Emmmm! A painting!!! I love it! It's been so long... it is always one of my greatest joys to see that you have painted again. Such a beautiful garden, too!

You know? I like the burning around the edges. It gives a dreamier feel to it; a bit like in a movie or comic when a character is dreaming and the edges are a bit hazy and unclear. That is what this feels like, looking at it... as if this garden is some kind of dream of the future.

Painting seems so unforgiving; so permanent, in comparison to the ways I create. When I code, or when I write... mistakes like that corner are mostly inconsequential. Other than accidentally deleting data or losing hours of progress somehow, there is no real ability for an absent-minded misstep to ruin a project. Painting, or almost any art form using physical media, is so different in that regard. Hours and days of work can be scarred by one tiny mistake... and yet I see that mistakes can also create opportunities. It takes confidence and a special quality of brilliance to spot them and seize them; clearly, you have it.

It's inspiring to read about the process, too, you know... the creative tornado, the standing on the chair, the musical immersion, the bat schedule and oh, it's morning? Well, those last bits sound familiar at least! xD It's so cool to imagine you in that creative world of your own where everything else around fades into the background. I wonder how it feels to be you, in that place.

Amazing work. Really. The world gets a bit brighter every time you create 💛