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old abandoned one found on a shelf. never could get on with watercolour, but unlike leonard - it survived

Beautiful, Geoffrey.

Gentle Reader wrote:Beautiful, Geoffrey.

thank you. i loved that guy, you know - and i think he liked me quite a lot too.

Dear Geoffrey, thank you for sharing about your friendship with Leonard. Also your drawings and paintings. My spirits always lift when I log onto the forum and see a new post from you. This photo of you and Leonard is beautiful and it certainly looks as though he liked you very much.

sereneava wrote:Dear Geoffrey, thank you for sharing about your friendship with Leonard. Also your drawings and paintings. My spirits always lift when I log onto the forum and see a new post from you. This photo of you and Leonard is beautiful and it certainly looks as though he liked you very much.

i don't know what to say. am not used to being treated with such kindness. it's a very nice feeling - thank you. nothing to offer in exchange, except perhaps a poor doodle (only about 10x15cm) from the corner of a journal. the page contained some thoughts on leonard's passing, and it seemed appropriate to fill an empty space at the bottom. do not feel obligated to respond to this, but by all means treat yourself to something nice

An exquisite doodle Geoffrey.

MaryB wrote:An exquisite doodle Geoffrey.

thank you so much, dear mary. as i've said before, i do feel a tinge of guilt when people praise these pictures i post, because they are produced quickly and with almost no effort. they seem to just materialise. hundreds of them, especially leonard, in acrylic paints, charcoal, coloured spices, marker pens, salt, black coffee, chalks, pencils, powdered milk, biro pens, toothpaste, crayons, sugar, pastel sticks, oil paints, watercolours - you name it. haven't seen any mosaic ones appear yet, even though i put a hammer and some panes of coloured glass on a shelf in my atelier; god is probably waiting for the right moment. sold three pictures of leonard last week

I have to say, Geoffrey you do very much appear to have mellowed well with the demise of Leonard. Your drawings are very good, one minute or or one week, the result is the matter of any works.

Geoffrey wrote: i do feel a tinge of guilt when people praise these pictures i post, because they are produced quickly and with almost no effort. they seem to just materialise. sold three pictures of leonard last week

All your artwork is worthy of praise, so please don't feel guilty.

Hooray - hope you sell many, many more!

MaryB wrote:

Geoffrey wrote: i do feel a tinge of guilt when people praise these pictures i post, because they are produced quickly and with almost no effort. they seem to just materialise. sold three pictures of leonard last week

All your artwork is worthy of praise, so please don't feel guilty.

Hooray - hope you sell many, many more!

thank you, dear mary - these are warm and encouraging words. yes, i am grateful every time these pictures disappear, not primarily because of the money, but because it is a way of being reminded of the impermanency of everything. as a child, and to the great entertainment of other pupils at school, i had a severe nervous tic, as well as the less visible arithmomania. these ailments remain even today, although to a lesser degree. i am acutely aware i possess no creative talent; that was drummed into me by the art teacher. i am also aware i was unloved; that was beaten into me by a stepfather who resented having to bring up someone else's child. these pictures i sell seem to come from a mysterious location, and they are quite precious because they suggest proof of a power that is unfathomable, an energy as uncontrollable as tics and arithmomania. i know not if there is a god, my intellect tells me it is unlikely - but there is definitely something mysterious going on. one day, in the near future, this meat suit i wear will be discarded, it will disappear forever like the pictures people buy - and then i may find out

"'the older i get, the surer i am that i'm not running the show." - leonard cohen

You ARE loved, and you DO have creative talent. Lots of it. I wish I had a fraction of your talent. It is time to let go off the wrong thoughts of your art teacher and step father. I had an art teacher who hated me, but then one who loved me, so one of them was wrong!

The speed you draw and paint is just how evident it is that you have an amazing talent. Accept it, accept the love, and allow yourself to believe this.

Dear Geoffrey,

Your talent is bountiful and limitless!

Loving regards,
Mary

thank you, musicmania and mary b. . i prefer to believe that if any talent manifests itself through the pictures that materialise, it is rather by chance than effort. one theory is that an accident was the first building block of evolution, and jesus was just an ambulance driver. anyone claiming to have unravelled the mystery of the stars would be either a poet or a fraud

biro & pencil sketch