I just now read “ Leaving your mark “ and was moved, as always, by your masterful handling of the endlessly expressive English language ( when it’s in the right hands, claro:)
I identified with many of the details of your visit to Juancho’s earthly paradise…and I have lived all my life with the same organic approach to art, differentiating less and less between art making and plain living. I could spend a whole day telling you how that approach has fed my life and art. Maybe I l’ll give you a shorter version of it someday…
One particular note:
I have precisely the same notion that you and Juancho share about the importance of making art even if it’s not universally known. The process and the resulting artwork ( for me, painting and, most essentially, songwriting ) are the point. It’s through that process that I begin to unravel the mystery of existence, mine and the world’s.
I love that you returned home and began to create your own stone totems. This March, I will once again extend my own search for identity in a studio in Joshua Tree, thrilled with and surprised by my most recent music, grateful for my musical friends who will lend their hearts and talents to it. All I have just said indicates how fortunate I am to navigate this life with this attitude, instilled in me by parents, friends, mentors, sages, artists…What a gift they gave me!
The references to Dali’s home in Port Lligat brought those personal memories back to me…My wandering through that house while it was still a home, past the taxidermied bear holding binoculars and walking canes, down labyrinthian walkways and bridges to the pool and patio and the view of the bay and the elemental white egg…and to the artist and his wife who made that world.
It seems that you and I have been blessed many times over. Good to remember as we confront the chaos and literal madness of the current world.
What an enchanting home and how inspiring. I love the notion of creating for ourselves, whether anyone hears, sees or reads or not. To make is enough. Love it.
Hola 👋
I just now read “ Leaving your mark “ and was moved, as always, by your masterful handling of the endlessly expressive English language ( when it’s in the right hands, claro:)
I identified with many of the details of your visit to Juancho’s earthly paradise…and I have lived all my life with the same organic approach to art, differentiating less and less between art making and plain living. I could spend a whole day telling you how that approach has fed my life and art. Maybe I l’ll give you a shorter version of it someday…
One particular note:
I have precisely the same notion that you and Juancho share about the importance of making art even if it’s not universally known. The process and the resulting artwork ( for me, painting and, most essentially, songwriting ) are the point. It’s through that process that I begin to unravel the mystery of existence, mine and the world’s.
I love that you returned home and began to create your own stone totems. This March, I will once again extend my own search for identity in a studio in Joshua Tree, thrilled with and surprised by my most recent music, grateful for my musical friends who will lend their hearts and talents to it. All I have just said indicates how fortunate I am to navigate this life with this attitude, instilled in me by parents, friends, mentors, sages, artists…What a gift they gave me!
The references to Dali’s home in Port Lligat brought those personal memories back to me…My wandering through that house while it was still a home, past the taxidermied bear holding binoculars and walking canes, down labyrinthian walkways and bridges to the pool and patio and the view of the bay and the elemental white egg…and to the artist and his wife who made that world.
It seems that you and I have been blessed many times over. Good to remember as we confront the chaos and literal madness of the current world.
Keep on keepin’ on, cuate :)
What an enchanting home and how inspiring. I love the notion of creating for ourselves, whether anyone hears, sees or reads or not. To make is enough. Love it.
The comment posted minutes ago is actually from Marc, not Marcia…😊