some truth is - what lies - behind a painting ...for the moment - without defense or offense - just to see, to experience the moment with paint, in paint; the alchemists’ ritual of discovery attached to something ‘otherly’ ...
experience that ...
and what if ? if i obliterate what i’ve worked so hard to accomplish - to paint over - with the hope and blind faith that i could create something more; perhaps better, different, relevant ...who else, but a painter, alchemist, or lunatic would go beyond asking ...
