October 8, 2004

"My Nature"
New Work by Tom Schulz

Opening
October 8, 2004, 6PM - 9 PM

MY NATURE

It’s my nature to reinvent the wheel. Whenever possible. It’s my nature to be helpful. Even when you may not require help, but just want to talk something out. Sorry. I don’t mean to dis-empower you, it’s just my nature.

It’s my nature to take a paradox and separate it into two separate doxes. To waffle when asked to let go my ego. To remember that Jessica Lynch and Lyndie England are both from West Virginia.

It is my nature to battle conflict and seek peace in letting go. Sorry if you are something that I let go, but that’s my nature (see above).

It is my nature to measure once and cut twice, to love out loud in a quiet voice, to give out the combination to a keyed lock. It is my nature to consider dualism a good start. See, gray is my favorite color. How can one help something like that? It must be my nature. It is my nature to call the back door the front door and then find access through a window. I know I should be more direct – but what can I do? It is my nature. Perhaps (if it isn’t too much trouble), you could go stand over there, and we could avoid the window/ door situation altogether.

It’s my nature to find rut in truth. To lay all my cards face up on the table and then play them close to the vest.

Every morning, I read the marriage announcements before the front page. Where did the couple go to school? Did they possibly meet at work? Where was the honeymoon? Will they be happy? I wonder about these things. I guess that is my nature. Which makes sense, because it is my nature to find connection amongst disparate things. Like that cartoon I saw when I was a kid about the little boy that always looked down when everyone else was looking up. He found a lot of really cool stuff that way.

It’s my nature to consider metaphor an active language. That gets me in a fix from time to time, but that’s all right, because everything works out in the end. Or at least that is what I think. I have to. It’s my nature.

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Click any image to view larger.  A list of Tom Schulz' new work follows.  (Please note that imaged of some pieces are not available online.) 

Work (some images not yet available on web site):

1. “Ock Nd We / Max and Moritz”. 2004 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 7 in.1/8 X 10 in. _.
2. “January 28, 2003 & 2004”. 2004 Watercolor, Gesso, Gilt. 7 in. 1/8 X 10 in. _.
3. “Captive is Real”. 2003 Watercolor, Gesso. 13 in. 1/4 X 9 in. _.
4. “Behold the Fire and the Wood”. 2003 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 7 in. 1/8 X 10 in. _.
5. “My Nature / MIDDLE”. 2004 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 25 in. 1/4 X 9 in. 1/2.
6. “ACCESS / Plans”. 2004 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso.30 in. 1/4 X 22 in. 1/2.
7. “My Nature”. 2004 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 10 in. _ X 7 in. 1/8.
8. “My Nature (Over the Years)”. 2004 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 10 in. _ X 7 in. 1/8
9. “It’s My Nature (to Help)”. 2004 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 10 in. _ X 7 in. 1/8
10. “MY Nature”. 2004 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 10 in. _ X 7 in. 1/8 .
11. “Beholdt”. 2003 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 7 in. 1/8 X 10 in. _.
12. “Old Science”. 2003 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 7 in. 1/8 X 10 in. _.
13. “There is the Would”. 2004 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 7 in. 1/8 X 10 in. _.
14. “Woodlands Frolic Series”. 2004 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 7 in. 1/8 X 10 in. _.
15. “No Sacrifice Required”. 2004 Watercolor, Marker, Gesso. 7 in. 1/8 X 10 in. _.