Untitled I

To all viewers but yourself, what matters is the product – the finished artwork. To you, and you alone, what matters is the process: the experience of shaping the work.1

A struggle with my daily drabble. Three discordant points occupy my mind, defying order; a disparate triangle.

Kendrick Castillo. Student (their child!) dies defending his Colorado classmates during (another!) school shooting. We the People christen him a hero.

Kurt Cobain, beautiful, (self-deceased) idealist. All apologies.

Brown Bird in my garden, perched atop a sunburned finial. Teacup size, befitting call of teakettle, teakettle, teakettle. Translation: In the sun I feel as one.2

References:
1. Bayles, David. (2001) Art & fear: Observations on the perils (and rewards) of artmaking (p. 5). Image Continuum Press. Kindle Edition.
2. Nirvana. (1993). All apologies. On In utero.

Artwork:
Picasso, P. (1936). Untitled. [Oil, pencil on canvas]. Retrieved from Wikiart

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