is
now
2016
to look steadily intently with fixed attention
i
began
painting in 1994
inspired by the works
and the life of Vincent van Gogh
it is as though he looked directly into the sun
while the rest had turned their backs fearful (full of fear)
of losing their sight when truth was that
fear had already struck them blind
fear had already struck them blind
dictating to them where they
could and where
they could not
cast their
gaze
to look steadily intently with fixed attention
i
am
not
speaking
of
navel
gazing
of
which
there
seems
to
be
an
excess
of
it
is
a
twenty
first
century
malady
is
a
twenty
first
century
malady
the gaze of one such as Vincent van Gogh requires
c
o
u
r
a
g
e
a willingness to risk the possibility of blindness for sight
Vincent
inspires
me
toward
c o u r a g e o u s n e s s