[I am] concerned about the direction of the world. Society needs to turn its gadgets off, slow down its high-adrenalin pace to walking speed, and encourage kids to maybe skip a few sports practices, instead getting outside in the woods where they can sit and tune their ears to what they’re not hearing.
Do nothing, but look. In that glimpse, Carlson says, you will find everything of meaning that you will ever need to know about the preciousness of existence. Each of us can do it before our stardust flesh returns back to the ground."
"We’re forgetting, because we’re becoming so anesthetized by gadgetry and virtual reality, how to let awe seep into our souls.”
While striving to convey "the rhythms, hum and vibrations of the earth”, Carlson paradoxically eschews employing loud primary colors, believing it better to be underactive with palette than resorting to blinding colors which to him equates to dissonance.
https://mountainjournal.org/painter-george-carlson-is--top-nature-artist
Todd Wilkinson, founder of Mountain Journal
