{"id":1387,"date":"2015-03-23T03:57:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T03:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2015-09-16T20:47:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T20:47:50","slug":"notes-to-myself-on-beginning-a-painting-by-richard-diebenkorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=1387","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Notes to myself on beginning a painting&#8221; by Richard Diebenkorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/72.59_01_b02.jpg?ssl=1\" data-decorational=\"article\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1388\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/72.59_01_b02.jpg?fit=475%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"475,566\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/72.59_01_b02.jpg?fit=251%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/72.59_01_b02.jpg?fit=475%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1388\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/72.59_01_b02.jpg?resize=475%2C566&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-decorational=\"article\" data-sources=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/72.59_01_b02.jpg?resize=475%2C566&#038;ssl=1 1x 475w 566h, https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/72.59_01_b02-251x300.jpg 1x 251w 300h\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/72.59_01_b02.jpg?w=475&amp;ssl=1 475w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/72.59_01_b02.jpg?resize=251%2C300&amp;ssl=1 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.<\/p>\n<p>2. The pretty, initial position which falls short of completeness is not to be valued \u2013 except as a stimulus for further moves.<\/p>\n<p>3. DO search.<\/p>\n<p>4. Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable.<\/p>\n<p>5. Don\u2019t \u201cdiscover\u201d a subject \u2013 of any kind.<\/p>\n<p>6. Somehow don\u2019t be bored but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.<\/p>\n<p>7. Mistakes can\u2019t be erased but they move you from your present position.<\/p>\n<p>8. Keep thinking about Pollyanna.<\/p>\n<p>9. Tolerate chaos.<\/p>\n<p>10. Be careful only in a perverse way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion. 2. The pretty, initial position which falls short of completeness is not to be valued \u2013 except as a stimulus for further moves. 3. DO search. 4. Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable. 5. Don\u2019t \u201cdiscover\u201d a subject \u2013 of any kind. 6. Somehow don\u2019t be bored but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential. 7. Mistakes can\u2019t be erased but they move you from your present position. 8.&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=1387\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Notes to myself on beginning a painting&#8221; by Richard Diebenkorn<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,8,56,64],"tags":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1397,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions\/1397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}