Marcia Sandmeyer Wilson

Friend, you have to realize I am OLD. Being OLD is like being drunk. The brain is all softened up like a piece of wet dough. Things get blurry and self consciousness disappears. There are old thoughts flying around like tattered rags of memories and all I have to do is settle down and imagine something. Anything at all can trigger a thought.

I was thinking about painting this morning. So the ideas are flying around in my old head, but you know what gets them on canvas? Bravery. I think the most important thing an artist can have maybe is courage. You know. The courage to make a fool of oneself in public.

-Marcia Sandmeyer Wilson

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