3.24.25

Thought

To me, moving into more naturalism was a freedom. I thought, if I want to I could paint a portrait; this is what I mean by freedom. Tomorrow if I want, I could get up, I could do a drawing of someone, I could draw my mother from memory, I could even paint a strange little abstract picture. It would all fit into my concept of painting as an art. A lot of painters can't do that - their concept is completely different. It's too narrow; they make it much too narrow. A lot of them, like Frank Stella, who told me so, can't draw at all. But there are probably older painters, English abstract painters, who were trained to draw. Anybody who'd been in art school before I had must have done a considerable amount of drawing. To me, a lot of painters were trapping themselves; they were picking such a narrow aspect of painting and specializing in it.

And it's a trap. Now there's nothing wrong with the trap if you have the courage to just leave it, but that takes a lot of courage.

—David Hockney

Quote

John Dewey on learning: 

“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”

Intention of the Day 

My intention is to release any resentment or grudges I’m holding onto today.

What’s your intention today? 

Happy Monday,

Val