I had my last painting class of the year tonight. It was a good one but they all are. It’s not a class in any conventional sense. There are no lessons and no course, just a group of people painting in the same room in a wide assortment of mediums and styles, abstract to still life. It’s more like group therapy.
Our teacher wanders from one painter to the next and looks at what each person is doing almost as if it was the first time he has seen the work. We can all hear the advice he gives each student and damn if doesn’t always apply to all of us no matter what we’re working on. It’s the same guidance over and over. The woman next to me tonight was explaining what she had planned for her piece and Fred said, “I want you to learn to experience the possibilities rather than the inevitabilities.”
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Do you all PAY for this? What a gig this guy has going for him!