OBJECTS AND THINGS

What is uncanny - and a source of wonder to me - is that I am sure that the young man in this picture would have been unaware as to precisely why he chose to paint the objects and things he painted. And yet, from the vantage piont of his old age, he found that he had unconsciously chosen to use things that all fitted in with a pattern that could be seen only at the end of the process. Everything fell into place; [...]
(Christopher Bucklow on a portrait of Philip Guston by Arthur Ames | Foam #11)