Could You?

Throughout this bridge program I have learned that change is a big part of our lives. It shows us everyday that things are not going to be the same and that we have to act now to make our future. In Utermohlen's work you see his progress and then his change when he is hit by dimensia. Are these changes considered good or bad in a way that the paintings are striking and powerful or are they just depressing. Ask yourself, if you were a painter struggling with a disease like this, from what you have learned through bridge, could you still make positive change in your life and art or blow off your art becasue of the way the disease is affecting you? And if so would you do it for yourself or for the publics' vision of your struggle?