dust particles

3 days ago it was my friend Walter's birthday. We studied together in New York. Nearly 7 years already that he is dead now. Such a loss.

Each time I'm quietly painting in my studio and a dust particle is mixed up in the paint, I have to pick it out. Walter once said that he can't stand artists who don't take good care of their paintings and the paint surface is full of dust and dirt. 

So now, each time one of them lands on my paintings I have to think of Walter. Sometimes it feels like he comes to be remembered. 

This is to you Walter, I wish you could still be around to see all the beautiful things there are to see in this world.