Today being Saturday I am expected to spend some time at the studios. I decided this day was going to be different, and that I would actually bring paint and canvases and maybe paint, or even better, I would find a visitor who would like to paint. You see, a couple of years ago, I moved all my art supplies back home, and Alice moved in with me. She was my neighbor at the AW, and we were both considering leaving. For the past couple of years, I have gone there not to make art, but to recruit artists for whatever I needed them for, or to have a meeting space, but mostly I went to socialize. It kind of took the place of my work. This morning I figured I had enough of using it selfishly, and that I should do a good deed.
I put the easel in the hall for people to see, and I started painting. Pretty soon a family came by, and I asked the little girl if she would like to paint a picture. She did! I set up the supplies, put an apron on her, and then left her with her mother to oversee. The girl painted for about 45 minutes, and this is what she came away with. It made me feel good. And they were happy, too.
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