Imagine you have just died. You were really really old. In fact, you have out lived your family and your friends.
A stranger comes into your home to catalogue your possessions.They are an estate manager and they must clear your household to honor your will or to pay off any bills you may have left. They come inside your home or apartment and there is one painting, a chair, and a bed. The painting is in a place of honor, well lit. They stop and stare at the painting. It is your legacy.
That painting should tell the person as much about you as the music you have on a shelf or the books that you own. A painting should reveal to people if you were funny, romantic, spiritual, mystical, patriotic, sensuous, and even what colors you liked.
Choose a painting, drawing or a sculpture like it is the only thing you will look at every day for the rest of your life.
Fall “in love” with it. When you are in love you cherish what you love, enjoy the time you spend together, are proud to be seen with your love. If you buy for love, not investment, you will never regret it.
Later you may find it was just puppy love and fall for a more mature lover; that will be the second piece in your collection.
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