"garden #2", oil on canvas, 1992.
the studio is really cold again today - and though i could probably tough it out - the paint wouldn't like it - not for the things i'm currently doing ...
as i happen to be writing an intro for the 'neuro' archives, i realize being confronted by similar issues in '92 which eventually forced me to cordon off a small, heatable portion of studio and produce barbizon-scale paintings ... not likely that will happen again, but i do have to wonder why i've never been able to time my residencies in warmer climates a little better - poor planning perhaps, but it may also have to do with retreating to the comforts and familiarity of the cave for reflection and rejuvenation - as Plato as that might be ...
this year the challenges will undoubtably overshadow any concerns for heat; since i've come to a point of having to decide what comes next, where to go, and how to continue along this path - though i'm acutely aware of the daily scope of things, new decades bring this out in me - but then again, who's to say when they really begin - after all, jupiter is rising in pisces ...
