I don't have much to say this week.
I'm currently working on a new painting that will be debuting in a show in early September, so I am blissfully elbow deep in paint and for the first time in a very long time, mostly unaware of what's happening in the wider world.
I should probably feel bad about that. Part of me does, actually, but as I have told more than one friend who carried far too much for too long in times past, even Atlas took a break eventually.
In a world where we're all one headline away from a grippy sock vacation, protecting our peace is a necessity, not a luxury.
Sometimes that means turning off and stepping away, even if just briefly, so that we can recharge and come back stronger than before.
The truth of it is if you don't take time to rest sooner or later your brain and body force you to, and that tends to come with a lot of damage, so it is far better to sit or lie down before you fall down.
So this is me, putting the noise down and focusing on something else for awhile.
I'm sure the world will return me to it's regularly scheduled horrors soon enough.
In the meantime, wake me if Mitch McConnell sees his shadow or something.
Image Credit:
- Title: Hercules or Atlas Supporting the Globe
- Artist: Possibly by Clodion (Claude Michel) (French, Nancy 1738–1814 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1780
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Terracotta, painted to resemble bronze
- Dimensions: Height: 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906
- Object Number: 07.225.379
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Courtesy of The Met's Open Initiative