I have a need to make order out of chaos, in my own way, visually with eyes, brain, hands, and materials. One can take any activity to whatever level one wants to or is capable of. The ability to tolerate and/or embrace the unknown seems to be necessary to make something new. A worthy goal is to juggle as many artistic balls in the air at the same time as one can.
So much has been and will be said about creating art. There is the making of the work, the work itself, appreciation and contemplation and all that can be said about it. We’re like bees buzzing around a flower, and from where does that flower come? I love the ambiguities, contradictions, sureness and hesitations of an artist’s intentions.
The hoopla is embraced, always room for more. Considering music before rock and roll or painting before impressionism; it must be that we are continually on the verge of “doing it again,” whatever it is. As I see it, my job description is to pay attention to the Muses. Nothing’s easier when it is easy or harder when it’s not.