I don't believe that anyone ever really plans on being marooned on an island. I guess I have to take that back......the television show Survivor is a modern day exception. You can plan it and have it paid for and sign a contract for it. That's entertainment.
Two of my favorite stories are Robinson Crusoe and Swiss Family Robinson. I have read them again and again throughout my life. The story lines are similar: shipwrecked, survival, self-reliance, accommodation to newfound circumstances, meeting challenges in a strange land, social obscurity, attaining quality of life, eventual prosperity of sorts, rescue, and plausible return to society.
Speaking of shipwrecks, survival, and living one's life in a new direction, it has been said that one must paint 120 paintings to learn anything about painting. An interesting thesis to pursue. I am leaning in the direction of that endeavor. Yesterday and this morning, I cut (100) 6" x 6" hardboard canvases and (64) 8" x 8" hardboard canvases. Each of them will be painted with an acrylic backing color. I am going to vary the colors among the boards for visual effect in selection.
More than any other time, this Artistic Endeavor feels empty, alone, and solitary. It does not have to be so, I know. There are many others who have found a more social path along which to explore their artistic journey. But this is where I am today and how I feel.
Original Photo: Moosehead Lake Island in Maine - Copyright James E. Martin 2011
Islands have a peculiar fascination for me.
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glad to see you’re back.
Thank you, Ms. Sheepfarmer, Photographer, and Writer Extraordinaire. It's nice that you have noticed.
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