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"Michael Faced West" - acrylic on wood panel, 16" x 10". Available here and at Artfinder.
"I used to think the human brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this." - EMO PHILIPS
I've been doing a lot of thinking about, well, thinking. And about the brain and its place as the chief mucky-muck in charge of everything, even while it exists as just another vulnerable organ AND is the repository of our entire life's memories, thoughts, experiences and feelings. Whoa.
As I continue reading along in the Mark Manson book, my thoughts about thoughts are morphing and changing even as I watch the world transform around me.
"Don't trust your conception of positive/negative experiences. All we know for certain is what hurts in the moment and what doesn't. And that's not worth much." - MARK MANSON
"I used to think the human brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this." - EMO PHILIPS
I've been doing a lot of thinking about, well, thinking. And about the brain and its place as the chief mucky-muck in charge of everything, even while it exists as just another vulnerable organ AND is the repository of our entire life's memories, thoughts, experiences and feelings. Whoa.
As I continue reading along in the Mark Manson book, my thoughts about thoughts are morphing and changing even as I watch the world transform around me.
"Don't trust your conception of positive/negative experiences. All we know for certain is what hurts in the moment and what doesn't. And that's not worth much." - MARK MANSON
Michael Faced West
Hmmm. This got me thinking...what do I know for certain? Which opened up another can of worms (well, and of course beans to go with the rice because all this thinking makes me very hungry, I mean, a brain's gotta eat) which landed me with Manson's next jewel: "Certainty is the enemy of growth."
Whoa. Manson posits that we should be looking for doubt - about everything. Instead of trying to be right, we should look for where we are wrong. Because being wrong means we can change and thus grow.
While I think about that, here's my new favorite video about a deeply thinking cat.
Whoa. Manson posits that we should be looking for doubt - about everything. Instead of trying to be right, we should look for where we are wrong. Because being wrong means we can change and thus grow.
While I think about that, here's my new favorite video about a deeply thinking cat.
About the painting: This began as an abstract composition in grayscale. Which inadvertently became a palette for paint from another painting (what can I say...my paintings and my paint palette often look similar). Which began to have a form. This is acrylic mixed with white gesso (to make the paint matte and chalky) with a little bit of colored pencil.
Much to ponder here, Jen, but you've given me a direction: westward ho!
Love the textural wonderland of "Michael."