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If you were your own self-portrait
what medium would you be

the haunting smudge of charcoal
rich in darkness
soothingly indefinite of outline

slow-curing oils
dimensions layered in opacities and
translucent depthes

quick-setting acrylic
vibrant and crisp
jarring and startling

the delicate stipple of pastel
innocent as crayon
fragile as fairy dust

the smooth sweep of colored pencil
cross-hatched and quixotic
feathered and fraying at the edges

pen and ink
pointed and precise
cutting-edge and contrast

or watercolor
diffuse and difficult
creeping out and over easy definitions

outlines
palettes
strokes

choices

"White. A blank page or canvas.
The challenge:
bring order to the whole.
Through design.
Composition.
Balance.
Light.
And harmony." *

If you were your own self-portrait
what medium would you be




* From "Sunday in the Park with George" by Stephen Sondheim