Portrait of an Artist's Life

An artist requires the time of healing alone. Without this period of recharging, our artist becomes depleted.... We strive to be good, to be nice, to be helpful, to be unselfish. We want to be generous, of service, of the world. But what we really want is to be left alone. When we can't get others to leave us alone, we eventually abandon ourselves. To others, we may look like we're there. We may act like we're there. But our true self has gone to ground.
             - The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Booker Jones had a degree in photography and taught art classes at the University for his survival needs. He loved high places.  A scaffold became his aerie where he felt the most comfort as he worked on his mural business.

Alone but needy, he expressed himself with effortless wonder.  Often passersby noticed details he included in his work that must have arrived from an inner desire.

Booker really wanted to . . .