Paint is always the beginning of a great adventure

Paint is always the beginning of a great adventure. This image to the left is the first of a daily adventure. It is called "Walking Out" and is a watercolor and gouache mandala that is just over 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in.

I've read that infinity cannot be comprehended by rational thought, or what is normally considered rational thought. I also think that the usual observance of what consciousness is, the being aware of something and in a linear, cause and effect, fashion is not the same consciousness that holds atoms together or could have made light. The consciousness of living is that of synchronicity and the embrace of unity. It is a harmonious, moving, community, of allowing being to be.

So if infinity, and ultimately reality cannot completely be comprehended through logic and the modern rational mind, art is here to be its mate and continue the quest of bending the mind to be better fit to dance.

Most art history books talk about modern painting as an exploration in materials, and they are right to an extent. The part that is often left out, is the history of these same artists depicting their spiritual and philosophical thoughts as a means of connecting to that which is unseen and very much experienced.

Art, it so happens, is perfect for these illustrations and explorations of living consciousness, because its elements are that which are sought in a happy life: balance, light, harmony, color, value, movement, rhythm, and unity (to name a few). In a paint drip there is an entire world of content.

So in the painting to the right, there is a walking out into the mystery, and away from all that is known and blanketed in a box style living of controlling habit and from here to there styrofoam Mesopotamia. The forest of your imagination waits and at its edges...

Instead of stopping at one, I continued the daily. This is another watercolor and gouache of the same size and is called "Awakening"

And finally, the third of the day, and a place for the story to rest for now. It is of the same materials and size as the other two and called "I wanted to leave white space" (at least for now). I did want to leave white space on the paper, and at first in my mind was only the large blue tear droop shape, and so I began. It is about the search for fire, and for light, as though it were not around you to begin with. Searching for those inner elements that already exist, and not as something that can be picked up and placed on a rack. To discover fire again.
It is a watercolor, so in order to have light, one must allow it to be the naked page.

I've also read, and agree, that painting accompanies thinking. So when the origin of thinking is found so one will also have found the origin of art, creativity, synchronicity and so much more, and most likely, it is ever so kindly staring you in the face.