It made me think about the weights that people carry around every day, and maybe they do that so they won`t float away... If someone has a great success, you always hear people saying, "don`t get carried away" "don`t let it go to your head"... So people carry weights, and try not to be too happy about something so that they don`t get disappointed and hurt, people focus on what could go wrong, instead of just enjoying their success... and maybe that`s intelligent? If you get ready for the worst, it doesn`t hurt so much when something goes wrong? Or does it just mean that you never get the good from anything?

This painting was been shortlisted in the top six artworks in the Irish Art Compendium Irish Art Awards 2007.