My room reeks of thickly-lain gesso. It's got a distinct smell. It's not necessarily rubbery like acrylics, and I wouldn't quite describe it as being harsh like oil paints. But it sure is strong. It's able to mask the sharp smell of linseed oil rotting the wooden planks of my bedroom floor. And while I'm sitting in my dark room, with no open doors or opened windows, I get attacked almost immediately by a nosebleed. But maybe that's just something telling me that I've been gone for too long. Maybe it's my body's own way of itching at me to create something new.
My new canvas measures 48 inches tall. Measuring just below my collarbone, it is the largest canvas I've gotten my hands on ever. And boy, do I have plans for it.
"In these bodies we live, in these bodies we die
Where you invest your love, you invest you life.
Awake my soul, Awake my soul."
mkp.
