Why do art? Why paint? Why Photograph?

I was going to write a whole BS manifesto about why I do art but I knew you'd see right 

thru me.  And you'd know.

The instant that

you saw

The Paintings that I did it because it was fun.

Fun.

Fun. 

Fun.

I did it because I didn't want to hand in another in an endless stream of precious

Photos in another endless stream coffee shop gallery.

I did it because I wanted to feel the oily, viscous

nature of the paint sliding across the 

canvas with that

glintzy bit of pressure,

of traction and 

of de-traction that happens.

Because painting is active.

All that matters is how you make the lines.

And I like to paint outside the lines.

And I painted a big

pink 

donut 

with 

sprinkles 

because it makes me 

happy to look at it.

It reminds me of the 

fiction we create 

each time we 

have an

experience.

And most of the time

I

just 

Painted to see

How all the pretty colors looked on the canvas.

But mostly

I painted them

because I could.