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| THERESA VILLAIRE |
Thanks to Theresa for the wonderfully uplifting scene on the right. After I invited you all to become famous by allowing us to reflect and meditate on the results of your artistic efforts, she is the second one of our generation to enhance our lives with an emotional expression of motherly love. It is so impressive to look upon the picture and to be immediately drawn into the soul of the artist. It is especially true when there is a personal connection with the work and the person. It is fairly rare that I can walk among a collection of paintings and be attracted to any of them on a meaningful level. You have all had the experience of coming up on a lawn exhibit of paintings. There they stand all of them begging for attention. If the exhibitor is the lone producer of the work, it becomes clear after a short perusal of the inventory. All of the pieces have a certain resemblance. All of them join in a nearly monotone chorus of mediocrity. True that there are some high notes, but it is also true that the creator will more than likely not graduate from the front lawn exhibit level. Why? Because it takes a lot of inner energy to create an artistic expression of such quality that it can reach out and embrace a stranger's soul. It takes an abundance of personal "spirituality" in the artist to cause the transference of emotion from him to a stranger through an artistic expression.
We all know someone who has a "ton" of talent but who could never quit his "day job." The product draws oh's and ah's but no connection. No one has the slightest temptation to have it hanging in the living room. We all know someone who has produced a house full of admirably creative things that no one else wants. In my case, the people I know who fall into this category are not related to me. Thank goodness!
The two first artists who reached out to us did succeed in embracing at least one soul...mine. So, reach out and touch me. I dare you.
Thank you to Emelie and Theresa
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