Architect of His Own Destiny II (1989) ©️ Jacqueline Ripstein Oil on canvas with Invisible Art & Light Technique™️ Our story starts before we are born… We come into Life with a purpose. Have you found yours? Are you truly living Life — or simply passing through it? To live with awareness is to honor each instant, for every second that passes leaves a trace — a mark upon our soul, a thread in the tapestry of eternity. From a newborn baby who enters this world to experience awakening, as we discover within us — in the Present moment — the seed of our true essence… to an old person who looks back and realizes that life’s treasures were not in possessions but in the moments of presence, in love given and received, in the awakening of consciousness. This work invites us to reflect on destiny as something we actively shape. Every thought, every choice, every act of love or fear weaves the fabric of our path. It is not only an image, but a Portal of Light — calling us to awaken, to embrac...