Simple On the Surface

​"Simple On the Surface" - mixed media on wood panel, 11" x 18" x .5"  Ready to hang (back has been pre-wired for hanging).  Available here and at Artfinder.

WARNING!  
THIS POST CONTAINS SALTY LANGUAGE!

While not giving a fuck may seem simple on the surface, it's a whole new bag of burritos under the hood.  I don't even know what that sentence means, but I don't give a fuck.  A bag of burritos sounds awesome, so let's just go with it. MARK MANSON, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

Yep, I've gone there.  To the land of books I've postponed, put off, set aside and procrastinated about. .  This one is a big ol' smack in the head.  And given the world is trying to cause me one big feedback loop from hell in my thoughts, now seems to be the PERFECT time to stop giving too many fucks about the wrong stuff.  I will let you know how it goes.  In the meantime, if you see a girl throwing a bag full of (insert more expletives here) off the second story balcony, don't worry, that's just me doing my homework.

Simple on the Surface

Let's follow the book's train of thought for a minute, shall we?  Here I am, safe at home, stocked pantry, lights on and an AMAZING new love bringing me coffee and kisses in the shower each morning (yep, I said it), and yet if I pay attention to the world (news, social media, my neighbor) I feel like I should be filling my head with worries about all the things I can't do anything about...and then I feel guilty for NOT worrying enough and I wonder if something is wrong with me for not worrying more.  Which makes me worry.  Mission accomplished, news cycle.

Manson's argument is that we only have so much room for caring about stuff (fucks given, so he says) and should not rent that room for caring to the entire 350 million things a day we are bombarded with out there.  Funny that he wrote this before the current Eggplant that Ate Chicago (see prior post) began taking over the world. Hmmmmm.  If we have finite room for caring....then we should choose carefully what we care about.  Rationing the number of fucks given, so to speak.

​Now that I've infused your day with excessive salty language and the thought of a bag of burritos, here is a meme to use in the event you decide to liberally exercise your right to be less concerned about some things.

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About the painting:  beginning with a composition in gesso'd gray scale, then adding the requisite 800 million layers of acrylic and gesso mixed with acrylic paint.  Care taken to isolate shapes using rubber wedge and small, flat brush.  Finished with oil pastel.