Attachment

Things started well enough with this piece …

… and they progressed naturally enough …

… the only problem is that this last photo to the left was taken this past week and the very first one was taken this past week … in freakin’ 2009!!! Now that’s called stuck. I’m not going to get into all the details of why I think that is but the explanation amounts to just under a hill o’ beans right now. And unfortunately I am powerless to do anything about it – if I even think about attacking the thing directly my right arm goes weak. So I just keep it on the easel, stare at it, and try to act all tough about it “yea you buddy – I got your number”. But I just don’t have this paintings digits on speed dial at the moment. It is true that perhaps powerless is too dramatic a term, but there is something going on for sure. The titles I’ve had for it include: “DreamCatcher” and “Carnival/FunRide”. The title “DreamCatcher” will make almost no sense to the casual observer – me included. Second, I should never title a painting too early! That is just a big no no. It only serves as an obstacle to creative freedom – I’ve found that when I title a piece too early, my brain locks on to making the (unfinished) painting conform to it and it takes extra effort to break out of it and move forward. That, my fine people, is called Attachment. I am no longer attached to a title, but I’m left with a pretty bad and loitering painting at the moment.

There is always hope.

“Mercy (Extended Mix)” from Super8 & Tab featuring Jan Burton from the forthcoming album Empire coming out Sept 24th.