I almost always come back to physical analogies when thinking of my paintings or explaining them to myself. There are some very general, limited ways of talking about pictures (the reasons for making them in the first place is to demonstrate something that cannot really be conveyed any other way).

The dialogue can take the form of a narrative which may touch on different aspects of survival or it can move directly into an expression of the body; sensuality, movement, eating, etc. An analogous interpretation may examine and refer to the nature of nature, embracing the sciences and exploring the relatedness of things; whether this take the form of impressions, i.e. beauty vs ugliness or measuring similarities and differences: eye-spots in unicellular organisms, the eyes in mammels and photosynthesis in plants. Mannerisms; noticing and classifying the very subtle differences between nearly identical objects.

All of these interpretative tools reveal the shade and structure of the being imagining them. I have two eyes so I see and therefore think in perspective; half of my body mirrors the other half, merging in the middle. My thoughts are shaped by the world my body inhabits.