better than before

[saw]

I melt into the brushstroke
hand as steady as an old man can be
eyes locked, see the implement follow
the pencil lines like a stalker
stealthily, right on top of the sketch
and the page begins to come alive,
patience is a virtuous endeavor , but
the slightest distraction
and you are outside the lines, and a "good "
painter is one that knows how to blend errors
into moments of brilliance, the unplanned eruption
how to re-create when hand and brain and eyes
do not sync up on the first try, he takes a deep breath
surveys the possibilities, considers
a new strategy........Ahh !........Better than before.....

[judih]

yes, the evolution of 'oops' into something entirely unique. well-described, Steve.

[stilltrucking]

“He put my mind and my hand and my eye together, in a way that allowed me to do consciously what I unconsciously felt"

While he was writing the songs for “Blood on the Tracks,” Dylan had taken up painting classes with the New York artist Norman Raeben. By all accounts, Raeben was a taskmaster, but he imparted in his students a sense both that life itself was the art, with their creations being merely the by-product of that experience, and, significantly for Dylan, that past, present, and future could all coexist in their work. “He put my mind and my hand and my eye together, in a way that allowed me to do consciously what I unconsciously felt,” Dylan told Rolling Stone in 1978, of Raeben’s influence on his songwriting approach.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... up-in-blue

[saw]

thanx judih, appreciated the feedback....and truck, interesting story seems to fit quite well

[creativesoul]

Dylan s artwork and sculpture is represented by halcyon gallery