Two Dances

Tolstoy (I am paraphrasing) said something along the lines of how in our joy we are all alike and only in grief does the individual emerge. One of the great things about art is that it serves as a reminder that we are all linked by our needs, dreams and faults, the human experience. All cultural things contain within the enjoyment that they offer a reminder that there is something greater than the “I” . This is a connection and a thing which will outlast us and the time we live in.

In these dark times, let some art or culture makes us all joyfully alike again, even if only briefly through the pleasure of appreciation. It is the duty of every artist to do their thing and for those who don’t create to take a beat and have a look.

I hope my works at the very least offer a quick break from the viewer’s troubles.

“Brown Couch” for D.H Dowling 11×17 Tan paper & Watercolor