One of the museum attendants asked me yesterday, "Before I leave I wanted to ask you what inspired you to do art?" I had another person ask me that a while back. Both times the questions were sincere - and they asked as if they would tap into something - and they both made me feel weird as if they were considering me an artist.
I think my answer is that you have to follow the story - pay attention.
I told the first lady about reading that book, thanks Connie!, on Cezanne. I read the biography and it was like I found out what I was, and I've been doing art type stuff ever since.
I told the lady yesterday something different. I confused my words and sentences with stutterings trying to answer the question but not satisfied with my own.
I think I know what I'd like to do. I'd like to be able to... oh man... there it went again... the wheels went spinning... and I don't think I can write it... but maybe in a nutshell, I'd like to... oh... ack... just keep looking.
PS: I had another lady at the museum tell me last week, "You need to be around people that are 'your kind'." This goes back to what attracted me in the first place - that biography on Cezanne. I'll be honest, I looked at my hair yesterday, salted, and I thought, "Dang, I missed it." --- but then thought just keep trying... keep trying... and so maybe this is all a way to deal with the closure of time... lol... oh well... off to the museum... Round Two on the Rembrandt.
2 comments:
Keep trying. You have a gift.
You really do have a gift, Keith. Of course it makes me happy to think that I may have contributed to you discovering it in some small way, but I can't imagine with your talent and curiosity that you wouldn't have figured it out sooner or later!
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