Is that a sigh of relief that there is no way in god's green earth that I'm ever going to be a competitor?
It was a sigh of amazement that anyone could pack so many disparate elements into a single piece. There's a certain raw quantity of energy in it, but it feels explosive rather than directed.
As for competitors: I don't seem to have them any more. Now that I'm retired, I paint for the sake of painting, write for the sake of writing, and hope the best for graphic designers. I'm doing some volunteer marketing and advertising and design work, but the real challenge there is to remember things and make time for tasks. Curiously, the business has no competition.
