Northern lights

I have some paintings down at Joy & Company, and I kind of feel like going down there and buying one. Part of me hopes they sell, but I’d be happy if they ended up coming back home, too.

I’ve seen a lot of videos online of people doing those acrylic pour paintings.

At first, I thought they were really beautiful. I loved the cells that formed. So I bought some flotrol, silicone, tongue depressors and plastic cups. Before I got around to trying it, I got sick of them.

The thing that bugs me the most is how everyone says “I’m really happy with how this turned out.” It really annoys me.

I guess they’re surprised when they like something they produced.

I like them the way I like glaze on a clay pot. You choose the color and let it act the way glaze acts.

I dislike them the way I dislike photographs of northern lights.

Years ago, I wrote about a woman who was hanging photos up the night I was taking my paintings down.

“Don’t you get tired of painting fish?” She asked.

Every one of her pictures was of northern lights.

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