Melissa Muehleisen, Artist's Notebook
Breathe. Enjoy the bloom.
breathe red lily thermodynamics of nature this too shall pass
To appreciate the bloom is to see only a transitory phase in the life cycle of a living thing. So as I paint the beauty around me and beg time to slow down while I watch my baby grow quickly into a toddler, I like the words of Marty Rubin:
"The beauty of this day does not depend on its lasting forever"
I am an artist
calla lily creativity interacting with art
I have also learned the interaction does not end with my explanation, but sometimes that is where the viewers experience begins and they then get to enter a dialogue with the art on their own.