The only thing I still struggle with is to explain or not to explain. Most of my things have some really deep convoluted meaning/story that was played out during creation, it’s what I see when I look at them. I know most of it is not blatently obvious to most people. Part of me wants to always give the story because it kills me when someone thinks “oh that’s just pretty” or cute or creepy or whatever. I usually don’t though I figure it has to mean whatever it means to the person viewing it. I can’t be a control freak all the time.

Oh I hope you get some rest if you need it!

However that by no means negates the fact that someone else could use say vivid reds and blues etc to convey the same message quite clearly. It’s about how we perceive things to me, and what voice we use to relate that perception. That is *your* voice, and you seem to speak in colors, which is probably why it frustrated you trying to make it sound like someone else’s..it’s like someone slapping a gag on you and telling you your voice is all wrong. Personally, I think that’s a pretty good reason to get pissed off

http://www.finearttips.com/2010/01/the-secret-to-painting-white-objects/#ixzz1F8AIl7qE

This is the idea I was talking about –

I appreciate black and gray, but I nearly always work in bright color.
You can address dark subjects with any color.

Makes me think of an art class I took once in college –
They had us paint a table full of white objects – bones, eggs, and so on.
The idea was to learn to look at things more closely and see that they weren’t all just stark out of the tube white. They were all shades of white. There were highlights and shadows, there were tones of color. The shadow curving up the side of the egg might have a blue tone or something — so really, looking at a table of white things, you ended up painting all the subtly colors that were there, giving the detail and substance.

Hmm … Would be neat to do the same with a table of black things …

I’m probably explaining this very poorly — I just got home after working 6 twelve hour nights in a row, so nothing really coherent will be forthcoming this morning.