Why am I painting?

A question I sometimes ask myself, "Why am I painting?", there are many other things that need to be done, time is limited. A question like that may sound strange from an artist, but think about it, if you are a rather unknown artist, in a small community where art is nowhere to be seen, and no-one is buying, really, "Why do I paint?" is not such a weird question after all. In the back of my mind when I start a new canvas, I think "yeah, nice idea, but where am I going to store this one?" Also the financial factor comes in to play, "why am I spending 57Euro - for this canvas only - that is just going to be sitting there?" Gosh, I really must like to paint, have a need to paint. I just wish that I could share my works.

Painting is a lot like meditation

I was thinking yesterday, while I was finishing off a painting, that the act of painting is a lot like meditation. You're there busy for hours in solitude, quietness, concentrated on one thing, the painting. Then I was realizing that probably the best content for my blog is being thought off right there, while painting/meditating. But I am not capturing it. I should almost have my laptop next to me and when a next idea comes to mind, type in straight away, or maybe use a voice recorder, I don't know.