Musing: adjective 1. absorbed in thought; meditative. noun 2. contemplation; reflection.
Monday, August 10, 2009
The agony
Helen Frankenthaler
"Every so often every artist feels, 'I'll never paint again. The muse has gone out the window.' In 1985, I hardly painted at all for three months, and it was agonizing. I looked at reproductions. I stared at Matisse. I stared at the Old Masters. I stared at the Quattrocento. And I thought to myself - Don't push it! If you try too hard to get at something, you almost push it away." Helen Frankenthaler
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