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Allan,
I have had many seemingly "AHA" moments. Though some might argue not enough.
Of course it is different for each of us because we each value different aesthetics, but that doesn't matter.
About 8 years ago I was in a gallery in Port Aransas, Texas. I was admiring the work of a very good local landscape painter. At that moment it became obvious to me the importance of the paint that lies beneath the surface. The "under painting" if you will. Since that encounter I have been better able to realize my vision of what a good painting should be.
Certain things came together for me at that particular moment. First, the work I was viewing was a very good and instructive example of a particular style of painting that I admired. Next, and maybe more importantly, my mind was ready to accept the lesson that was in front of me. I suppose that upon arriving at that moment I had absorbed a sufficient amount of knowing, or maybe a sufficient number of failures, to prepare myself for the encounter.
We get exposed to "AHA" moments all the time. The problem is we don't recognize them for what they are. The presentation, and the readiness to accept, must coincide.
I don't know if this is what you are meaning Allan, you may be thinking more of a micro, within the painting, AHA moment.
That's all I can Remembradt.
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Mike McCarty
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