The retreating artist

Among the activities intended to enhance the re-creation of energy, inspiration and enthusiasm for this artist's imagination: painting, drawing, reading, writing, music, great films, waterfront walks, laughing and dancing -

Perhaps the most important part of my artist's retreat?

Silence in solitude.

Hour after hour of pure, unadulterated silence in the company of jittering flimsy flames from candles that surround me - interrupted only by the resonance of an inconsequential tide's wave, quietly lapping the beach's hemline.