I seem to have produced a passel of these type posts as I did anti-populist, contra-promotional uses of a cast-off blog.
I feel I owe my life two thousand five hundred more good paintings. That exact many because if I had done a painting a week for fifty years, I could have done that many. And, in fact, I have probably painted at least a thousand paintings. I had months of a painting a day. And … Continue reading “I Will Shine Bright Before I Die”
Art. This journey is about art. Also, I need to save my life. If I do not go out on this journey now, I will die. That is a sub-purpose, however; I do art whether any body I use survives or not. I will get many more years of life from this particular mortal shell … Continue reading “Purpose”
You are looking at a great view, like a canyon or a mountain range, the clouds or the stars, and someone says, “That makes me feel small.” Usually, they will have all this gooey wonder in their voice and say it like this, “Doesn’t that make you feel small?” No. Looking at something big does … Continue reading “Do You Feel Small When You Look At Something Big?”
They do not care what people think. Context delimits the meaning. When Cersei Lannister says it, she means she does dot give a damn about anything they think at all about anything, and certainly, she cares least about what they think of her. That is one extreme. Another, well, that might be wearing a giant … Continue reading “Some People Sometimes Say”
Got in a nice long walk today using the excuse of going to the CVS for a heart med reload. I have had my back “go out” since I was a teen. For three days, agony, for another two, merely perpetual ache, and then? Gone. So today I walked again. “Four miles every other day,” … Continue reading “What Is Life For?”
Nothing serious. Simply quick notes. Incomplete. Dashed off. The Media As Memory
I believe in simple tools. If you cannot accomplish the task with simple tools, you do not rate complex tools. A hand-held power plane is difficult to use. It is difficult to use for those who are adept at hand planes. One slightest error, and a vast swath of wood has been removed. hand planes … Continue reading “Simple Tools”
Think about it. If you have the power to create, you remain undefeated no matter how many defeats you may suffer. I can find no exception.
That is what not doing art is, if it is because you are not “feeling it.” I would liken that to the door to a stove: You want to heat things up? Open the door; you want to cool it all down? Close the door. This is along the lines of, “Whatever you decide, whether … Continue reading “Did You Suddenly Lose Your Power?”
This is quite the opposite of the common supposition that there is too much knowledge in the world. But really. Like I said before and will certainly repeat, hardly anyone knows anything. Honest experts will tell you this, but honest experts are rarer than the many more who will happily inflate their own position. So … Continue reading “There Is Little Knowledge”