Daily Keemo. 6.19. Not Too Much So The Rain Stays Out

Not Too Much So The Rain Stays Out
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1.) Self doubt hangs in the air tonight and under my desklamp I find the colors are thinking the same thing.

2.) The window is cracked just enough to let air in but not too much so the rain stays out.

3.) There is music on and sometimes I don't hear it because I am some place else and rarely do you get visitors when you are there.

4.) I kept putting black down on the paper because black is the only paint color that covers up the mess you make.

5.) There is a reason for everything but at the moment I can't think of what any of those might be.

6.) Self doubt hangs in the air tonight and as I write this the rest of the world moves on and the meaning is found somewhere between my hand and yours.

... Enjoy!

Daily Keemo. 5.7. Not Ripe For This Kind Of Conversation

Not Ripe For This Kind Of Conversation
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I was mingling like you do at these kind of events and he told me that I don't charge enough for my art and that if I wanted people to take me seriously I really needed to up the price and then the real collectors will come knocking.

I took a drink to give me a minute to think how to respond and while I swallowed it I thought this whole thing seemed silly. I then decided I wasn't going to bite on that and just kind of shrugged it off. The night was not ripe for this kind of conversation.

"Do you paint?" I asked.
"I used to," he replied. "I stopped when the kids were born and I had to get a real job."
"Oh. That's too bad," I said.
"Maybe one day I will pick it up again," he said.
"You should." I replied.

I excused myself and went outside and when the door closed behind me it was only myself and a beautiful night in a Michigan city and I sipped the rest of my drink alone on the patio and I thought about how all of us sacrifice something for some reason and I just hope that when we all get to the end of this mess that it was all worth it.

... Enjoy!

Daily Keemo. 12.15. Portrait of A Corporate Citizen

Portrait of A Corporate Citizen
(or more reasons to create your own life with your own hands and own mind)
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To be honest, the story that I want to write for this painting, I can't. Well, at least I shouldn't publish it here at this time. I pride myself on being pretty open with all these words and sometimes there are things that I can't be open about because it impacts me and those that depend on me in a way that is greater than the result of what is ever generated here. Is this being less open? Does it impact any artistic merit that may exist? Well, with my stuff, the answer is no. All of these paints and words are really just a snapshot of this moment and just like any snapshot, you don't always get the whole story but you take the information you are presented with and fill in the gaps as you feel in order to connect with it some way. It's kind of like seeing old photos of people that you don't know. To some degree it is not that difficult to find something to relate to when you look at them even without any information at all. I think that is how it is going to be with this painting. A title and an image and enough information here to make it possible to fill in the gaps....Enjoy!


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