Sunday, November 30—Marina Del Rey
‘Quiet’ has been my soul’s desire for these last weeks while finishing a series of children’s books that I began lifetimes ago and now culminated in the Grand Poobah of “The Big Story”.
In the midst? Ponderings and bubble-upses of thises and thats on the subject of art.
Picasso said that it took four years to learn to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to learn to paint like a child.
“Art does not need critics, it needs friends. It is a fragile enough light as it is. It can be blown out by a single sigh. Art needs friends, with our bodies against the wind and our hands around the flame until its strong enough to burn brightly with its own power…until it’s an inferno unstoppable.”
“Art is a fragile magic, just like love…and humanity’s defense against death. We create and paint and dance and fall in love..that’s our rebellion against eternity. Everything beautiful is a shield.” …and Van Gogh wrote “I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.”
And this is WHY quiet….critics are everywhere….and we become our own if not careful.
“I said to my soul be still ….and in the stillness the dancing.”
In the quiet the child sings.