yesterday nova and i went to the moma as part of her birthday celebration. we hadn’t been since the renovations and were really looking forward to it.

preparing myself to once again experience the bacons and duchamps and the other pieces of art that have inspired me so much before, i was more floored when i discovered a new source of inspiration that, for some unknown reason, i had never seen before: gerhard richter.

i can’t really describe what i was feeling as we walked into the gallery that contained about fifteen of his “blurred” paintings, from his October 18, 1977 collection, but it was something definitely incredible. something clicked.

coming home and immediately doing some research on him and his collection, i found a wonderful quote that speaks volumes.

“One has to believe in what one is doing, one has to commit oneself inwardly, in order to do painting. Once obsessed, one ultimately carries it to the point of believing that one might change human beings through painting. But if one lacks this passionate commitment, there is nothing left to do. Then it is best to leave it alone. For basically painting is idiocy.” —Richter, ‘Notes 1973′.

i believe the same is true for film as well.