Enlightenment or awakening is not the creation of a new state of affairs but the recognition of what already is.
Without intent all painting is meaningless.
Some people who look at abstract art say 'I could do that. ' A good response is, 'Go ahead but then you'll be accused of copying.
Make a child a painting and he'll be happy for a day. Teach a child to paint and he'll be miserable for a lifetime.
What makes you think painting is any less difficult than brain surgery?
One of Cezanne's unfinished paintings. . . appears to be a completed work even though only a few strokes of paint have been put down. My methods are similar. . . I expect each of my paintings to appear whole in every stage.
The moon grew full, then slowly pared itself down until it shriveled into a ghostly boat riding above the roiling dark. Then it fell out of the sky. They climbed into it, left land behind, and floated out to sea.
I think culture's always been violent, and it is something we find very entertaining. Not only does it reflect our social reality, but it also reflects our psychic reality.
A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.
Abundance is, in large part, an attitude.