Charles Luden, Self-Examination
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Photo, 1979 by Mike Greenlee
Greetings:
The danger of self examination is that you may find something even if you don’t know what you’re looking for. So I decided to stop looking and just do stuff. I’ve always been good at entertaining myself. Each day I get up, feed the birds, then have a waffle covered with plum or blackberry jelly for breakfast.  After I clear the table I place a blank sheet of drawing paper in the center. I stare at it for several minutes imagining a fantastic painting I would like to create. If this goes on for 20 minutes or more, I’ll take out my notebook and write a poem about this fantastic imaginary art piece. Â
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Charles Luden
March 1, 2015
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