Consider for a moment one thousand years of human history. Consider all the wars and catastrophes, births and deaths. Consider all the people who became immensely famous and wealthy, and then were completely forgotten. And contrast all that with one small fly who is crawling around on the glass of an attic window.
Is it possible to concoct some philosophy, some attitude toward life and history such that the fly would be just as important as that thousand years of human history.
Perhaps it is possible, but one is compelled to ask, “What fly do you mean, and just which window?”
This painting on paper measures 5.25” x 10.25”. It is painted on cold press watercolor paper prepared with several different colors of ground, and acrylic paint. It is signed on the front along the bottom edge, Richard Britell September 7, 2001.
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