Daily Work - Care

HomeMaker    graphite on paper    2013

What I do is care.  To make representational art is to care about one's subjects.  To make art is to care about living.

Care can be a weight.  A burden of care.

Care is what a wife does.  What a sibling does.  What a daughter does.

I take care.

I care for animals, I care for plants.  I take care of the laundry, the garden, the mending, the groceries, the cleaning, and the organizing.

I care for Gia, she cares about me.  I care for Ryan, he takes care of me.  I care for my mother, she cares for me.

At the end of a letter, the words: take care.

I care for my paintings and eventually they come into being.

Life is a list of cares.  To care is to hurt.  Caring makes one tired.  Caring makes things matter.  Care is attention..  Care is a natural response.  To care is to work.  Care is love at work.

You can't live without caring.