All the Men will be sailors then, until the sea shall free them…
—Leonard Cohen, Suzanne
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I call this new painting, a 7″ by 5″ piece on paper, Until the Sea Shall Free Them, which is taken from the lines of the Leonard Cohen song Suzanne. The song’s sound, pace and feeling really jibe well with what I see in this piece so I felt taking the title from one of its lines was very fitting.
This is one of those pieces that has a composition that I connect with on an emotional level before it actually says anything to me on an conscious or intellectual level. In other words, I like it before I can figure out why. And there is something very satisfying in that.
And mystifying. I generally want to know the why behind something. But sometimes it is just better to enjoy the now and forget the why. And that is what I am doing with this painting.
Here’s Suzanne from Cohen.
Redtree Times 