"ecstasy" outside your self
preparing to dive
preparing to dance
preparing to fly
I went sailing when
I was young
and
for some reason
I got attached to it...
it's not that being out in a storm
didn't scare the shit out of me
but after a couple of days of
heavy weather
the beauty and the power
and
what a privilege to be out there
at the will of the wind
it's good to be back
on that pursuit
with paintings for company
the difference between
the painter and the musician,
the painting originates
in the company of paintings
a tribe unto themselves
whereas,
with
the musician,
collaboration with other people
seems natural
this painting assemblage has evolved over the years
but now that my focus has shifted
I see a painted "selfy" at the mast head
so it's time
and the boat
will be the seawind lll
with a second skin
carbon fiber stitched and
glassed wrapped deck seam
and jumper fore-stay
3 more scuppers
wood bulwarks replace the aluminum
improved missen support
custom hard dingy / dodger
aries vane gear
improved engine access
hydro acoustics
a good cabin heater
secure storage
when I figure out
which transom option..... with the aries
I drew sailboats as a kid
and the cock-pit is too wide
etc.
When the painting is at a scale to allow
gestures of full body movement
then dancing becomes painting
if there is a need
where-as a translation of scale is required
to forearm and wrist when the canvas is small
these portraits
having been
pushed
ever so much closer to
over the edge
because that's how
we learn where to
expect the edge
"The River and The Thread"
Rosanne Cash said,
"you have to love the thread ...
i'm a writer so
i don't often know
what i think
until i write i"t
who we are
is a context
of curiosity
Gauguin's painted record
of Tahiti
as cultural anthropology,
He asked;
Who are we,
Where do we come from
Where are we going?
I painted this just before dawn
it reminded me of Gauguin
then went out int the woods
to hear a symphony
of bird song
