Engaging first gear













3 thoughts on “Engaging first gear

  1. Jon Pattengill

    You have empowered yourself twofold: You now drive, greatly increasing not only your ability to control where you are, but vastly increasing your cruising radius for experiencing the world and exerting your effect upon it, and you are expressing yourself more and better on canvas. You are living with more force. You are a good person, and the world needs its good people to be effective. I am very happy with the first parts of your post, but yes, I found the ban on archaeology posts jarring. How about blogging about your painting progress instead? It is something you can still do in your off time in Iraq, and if you paint to sell, you could pick up some more income. It is hard to sell stuff that is any good, I regret selling some of my work but not others. Some artists never sell their stuff. It is possible to sell good landscapes that don’t have the artist soul content (mere illustrations, or “paint-brush photographs” as I call them) without pangs of loss and for reasonable return. The “soul of the artist” stuff can be a separate not-for sale category. A driver’s license can be a very big help for a painter. Please blog on.

  2. Jon Pattengill

    Quite a few people taking the driver’s test don’t pass on the first try, but do so on the second or third. If this happens don’t let it rattle you. The victory will come.

  3. Jon Pattengill

    Thank you for posting Mr. Skull and his interesting and meaningful red lines for us. Some of those red lines lead directly to a little girl uniformed as a happy little Admiral afloat and ready for action, and all the rest, such as the albino Caped Crusader. I guess I will be finding out if I have worn out my welcome or not.


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