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by Dick Richards
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As I was searching for a title for this painting, my wife began singing the song from the final scene of the Mary Poppins movie. As Mary’s umbrella... more
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As I was searching for a title for this painting, my wife began singing the song from the final scene of the Mary Poppins movie. As Mary’s umbrella lifts her into the air, George Banks leads his children in song and kite flying. The song is, “Let’s Go Fly a Kite.” The title seems perfect! The painting does capture the energy and playfulness of kite flying.
Go ahead, sing!
Oh oh oh
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go, fly a kite!
For twenty years I sought to enter the state of “mushin” when I paint without fully understanding what I was seeking or having a name for it. Then I stumbled on the name and found resources that helped me understand it and enter it at will. Mushin is a Japanese term and Zen expression, also used in martial arts. It refers to the mental state, the mindset, I seek when painting. In that state I rely not on thought and judgment, but on my trained instinct or what I feel intuitively in a moment. In English, mushin means “no mind.” It is shorthand for the term “mushin no shin” which means “mind without mind.” In the state of mushin the mind is not empty, but is free of distractions such as planning, analysis, criticism, fear,...
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