First, thank you to everyone who has commented on my blog and my website.  I really appreciate your comments and your encouragement.  I have not kept up with blog entries as I would have liked to do.  There is a very exciting  reason …..

    This self taught artist has started school.   Art and design school.  One of the best  art and design schools in the country.  At  age 53, I thought if I am to go back to school that it should be one of the best schools;  the experience should serve my time well.  I discovered myself as an artist when I was in my late 30's. Painting grew from a pleasant experience to a sanctuary, and is shifting into something within that sanctuary that I do not think should be caged into a limiting definition other than called a remarkable experience.  Given the choice, this is absolutely the thing I would do for the rest of my life.

     I am not going to school to change myself, my artist self.   I have come to a point where learning more about art in a multi-disciplinary setting will only enhance my artist self.  I have so many interests in art, so little time to manage all of these ideas, and I lack the appropriate resources.  I am hoping what I learn in school will help me to organize those ideas in ways that will support my efforts in using my art and knowledge to enrich the lives of other people.  To me , that would be a marvelously purpose filled journey with a most gratifying outcome.   You know?  Time well spent.

     So, as it goes….. I am 53, studying for my BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts - part time.  Maybe I will graduate in 6 years, 7 years, or 10 years.  I am old enough now to know to enjoy the journey, and insure by my actions that this journey is a purposeful journey.  Live in the moment.  Most definitely keep the long term in view, but for me at 53, I am going to find  joy in the artistic challenge of the moment!    Artistically, I am still a youngster asking the questions.



Next post:  My visit to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.