Drunk.

Okay, not drunk. Kinda buzzed up. But so what.

Two (legible) thoughts come to mind:

1) This one Chinese artist. He would never paint sober. Only drunk, because only then is the uninhibited creative abyss fully accessible. I forget his name.... but I think he was alive during either the Tang or Qing dynasty? I don't remember.... Fuzzy half-remembered thoughts from many years ago in a class on Chinese Art at University of Hawai'i. Nevertheless, very inspiring.

            On this note, I'm also reminded of several other inspiring ideas that I took away from that class:
                   1) Reading in between the lines. And the realization that the nothingness of anything is often                                                     just as important as the somethingness....
                   2) The belief, prevalent in classical Chinese artist thought, that each line should be done ONCE, and left as is. That each stroke should stand alone, and not be done over, or added to.... Maybe I'm not relating the exact idea, but something like this. And it is inspiring in itself, especially to anyone who tries to do art. Let me further explain... I was doing some water painting earlier and I kept doubting my strokes and redoing and recovering and adding to.... And that led me to think of this concept that I learned in this class. Let me tell you, it is hard! And I think it really comes down to other areas of your life. What actions can you do ONE time, and feel totally confident about as you continue moving toward creating your work of art?

This also leads me to think of Camilla, my sister-blogger. (I'd like to think, although she is a much more consistent blogger than I.) (And btw, please do check her blog out, because I absolutely adore her and I think you may too, it's called Evidence of Thought.) But she and I were Skyping the other day and talking about blogging and I told her I blog occasionally but then second-guess myself.. and her advice was to JUST POST. Just do it. And I think that is great, and relevant advice. :)

2) "You are the master of your own Universe." Yes, I am. A prevalent theme in Dan Brown's book that I just finished........ The Lost Symbol. Ahhh so much I could say about this book. A great book. An amazing weaver of readable story. It seriously fills me with wonder. How the aightch does one write a book so... maze-like? Highly recommended.

Okay, dinner just walked in the door, so on that note.. here's to just posting. ;)