Off the rim

Jim Carroll was a writer with many vices but believed the drugs helped him tap into his creativity. "Poetry can release a terrible fear. I believe it is the fear of possibilities, too many possibilities, each with its own set of endless variations... with basketball you can fix your mistakes, immediately and beautifully, in midair." I completely know what he means. It is so easy to drown in possibilities. What is the direction you want your paintings to go in. Sometimes you have to decide and use all of your force to go in that one direction, and other times it is good to let go of everything and let the art discover itself. Both are extremely good learning tools.