ART

It seems to me that it matters less whether you have a camera, brush, or piano in your hand than whether you feel the process, forces, and pleasures of making art. The commonalities among those venues are far, far greater than the differences.

 

Working in each medium has its joys and challenges. All of them invoke a need for pausing, looking at the world differently, inviting and observing the feelings and tone of experiences, and making decisions about how to interpret and capture those moments. Art slows you down, one of its best features and qualities.

 

My aim is immersion and investigation, not perfection. I follow the proverb, "Don't sacrifice the good to the best." For me, the "good" is quite wonderful because, in reality, it contains everything. The "best" is an illusion and one that sparks competitiveness instead of authenticity.

 

I wish for uncertainty to continue and, along the way, to offer glimpses of answers that prompt more discovery, more excavation, and more questions that resonate with my inner sensibilities. Art can do that.