I am an artist. I always said I would be one when I grew up. Thinking of the stages through which we pass enroute to becoming/being an artist....Climbing that long, inward ladder of introspection, as we hone skills and accumulate tools with which we create. Art is communication, whatever style or medium we choose.
Having spent many, many years teaching art to children, I was always amazed by how the individual personality of each child shouted out off the paper, often far more coherenty than they could express themselves verbally.
For a long time I deliberately made art that was about difficult issues...nuclear holocaust; the environment; politics...It seemed an indulgence to make something beautiful or entertaining. I'm not making political art these days, but sometimes those concerns which are so deeply rooted in my heart emerge anyway. My goal now is to make something beautiful and communicate inter-connectedness.
I am remembering the warmth and spirituality of Machu Picchu where I spent 10 days, leading a group of artists through the Sacred Valley of the Inca. It will be wonderful to be there again.
