My Latest Inspiration

I'm working on a painting that will have a monk holding a moray eel.
Why? I'm thinking about creatures who look frightening and yet do not have that intent. Like eels and octopus.
And I'm thinking about Father Junipero Serra walking up and down the California coast founding missions and thinking he was doing something good. In the third grade I made a sculpture of Father Serra out of a detergent bottle. I dressed it and gave it a clay head and made him little glasses out of tape and wire. And Father Serra has been on my mind ever since.
One thing leads to another.
It's raining and it's so nice.
I have to go to work tomorrow and I only want to paint.
And if none of this makes sense... well that's ok, it's just how I go about being an artist.