choosing to challenge yourself:  confusing if you're used to resenting the authority figure telling you what to do. hang on; i told myself to do this? but i dont wanna...tantrum? or press the resistance into the work. produce.

is painting like taking out the garbage? the refuse of the past days channelled into some paint on paper. an alchemical transformation as i unburden onto the page.

i count off notes of freshly minted currency. invisible transactions of time as money.

can you contribute to a city with the way you walk down the street?