The Direction of Intention

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I’ve not touched a canvas or a brush in 5 months. In fact, I’ve rarely been to my studio in the second half of 2011. I’m in the studio for the first time in over six weeks and it feels odd. I’m not here to paint. I’m here because I a have two meetings downtown and an open hour in between. So, in the open hour I came to my studio to stand, and look, and ponder. There have been times in the past when I saw my work and didn’t recognize it – someone else painted these paintings. Someone else was interested in this visual pursuit. I remember that guy and am no longer that guy.

As luck or fortune or serendipity would have it, my phone rang as I was standing here. It was a call from a friend that I have not seen or talked with in more than 20 years. In addition to catching up, feeling like it was only last week that we last talked (how nice!), we offered each other the crib notes version of the past 20 years, a bread crumb trail that led us to this moment in time; he , like me, is standing in his life saying, “I recognize the person I was and am not sure who I am now.” And, here’s the gift of age: at 30 that was a reason to panic; at 50 it is an opportunity to create. We laughed at the wealth of opportunities swirling around us – opportunities that we can sense but do not yet see.

So, the theme of the day is made clear: stand still. Review and revel. This is the burning point of life, the place where past meets future. The place where anything is possible.

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