[MD] Painting

[MarshaV]

At 11:37 AM 11/20/2007, you wrote:
>collaborative stuff! wonderful and great for ego abandonment.
>I do this quite a bit with other artists in my area.
>though I think with Marsha's ability to burn her journals, she
>doesn't much have trouble with ego abandonment (hope you don't mind my
>quick jumping in here on this, marsha...)
>
>Marsha -  liked your observations about going off into the cave to work.
>
>sometimes I think that being able to create my art (paint & photograph)
>is one of the only things that makes everything about my
>'sense of self and being' seem most real and at peace and at
>the same time it's hard BUT so rewarding when I can REALLY get
>at the truth of what I'm experiencing and represent it visually.
>
>I think that's all I really need to do - get at these truths for myself
>only; there is an ego gratification when someone else feels
>rewarded by looking at my work - which is nice AND it seems
>important - in a way - to create something that not only
>has communicated my own truths to myself, but also some
>universal truths to other people.
>
>I think that learning more about a soul searching journey through the
>exploration of art is important in a universal way - so to attempt
>to share my work with others in an effort to communicate something
>REAL is important to me.
>
>Doesn't the Dalai Lama say it's important to SHARE what we
>know with each other - (and I know this is a very broad generalization -
>we have to share what we know without being arrogant or without attempting
>to provoke jealousy or over intellectualizing) it's about sharing
>love and something positive about the human journey with each other
>I think.
>
>Happy Thanksgiving to all as well!
>
>Margaret

Greetings Margaret,

I appreciate what you are saying about sharing, but everything is 
already connected to everything.  This is the best I can do at the moment.

Marsha