Knowledge Must Be Burned, Hammered and Beaten Like Pure Gold. Then One Can Wear it as an Ornament. So When You receive Spiritual Instruction You Do Not Take it Uncritically. But You Burn it, Hammer it, You Beat it Until the Bright Dignified Color of Gold Appears. It Has a Living Quality. 2018 Oil on canvas 15¾ × 11 inches; 40 × 30 cm