THE NEED TO SHARE (September 9, 2012)
I painted my rendering of Aum more than a year ago, and I have relished it on my livingroom wall ever since (“The Last of My Jokes on Abstraction,” May 23, 2011). Geometric to boot, it catches the key features of the Sanskrit symbol. Unexpectedly, today I wished it seen by others. More, I wished it spread around the world. I took a photograph of the painting, together with the paintings on surrounding boards, but I ended up having no-one to share it with. I even tried to send it to Yogani, but without any success. The website set up by his organization, the Advanced Yoga Practices, is beyond my ken. I was asked to provide all sorts of technical information that simply baffled me. All my attempts to send a message with the photograph attached came to naught. This ended up being a useful exercise, though. Why in the world should I share any of my paintings with anyone, Yogani included? What difference could it possibly make? It is the need to share that should be checked, instead. Once I will have anything worth sharing, I will not need to lift a finger, anyway.