Hot Shade Yesterday I went plein air painting with a friend. It was a brand new experience, and at first I think we're both worried that we would spend too much time talking and not enough painting. In the beginning we did, but as we each found our…  | By Picking My Battles on July 27, 2024 |  Hot Shade Yesterday I went plein air painting with a friend. It was a brand new experience, and at first I think we're both worried that we would spend too much time talking and not enough painting. In the beginning we did, but as we each found our own part of the scenery that was compelling for us, we fell into a childlike state of parallel "play," a collaborative contemplation. Soon, the pencil and brush seemed to move by themselves, and a peace that only comes from meditating on the ordinary miracles of trees and fields settled over us, only to be broken, briefly by the occasional passerby. There were no expectations for what we would produce, and neither of us shared our work at the end. I Still can't quite connect to painting with oil again, but that was a smaller point yesterday. There was a bigger connection happening.  Without saying a word, we both realized that the point of the day had been the peace and not the pieces. | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
No comments:
Post a Comment