Long ago I meditated on this question: how do I become more original? What is original, and who are the original artists? Is there some secret involved in the answers to these questions? I started examining my favorite artists: Van Gogh, Dostoyevsky, Stendhal, Botticelli, Picasso, and so forth. There were a lot of them, but what did they all have in common? I wasn't sure, but there were hints. They somehow dealt with their own world. Their own lives. Mostly, it seemed their deepest selves had a way of contacting everyone's deepest self. What was fully, even painfully, personal always was unique. That is, original. Everyone was original, but humans weren't able to understand and reveal this about themselves. Over time I began to be more personal in my efforts at making art. I started to involve the people in my world. For example, here is a photo of Judith, mother of Dante, Hannah, and Alexis. Judith, a very significant woman in my personal existence. I think it'd be intelligent if I subjected my world to more creative treatment. For the rest of my worldly days.