utilityofnothing

in the next two weeks i will be leaving to travel the US. im sorry thats a bit limited for some of you, or most of you, but for those of you in the US, upon your request, i can come to your town. i do not require a place to stay. while im there, i can paint a portrait of you or anyone you know, meet with you to share techniques and method concepts, etc, for some good old artist camaraderie. i also write and play music (jazz, blues) if you are interested in any of that. i should be heading out around by sept 8th or so, and plan to be on the road for about a month, hoping to be back in the south by mid to late october. hit me up if youre down

Clearly i have begun painting again. in fact, i dont think i ever stopped. time lapses. however, im not exactly painting as i used to, so a change has certainly occurred. what *did* happen, anyway? somewhere along the lines i became emotionless, throwing cares and concerns over my shoulder to land on an invisible shelf supported somewhere at the back of my head. and sleeping. i slept much of the days and the one unfinished piece (Fragment Motion; i think a month went by) sat upright on a stack of blankets, leaning against the wall, and i lay days wasting on the small portion of my bed that was not covered in empty endeavors, forgotten excursi

So I may have stopped painting. For a time. Im working on literature now. Get on the ball, they say. People want me to write, then they say paint, then they say play music, and each time, i cant help but agree. It is what it is.