Whilst shows are on hold with C-19

Dancer I Charcoal and pastel on paper I 28cm x 19cm

Whilst shows are on hold with Covid-19, I have been using some of the time to sort, paint, collect myself and go through things, to turn out and outwards. And so I wanted to share a quote from the diaries of Etty Hilllesum that was sent to me by my dear friend Jonathan Stockland.

“Looked at Japanese prints with Glassner this afternoon. That’s how I want to write. With that much space round a few words. They should simply emphasize the silence. Just like that print with the sprig of blossom in the lower corner. A few delicate brush strokes—but with what attention to the smallest detail—and all around it space, not empty but inspired. The few great things that matter in life can be said in a few words. If I should ever write—but what?—I would like to brush in a few words against a wordless background. To describe the silence and the stillness and to inspire them. What  matters is the right relationship between words and wordlessness, the wordlessness in which much more happens than in all the words one can string together.”