as natural as breathing...

Expression strikes below the barriers that separate human beings from one another.  Art is the extension of the power of rites & ceremonies to unite men, through a shared celebration, to all incidents & scenes of life. Art also renders men aware of their union with one another in origin & destiny…..John Dewey

Every time I begin working in the studio, I know it is good. I know it is worthwhile. I know it is as natural as breathing.

 I did not copy this light. I was simply bathed by it. One cannot oppose nature. The artist is the instrument of nature. Let it be understood above all that the artist works by necessity. One must have constantly before one’s eyes the very presence of life……Picasso

It’s a gift to be ordinary…. In the end, we follow our underlying nature…