time for a new post

i feel a long way from the paintings i was working on this past spring and summer. i'm resuming my work on the ink drawings, fueled by fairly new (to me) realizations about purpose. it occurs to me that even work of an extreme personal nature like Frida Kahlo's can be relevant to others. in her case, she allows others the opportunity to step into her reality, which says something about the human experience, not just Frida's experience. this is important to me because it means i don't necessarily have to follow fashion, or do political art, or be subversive, or do whatever else people think art should do. it can come from my own personal concerns or discoveries and still be relevant to others.