the answer Which I don’t have. Have never had. Just places and stations, one after the next. Along with thoughts like, If I can just get past this, or Why isn’t this working?, or Not you again, or Not for me. Not now. What we do to find places of safety. How far. How surprising people are both in their generosity and enmity. Motives like comic balloons floating over their heads, only you can’t read the words. My grandfather used to say, See and be seen. But what and by whom. And what dreaming. an original mixed media painting on heavy archival paper (rag) 22 x 30 inches a fictional portrait, like an icon (think: the major arcana from the tarot) or archetype meant for a frame, but there is a punched hole at the very top centre which allows it to be hung as is (when framed, this would be covered by matte) i don’t usually paint this large on paper, as it passes the framing costs onto the client, but at the same time it allows the initial purchase price to be lower mailed/ship
I no longer watch Survivor (too fast, too many idols and twists, too removed from the original game) but I was a fan for a long time, and various memories come to mind from time to time. One such memory is a scene from Season 19, Samoa , where Jaison, a law student from Chicago, talked about how rough conditions were (at the time he was sitting on the beach in the rain, and it had already been raining for days), and how times like this were what he called "The Man Test". I sometimes think of this when I'm having a difficult day, especially pain-wise; I tell myself that it's just another day, another Man Test. Anyway, here's hoping for a few less Man Tests in 2024. And Happy New Year, everyone.