In the heart of creation, where brushstroke meets canvas, the dance begins:
Two partners hearing the same melody.
Bodies forever intertwined
Each in time with tempo and changes
Forever moving with each other
Beyond gender
The lead taken by whom the artist wishes
They are
divine will
and
preordained plan.
The divine will is forever connected to fate,
as a preordained plan is to destiny
And as the last bit of paint is laid to rest
I find that the foundation of painting is something that has very little to do with, the physicality of applying paint to a surface, and everything to do with how I view the world
For with the lense of fate I look upon a less than desired result
while through the eyes of destiny I see an unknown desire fulfilled.
in strokes,
lines etched
hues left
In saturated shapes
the infinite essence of the universe
whispers back and forth
A choice
between
struggle and ease
A dichotomy:
Starring
The aversion to the will of any god
Believed in or not
That becomes our fate
And
awaiting our destiny
The precious hope
At the inclusion into
A joyful preordained plan
So by the will of a god
of your own choosing,
whether it be commerce, fame, or an old man with a snowy white beard,
canvas awaits the touch.
The conduit in which a brush
dipped in colors moves through
With twists and turns
Where the choices must be weighed
And with every step after the last
I check
to make sure
that the direction, and result
I am heading towards
is desired
Or perhaps
Dollops of paint
that cling to canvas
with shades varied.
The moment they are seen
is the moment they were needed.
A painting completed
The end of the journey has been reached
Before I knew it even approached
and as all of those subconscious
secret dreams
I’ve held guarded in the back of my mind
become true
without any effort on my part
I realize
Destiny guides the strokes
Yet, as an artist
navigating the picture plane
this interplay,
Within the will of an infinite source,
whether divine or not,
Wrestling
between
attraction and repulsion,
stress and peace,
correct or wrong,
Exerting what little choice I have
in order to claim the end image
for my own.
That
in humbleness
or fear of failure,
I have been assigning the end result to something
Beyond
Separate
Outside
Of
Me.
And within this cosmic theater,
the burden of decisions
Or the wings of resolve
Each create a different weight to painting
It's not merely about selecting a foundation or starting point; it's about embracing one that sustains artistic vision.
Fate:
The weight of deliberations,
the fear of erring,
a risk that stifles the organic evolution of creation,
yet offers
a palpable element of control
Verses
Destiny:
An unknown impetus
Calling you forward
a roll of the dice
Both exhilarating and fear laden
The game of letting go
of connecting
one step to the next,
As a destination is reached.
every moment
becomes clearly connected
revealing a paved thoroughfare
through the infinite chaos of life
Choosing a foundation on which to build a painting
that harmonizes with the artistic endeavor becomes pivotal—an anchor that allows for freedom but keeps us safe from drifting into dangerous waters,
A compass that guides without dictating.
An abstract choice in which even the smallest of decisions is based on
It's not solely about right or wrong,
but about fostering a space where the artistic soul can breathe,
where strokes align or don’t
within a divine or soulless world
Marks made upon the canvas
Are a statement
a testament
to the artist's journey.
In this incarnation I find myself embracing both the wrestling with and the surrender to,
My fate or destiny
ultimately birthing work that transcends the realms of both.
That is the beauty for me of being,
not only an artist,
but a human as well.
The ability to take the raw data that I have acquired through my senses, both known and unknown, and be able to choose, how that affects/what it means, in my life
Simply put:
The magic that we all possess
In a world in which anything may happen
It is Our ability to
Choose
How we wish to understand
the world
we live in
And the one unifying factor
Beyond demographic
Is that
We
All must
Choose