Something in the air

the outsider art of Ian Frederick Harris
‘Relaxing in the Garden of Tranquillity’. Acrylic on 12″ x 16″ canvas. £60

I don’t know about you but there’s something in the air. I know not what, but it feels like something BIG is about to happen.

Thinking about it carefully and taking into consideration the way the hairs are raised on the back of my neck, this feeling must be based on something on the scale of…

1: Instant annihilation.

2: The return of the Messiah formerly known as Jesus.

The truth is, either way, I must admit I am not looking forward to any of these things, for these reasons.

ONE: No-one wants instant annihilation. We all like a surprise now-and-again but instant annihilation is a step too far.

(Admittedly, and on the hard to find plus side, a theory of such a sudden death that exists in the mind of people who study such things says, We/I/You won’t know much about it as it will all be over in a literal flash).

& TWO: I do not want to be around when Jesus cottons on to what we have done to His and His Father’s planet. Boy, is he going to be pissed off. We all know what He is capable of on those rare occasions when He loses His cool.

(This time I believe it will be a little more than the turning over of a few tables).

One can only hope that that these feelings of dread will pass and the hairs on the back of my neck will settle down. That these dread-filled thoughts are merely a symptom, a consequence of sharing the same space in time as the present lunatics who think they run the Earth.

One can only wish that my feelings of close and present danger, are merely hopeful misinterpretations of what is going to happen to the present slew of despots and dictators.  Monsters, who are making life particularly unpleasant for the innocents attempting to live a ‘normal’ life everywhere. One can only hope that what I am ‘picking up’ are the sictator’s (see what I did there), death throes.

Perhaps I am having a premonition of what is about to happen to them. Maybe, hopefully, they are about to get what history shows us, they always get.

What they deserve.

Artists remember…

ARTISTS…

There is no telling or predicting people’s taste.

You cannot dictate how a viewer of your art is going to react.

If you paint only to sell, then you are fighting a losing battle.

You must learn to paint for yourself because the ‘market’ is unpredictable and unknown.

What feeds collectors today, can be forgotten and worthless tomorrow.

What you are looking for is reaction & connection.

SO…

 paint for yourself with all your heart and all your mind.

DO NOT LOSE HOPE.

The connection with a stranger will come

Patience is the key.

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