Day 72
Study: Peach I
46 x 46 cm | Oil on Linen
After a couple of days of both some trying distractions and some enjoyable visitors - I finally brought this most difficult challenge in a while to a close. The light-absorbing properties of this creature's fuzzy flesh and the pace at which it changes colour - both through ripening and the shift from sunny afternoon to dark-side-of-moon ambience make for unconfined glee. As if. Frankly and seriously, though, times are tough. But as long as I keep reminding myself that this is a lifelong living process and with each minute spent moving paint on, off, in, out, up, down and from my face and the walls around me, I leave a record on which to one day look back as evidence of a chapter in this confounding nightmare of my very own making. Oh there are issues. Issues in the process, the medium, the observation, the black skies and shelf life of my company and so very many others. Just need to keep proceeding as aware as possible of my true spirit, its nature and purpose - and make sure that the work stays of myself and honest (that's all!) This means exerting the whoesale energy required to accept everything as the real gift it is - perhaps often disguised as a harbinger of Horror - but still good fortune in some form just the same. Now that we've established how positive it all is, the panic is truly on to prepare myself for being away from the work again for another 2 days while I attend to social festivities in and out of town this weekend. I hope none of the criminals in my hood are regular visitors to this daily project - or we will be in for some drama for me to whine about.