Good Things Don’t Fall From the Sky echoes a familiar instruction —
Struggle first. Earn later. Suffer to deserve.

It is the voice most are taught early and carry unconsciously:
that life must be paid for with exhaustion, that ease is undeserved, that value requires pain.

In this work, that voice is not affirmed.
It is revealed.

The figures move through fire and ascent as witnesses to a system of belief that ties worth to effort and abundance to sacrifice. What appears as struggle is not destiny, but conditioning.

The title becomes a mirror — exposing a script meant to be outgrown.

Dimensions: 9 × 12 inches
Medium: Acrylic and crayons on canvas paper