{"id":433,"date":"2013-09-28T19:18:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T02:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/?p=433"},"modified":"2013-09-28T19:18:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T02:18:53","slug":"notes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/28\/notes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes to myself on beginning a painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: Notes to myself on beginning a painting\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Notes%20to%20myself%20on%20beginning%20a%20painting&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2013%2F09%2F28%2Fnotes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeNotes to myself on beginning a painting\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2013%2F09%2F28%2Fnotes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2013%2F09%2F28%2Fnotes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: Notes to myself on beginning a painting\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/28\/notes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting\/&media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=Notes to myself on beginning a painting\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: Notes to myself on beginning a painting\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/28\/notes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting\/\" title=\"Notes to myself on beginning a painting\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"433\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"4d5d5408a0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\" \/><\/div><p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diebenkorn.org\/\" title=\"Richard Diebenkorn\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Diebenkorn<\/a> show is just finishing up at the <a href=\"http:\/\/diebenkorn.famsf.org\/\" title=\"de Young Museum\" target=\"_blank\">de Young Museum in San Francisco<\/a>.  Post on the wall at the exhibit entrance was a list found among the artist&#8217;s papers after his death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes to myself on beginning a painting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Attempt what is not certain.  Certainty may or may not come later.  It may then be a valuable delusion<\/p>\n<p>2. The pretty, initial position which falls short of completeness in not to be valued \u2013 except as a stimulus for further moves.<\/p>\n<p>3. <em>Do<\/em> search.  But in order to find other than what is searched for.<\/p>\n<p>4. Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable.<\/p>\n<p>5. Don&#8217;t &#8220;discover&#8221; a subject \u2013 of any kind.<\/p>\n<p>6. Somehow don&#8217;t be bored \u2013 but if you must, use it in action.  Use its destructive potential.<\/p>\n<p>7. Mistakes can&#8217;t be erased but they move you from your present position.<\/p>\n<p>8. Keep thinking about Pollyanna.<\/p>\n<p>9. Tolerate chaos.<\/p>\n<p>10. Be careful only in a perverse way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: Notes to myself on beginning a painting\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Notes%20to%20myself%20on%20beginning%20a%20painting&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2013%2F09%2F28%2Fnotes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeNotes to myself on beginning a painting\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2013%2F09%2F28%2Fnotes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2013%2F09%2F28%2Fnotes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: Notes to myself on beginning a painting\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/28\/notes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting\/&#038;media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&#038;description=Notes to myself on beginning a painting\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: Notes to myself on beginning a painting\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/28\/notes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting\/\" title=\"Notes to myself on beginning a painting\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"433\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"4d5d5408a0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Richard Diebenkorn show is just finishing up at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Post on the wall at the exhibit entrance was a list found among the artist&#8217;s papers after his death. 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