When I studied with [D],
he’d offer close critiques of what I’d written
and then put my story aside and say,
“But I might be wrong.
And it really doesn’t matter.
The only thing that matters
is that you write your ass off.”
—Brian Morton, Tasha: A Son’s Memoir
And so it is with any creative pursuit, I think.
Even having come to understand that learning to paint happens by painting, and that the more I paint the more I learn, I can never get enough reminders and encouragement to just paint 'my ass off.'
Blue Skies for Days
3 x 3"; acrylic and collage on watercolor paper
abstract design
2023
