Nineteen Steps

When I was working on this I wanted to paint just to paint. I didn't want to paint "things". But things emerged. So my yellow horizontal marks turned into steps. I'm not sure if there really are nineteen steps but that's what I got on a quick count. My thoughts of all these cliches that have landed on my front doorstep lately seemed to find their energy down my right arm, into the right hand and out the paint brush. "One step at a time". "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". "Every adventure requires a first step". And remember Neil Armstrong's "That's one small step for man..."? I'm truly grateful every morning when my feet hit the floor and I can begin a new day taking as many steps as I can.