mildly philosophical

from a letter to Michael Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Malcolm T. Liepke: In essence, I believe that no matter how alone we may feel in the world—how we imagine we are experiencing things in a vacuum—we all share the same human experiences. We all have the same basic needs for connection, love and understanding. I try to reach those universal needs; it’s what’s primal in art. I try to say it through mood, color, atmosphere and texture. Bottom line: It’s the [emotion], and I just want to get it out. It’s difficult to express through words things that are so beautiful that they have no words. I can’t explain it. I have to paint it. (1) Storytime, (2) Two Friends, (3) Comfy Chair, (4) Three in A Bar