Moon

yea here you go. i couldnt come up w a better title, sorry. ok this is the first, and yet one of the best moonscapes i have ever made! do you see it? can you feel it? i can! i think that the reason it was so good for its time, even better than many i make now, is the same reason any artist often creates better things in the beginning. its because at first all you have is blankness. a canvas, a paper-thats all. from there you are not pressuring yourself to improve, you are only exploring-unafraid of mistakes. as time passes you begin to compete with yourself and any mistakes are, to you, a supposed sign of digression, or a step backward. the blank canvas becomes a dare to conquer yourself-you having created so much already. now the drawings of the past are not percieved by you as step by step creations, they are there own living thing, appearing as though theyve always existed (because, i guess, in a sense they have). And viewing things like that (looking back rather than ahead-and without the encouragement of seeing the steps) can be very intimidating to you. funny how you intimidate yourself. a pride thing perhaps? one of the many artist blocks suffered by most-all you artists are so prideful! Me too dagnabit! this is a fear i have struggled with for years. this drawing, along with Faith Fishing, Pure Thoughts, and Rise of the Tree-Men are the poster children for what i am speaking of here. they seem to dare me to try, saying "Beat this!" i will. Betsy Bush you better believe i will! this piece now belongs to Jenny Miller, a very good friend of mine.