Thoughtful conversations with the people of Maine

I don't need them to see the fish the way I see the fish artistically. But how do I get them to look closely at the fish and see something they haven't seen before and try to depict it without being fearful about it not being perfect?

Silence can be deafening. Silence speaks volumes. So if they're avoiding talking about disability, for example, because they're worried, do I say non apparent or invisible or hidden? What do I do? So they say nothing.

More than one time have people chosen to use our blankets as a death shroud. To me it really hearkens to how people feel about certain objects in their life that, again, in this case, I want to go out with this thing that has as much integrity that an object can have an authenticity.