“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing”
Marc Chagall (1889-1985)
Recently at a group painting session after I had announced what I was going to paint, I was challenged with the question “how are you going to paint it?” I would have liked to answer “with pigment, brushes and perhaps a palette knife, you idiot!”, but I didn’t and fell into the trap of banalities instead.
Why do some fellow painters have this compelling need to go on and on explaining themselves? There was a time when I would listen with awe to their endless analysis and theories the way I used to listen in philosophy class. And, of course I would dread it, when it came my turn to say something thinking I better drum up some intellectual jargon, and mind you, I have a vast repertoire of it. Well, that was then! I am no longer in awe.
