breakthrough - wonder Open Edition

breakthrough - wonder Open EditionThink and wonder, wonder and think. Dr. Seuss The discipline of structure precedes the delight of spontaneity. This golden nugget of wisdom was given to me in conversation with a dear friend and mentor and I cant stop thinking about it. What parts of your life do you approach with discipline? What parts are spontaneous? Does one come before the other? In my painting practice, structure is most certainly the first step; its found in the routine and

the way light accumulates after a long stretch of dark

Jun’ichirō Tanizaki says something artists have always known: Beauty lives in what’s dim

taxes and duties

vibrant greens

even as it disappears

not from confusion

‘In Praise of Shadows’

I adore the days when the fog inhibits me to see where the ocean ends and the sky begins

This ‘mercyscape’ is unique in that its composition swings between a ‘mercyscape’ and a ‘breakthrough’

and a little bit mysterious—like nature’s own love letter in color

There is nothing urgent here

In this way