Day 15 of Lent, and I Am Up To Something

Beauty is a weapon, for sure. It refreshes us, it raises our conscious levels of thought. This is why original art can deeply affect your life. Think of it: you bring an image into your space, and it lives with you, daily giving you whole minutes of something different and elevated to think about. Over the weeks, months, and years, those minutes add up.

Not only that, but original art makes the spaces where we live out our stories come alive. Literally adding color and texture to our ordinary days.

The making of a piece of art is an act of deliberate generosity.

Here’s how I’ve been spending my “Middle Day”, this week:

This is just the block-in. Just a quick iPhone video - because I want to show you. And a little bit of something shared is better than a whole lot of nothing shared at all.

What you see here is something like the 3rd iteration on this canvas. I have big feelings about it - finally, I am resonating with what on it. I look forward to (hopefully) finishing it this week.

2021 and beyond belongs to (all the various and sundry) makers. I just know it!

“All art is an act of faith — a faith that life itself, with all its tragedies and flaws, can be improved by creating something new and putting it out into the world. I’m not sure we’ll ever go back to what life was just a few months ago, but I do have faith that artists will remain a crucial part of whatever new one we come up with.” (MH Miller)