830 Fireplace Road by John Yau

"830 Fireplace Road" John Yau (Variations on a sentence by Jackson Pollack)

"When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing" When aware of what I am in my painting, I'm not aware When I am my painting, I'm not aware of what I am When what, what when, what of, when in, I'm not painting my I When painting, I am in what I'm doing, not doing what I am When doing what I am, I'm not in my painting When I am of my painting, I'm not aware of when, of what Of what I'm doing, I am not aware, I'm painting Of what, when, my, I, painting, in painting When of, of what, in when, in what painting Not aware, not in, not of, not doing, I'm in my I In my am, not am in my, not of when I am, of what Painting "what" when I am, of when I am, doing, painting. When painting, I'm not doing. I am in my doing. I am painting.

Jackson Pollack wrote: "When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own."

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