Statement

As an artist,
(it goes without saying)
I work
(naturally)
in the service of God
(of course).
But -- and this is important --
I happen to think that there is a species of
Irreverence
which is near and dear to the heart of God.
I believe that there is a certain kind of Misbehavior which angels delight to behold.
I believe that Heaven smiles, whenever it hears a particular sort of Loud Guffaw.

In point of fact,
it is that species of irreverence, it is those sorts of misbehavior,
accompanied by that kind of laughter,
which is this particular artist's ideal.
-- Which is, of course, ridiculous, because who but a Prophet can be thus Irreverent?
Who but a Saint is capable of proper Misbehavior?
And who but one of the Fools, or the Clowns, who were present at the Creation,
can bring forth from us
that particular sort of Loud Guffaw?

Ridiculous -- to Put It Mildly.

So what remains?
There remains being this particular ridiculous artist, being a person who loves to draw.
Who wishes,
* where appropriate *
to put levity in the place of gravity.
Who is obsessed with the
Human Form,
and with all of the different ways it can appear in works of art.
And who will die happy, if he can, just once or twice in his life,
manage to
Break the Rules
in just the right way.