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This is the fifteenth & penultimate scene in my series of The Christian journey illustrations & the third one set in autumn, which represents older age in the woman’s life (she is wearing a blue dress); the so-called “twilight years”, inevitably moving towards physical death… and what lies beyond!

The title “Last minute decisions” refers to the woman’s thought process just before she physically dies of old age. The images swimming about in the air represent her thoughts. To the left of the woman we can see her memories & her recollections of some aspects of her life: family, relationship events, health, money, a car, travel, etc. There are regrets & concerns mixed among them too: perhaps she has harboured worries about how to pay her mortgage in the past; perhaps she & her family have had good & bad times, laughter and tears; perhaps illness has caused her worry & concern. Perhaps a lack of money has been a trouble in her past. Going down towards the whirlpool we can see her anxieties, fears & dreads: hospital, ill health & death.

In other scene in this series I have explained that God always gives us choices about which direction we choose to go. Even in the last moments of life I believe we still have a choice to make: to go on & be with God in heaven, or else to go our way, which leads to spiritual death; which we call hell. These two opposite directions are illustrated in my picture by the glowing steps of light that lead to a doorway in the sky (representing heaven) and the floating stone steps that lead down into the watery whirlpool (representing hell). Notice there are red eyes in the dark depths of the whirlpool!

I decided to completely change the design of this scene. The original version can be seen below in the first greyscale pencil sketch.

Here’s the original rough pencil sketch I drew for this scene, which I abandoned in favour of the new one above!

The Christian journey – Scene 15 – Last minute decisions (Female) – Greyscale Pencil (First draft)

Here’s the rough pencil sketch I drew for the 2nd version of this scene.

The Christian journey – Scene 15 – Last minute decisions (Female) – Greyscale Pencil

Here’s the background of this scene, without the figures or the memories/recollections/regrets in the foreground.

Background of The Christian journey – Scene 15 – Last minute decisions