Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Life and Art

Another productive day of painting. Have I told you I really like to paint? Ha! Ha! Of course, painting isn't the whole world, but for me it is a lot of it. I felt sad yesterday because of an imperfect personal world, but after I sat painting for just a little while, everything seemed better and more clear. It seems that as I brush the paint onto the canvas, the rest of the world fades away and the painting calms me as if my soul is moving my hand and letting me know that no matter what, everything will be alright.

It wasn't always this way. But the more I focus on what I'm doing and the images I'm painting and all the details that make it a complex, satisfying expression of my inner world, the more I calm into knowing thoughts of peace and good will.

The "Goddess of the North" is taking shape and will materialize into the world in just a few days. I hope to capture her peaceful look of strength as I have drawn it on the canvas when I paint her face.

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