The Ostrich Effect

An ostrich burying its head in the sand is an idiom and a metaphor used to describe the act of willfully ignoring obvious danger, problems, or unpleasant truths. Based on a false legend, it signifies avoiding reality rather than facing it. It is also referred to as the "ostrich effect" in psychology. Here you see a naked little angel burying its head like an ostrich, under a larger version of its wing. But why? Is it seeking or hiding? What could an all-knowing supernatural being seek? Perhaps it would not want to see everything it can see. Should we consider it indifferent or willfully ignorant? Perhaps it can only find the repose of being by taking refuge in limiting witness? Does that mean false ignorance or willful indifference are essential for being? And aren’t these our own challenges, of lacking impartiality? Of being prevented access to the whole of being while being an indivisible component of it? Of willful ignorance or indifference toward other beings to pretend separation into owning a better way of being? Cursing fate while participating in its creation?
Porcelain, epoxy, acrylic paint. 12 x 12 x 4 inches