“In watching a musician recently, I was excited by the way he attacked his saxophone, hitting the right note at the right amount of volume and force; it is like psyching myself up to attack a larger piece of watercolor paper. Whereas the sound of the note dissipates — except in one’s memory, the brush mark does not — it requires the correct amount of water, the correct color, the correct shape, speed, and direction, in just the correct place. After that first mark, a dialogue is created between the artist and the paper and the marks one makes. If I am open to listen to my inner music, then a little bit of magic happens, and that might be what a musician feels.”