i wanted to paint everything! (i still want to! it's all so good!) but instead i could only choose individual moments - this rock, this tree, this view. and what i was able to paint did not come all that close to the splendor of what i was actually seeing. over time, this can be upsetting! however. i have made friends with failure and i am in love with trying. often when beginning a canvas, i say to myself, quietly, just try. and then i do. for me, it's the only way to move forward as a painter - one canvas at a time. again, this can be frustrating! by 