Art is as interesting as the artist themselves. Their life experiences guide their type, style, medium, subject matter etc. Some love to paint perfection, some abstract. Some of the supposedly greats of their day seem to instill the unforeseen emotional reality of the human condition capturing the wonder of possibilities of canvases. In their day spending months or years on a project was not a problem. Life’s simplicity made time a non issue of the time involved on a project. In this day and time, time is money. Unfortunately, the time it takes to create a work that is affordable to the vast majority of people. Meaning the time spent verses price the more time spent the better the perfection of the piece. Good things take time. It converts to I LOVE THAT! And then they walk away. I recently had a girl walk by the motor home with 4 dogs looking at my paintings on the side she passed by then after walking about thirty feet she stopped and turned around to come back and asked me if I would take six dollars for that bird. I asked which bird. She pointed at a giant blue heron standing in the water reflecting its beauty on the ripples at the days dawning patiently waiting for the morning’s bountiful schools of bait fish. Not hesitating, I said, “sure.” I came out of the home on wheels and pulled the Velcro-ed art off the side as she said I love birds. A smile came upon her face as she walked away staring at it as she left and continued to stare at it for some time. The fifteen hours I spent painting the bird I had called PATIENCE some months earlier was time well spent. Upon reflection of that day, I’m reminded of a friend who has spent a lifetime perfecting his art. After a devastating accident being hit on his bicycle by a car and years of recovery, he is plagued by his energies. He plays for a small portion of the bar and tips. It’s a far cry from what once he came. The time spent learning his craft and becoming very successful at it is what we strive for. Fortunately for us, his love for his craft, the love of beautiful music his guitar makes, overrides his physical limitations. The one thing that we can all depend on is that the pieces of the puzzle not yet reveled to us always seem to have a purpose. For him, the love of music is our gift. The time spent isn’t an issue, which we are all grateful for.