thoughts

Artwork

Making a work of art is hard. It is work! I have never understood what other artists mean when they say, “ I had fun while making this___________(fill in the blank).

 
The artwork may have had a “fun” idea behind it, but during the process of making it…I don’t think that “fun” is an accurate description. From idea, implementation of the idea, to completion, takes an incredible amount of time, concentration and physical labor. It is work.


Art is my profession. It is my passion. It is what I love. And, work is what I will do to keep it alive.

 
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Hidden Thoughts

We all hide, 

behind trees,

behind buildings,

behind woodpiles,

behind people,

behind ourselves,

behind our thoughts.

 

We, who create,

hide behind our work.

When its’ finished, it disappears.

We hold on, but its’ gone.

We are left exposed. 

No place to hide.

 

Anxiety lays new foundations,

foundations for words,

foundations for sounds,

foundations for images.

 

Structures take form.

Anxiety….

It hides.

It hides in the shadows,

in the shadows of our work.

 

l.m.paris

paris artwork