Search for Beauty.

Beauty is so subject to predjuice. We have been told what is beautiful and thusly trained, we search for it in that familiar form. Because of that we often miss the beauty that is constantly in front of us.

The painting "MujibStarWobble4" is a case in point. Few people have ever seen such beauty in their entire lives, but that is only because they walk past and through it countless times every day and they don't see it because they don't look for it.

In this event, here shown, the painting was perfected by our new puppy, Mujib. He had reared against our french door with muddy paws, dabbing, smearing and even marking with his claws. I was in the process of washing off the door when I noticed how the play of the light of the sky and shadows filtering through the trees had added bright color and gleams to the work. After this quick picture, like the great sand paintings, this work of art was gone also. But not before it had been added to my portfolio of abstract work.

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