21 March 2026
Reproducing something here that Henry Curchod said via Instagram. The idea of conditions>outcomes is especially evergreen:
Sometimes it can be disheartening when you're reminded that mostly it's your accidents that are successful. In darker moments, there is a desire to reproduce outcomes rather [than] conditions. When you realize that you are a conduit for errors and good painting is full of failure made visible, of vulnerability, and persistent honesty, it can be difficult to manufacture the enthusiasm that's needed to knowingly make a thousand mistakes and try to reconcile them over again.