Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.
Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.
With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.
For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.
As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us.
I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.