be chosen, but that's the overall idea behind this piece.