Contemporary Painting
“Notes to myself on beginning a painting
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Attempt what is not certain. Certainly may or may not come later. It may then be a value delusion.
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The pretty, initial position which falls short of completeness is not to be valued – except as a stimulus for further moves.
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DO search.
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Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable.
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Don’t “discover” a subject – of any kind.
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Somehow don’t be bored but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.
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Mistakes can’t be erased but they move you from your present position.
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Keep thinking about Pollyanna.
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Tolerate chaos.
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Be careful only in a perverse way.