Hi. Here are three things about me:
1. I paint giant paintings of birds on surfaces that look like weathered billboards. I also paint words that are not entirely decipherable on surfaces that include suggestions of birds.
2. Having run out of anything more interesting to worry about, this morning I've been kind of concerned about my sodium intake, sodium mostly being taken in through the delightful, crunchy vehicle of Glenny's Soy Crisps.
3. I get carried away easily.

So, in a manner both sudden and rather unexpected even to me, I've recently established myself as Someone Concerned With And Dedicated To Helping Artists Share Their Ideas, Processes and Projects. In organizing a series of group shows in Providence (www.josiemorway.com/digs) I've apparently gotten all passionate about the cause of collectivizing and de-gallerizing art. Overcoming the isolation of the creative life! Figuring out how the hell art can actually mean a darned thing to the world at large!

I have no idea what I'm doing. I have never seen myself as much of an organizer nor any sort of curator but the last concern above is what preoccupies me damn-near constantly, at least until I start ruminating about salt in order to give myself a break.

I have never made peace with my own need to make pictures. To this day, I can't come up with an excuse for it, a reason why art-making is a valuable use of my time, a worthy expenditure of energy. I know... this doubt is probably pretty insulting to other artists but I can't help it: I want to know what all of these images are for.

So I'm initiating a blog-thing, inviting you all into my wanting-to-know and into my changing process of art making. I'm planning to post my work in progress, as well as other work that's going on around me and is either inspiring or disturbing to me. I'm hoping to get a lot of participation: I want your comments and to see your own work.

Come on.