The Brushstroke of the Artist

I love going to art museums and being really close up to a painting… so that I can see the brush strokes of the artist. There is something so vibrant in a brushstroke. When I am that close, I feel no distance between myself and the artist who laid a mark of their soul through their paintbrush. The journey that preceded that actual brushstroke is a lifetime. And there it lays for me to connect with the universal soul of the artist and their desire to express themselves. Today when I was painting, I thought of the artists I love and how they stood this close to the canvas, with colour, a brush and a lifetime behind them. Here. Now.