I'm just in the middle of today's "studies", cad yellow light and cad red light.  Temporary drying break.  It's so funny but before I stopped painting for all of those years, I used to describe my work as "color studies".  When I started painting again, I got so hung up on the finished product that I detached from the process.  It was no longer a "conversation" between myself and the paper.  Since last July, every once and a while, I would break into the "zone" and become unattached to the end result, truly being present to the work at hand.  This color test/study process has been very freeing so far.  I don't go in there worrying about making "art".  I just go in to learn.  And isn't that what the creative process is all about?  Learning about your medium and yourself in the process.  I am grateful.

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