Most mornings before I write the blog I have a little canter through various on-line, news-gathering  services, check out the 3rd party blog prompt, and consider the blog I was planning to write.  One  thing jumped out from news gathering that is quite pertinent to todays blog. Also the 3rd party prompt has only a one sentence answer. A gloriously simple answer that I could have used on any of my many days on earth.

What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today?
My skin.

Yesterday I did two very small paintings. They are somewhere between abstract and representational, closer to abstract.

One of the articles I read this morning was about, Euphoric recall.

My life, in my old skin, is pretty much one long example of euphoric recall. My two paintings of yesterday are far more euphoric than real life. Maritime Sunburst Lichen is one of my favourite things to see on rocks.

Here it is in its active stage.

But as it ages it flattens out and leaves circular scars.

On sunny winter days it just makes me smile. My abstracts of yesterday were painted from memory with no reference images. I just threw in some  dutch gold to brighten them up , they are exactly euphoric recall because some days even Sunburst Lichen can look pretty dull.

But in my head, the lichens are gaudy circles of natural joy.

Which is very much an example of euphoric recall at its finest.

In general my blogs are all about the joyous things in life even if sometimes the inspiration point starts off in a darker place.