2025-01-08, Wednesday I was joined by 2 junior high students adding paint to this untitled canvas. As we painted, we discussed Picasso and Claude Monet's struggle with cataracts as an artist. After we took turns adding its first coat of paint, it reminded us of the LA wildfires.
These students suggested I add Angry Ikon to my 2017 community painting, Jodie Smiles...
2017, Not A Bystander Art Project to Anger, Violence and Bullying.
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." Art transcends age and experience, as I learned while painting with two talented junior high students and other young artists over the years since I picked up a paintbrush and started to paint again in 2013. They embraced the freedom of creativity better than most adults, reminding me of Picasso's wisdom: "We are all born artists." Through community painting, I see the essence through foggy eyes captured in each stroke, of boundless imagination that lives within us all. Young people have that unfiltered creativity, unburdened by the fear of making mistakes—a reminder to embrace our inner child artist within. "Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love." Monet’s words resonate deeply with this experience—highlighting that art is about emotional connection rather than intellectual understanding. Picasso was right—we start as artists; keeping that spirit alive is about nurturing our innate creativity and embracing the emotional connections art fosters. Art isn't just about technique or intellectual mastery; it's about capturing the essence of what makes us human. Whether through painting, writing, music, or any other creative expression, it's about reaching out and resonating with others on a deeper, often unspoken level. Picasso reminded us that we all begin with an artistic spirit—it's our task to keep that spark alive as we navigate life's complexities. AI.
Love, Kindness over Anger and Hate, Legislature Public Gallery Painter's Notes.
T-Coil The Legislature, Mister Speaker.
With Two Ears, Let Us Hear and Listen.
...what shall we paint now?
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