Ashley Collins Amerfican, b. 1967
Fun.
To simply see this work is to bring a smile into your world.
It somehow reaches our inner child — the fascination with a bow and arrow, the sense of movement, and that fleeting moment when the arrow hits. Complete joy.
But it also tells a deeper story about success in life.
None of the arrows have hit the center of the target. Not yet.
Because achievement does not come overnight, nor with effortless ease.
It comes from many misses — from falling, getting back up, regrouping, and trying again. Over and over, until our aim becomes truer through experience and focus.
And is that not also true of the most important parts of our lives?
Relationships, family, goals, love — they all require effort. Through that effort, we grow. We become better — fuller, more grounded, more open-hearted.
Eventually, we do hit our targets.
And in those moments, we rise — almost as if on wings of light.
It is then that we become the “sharp shooters” of our own lives.