While internet browsing I stumbled upon this blog post about the 2018 show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "Time and Again: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art." https://unframed.lacma.org/2018/05/02/time-and-again-intersection-past-and-present-iranian-art
I'm very curious to know if anyone on the miniature forum had seen the show or read about it. I think the subject is fascinating and important for anyone in seeking to express their orientation to time and place. And that probably means everyone! Please let me know what you think.
Time-traveller, here. Painting can express time and timelessness, even though perhaps static to the viewer, methinks. Not just reflecting the time in which it was done, not just the frozen-in-time aspect of a scene, but that which we are all seeking -- the beauty of the art of the past, when people had more time to pour into exquisite artworks; every hour shows. We as artists are lucky, as we can create little timeless paradises on paper or vellum in which to spend our time. Our time that passes in that odd dilated outside-of-time way when we paint.
Yearning is precious, methinks. Sorrow deprives one of enthusiasm, a bleak feeling indeed. Yearning contains energy, precious energy. The energy to create beauty to gladden the eyes, to heal, to inspire. As you do.