We have a lot of reasons but only one real one.
All children paint like geniuses. What do we do to them that so quickly dulls this ability?
I do things I don't know how to do in order to learn how to do them.
Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.
The essential in this time of moral poverty is to create enthusiasm.
Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it's bidding.