Copacetic. A wonderful word whose origin nobody can seem to agree on. I like the theory that it derives from Cajun French coup esètique / coupersètique, which means “able to cope with anything and everything”. When art is in my life, when I create, I feel like everything will work out, everything will be fine.

But it is not without paradox; it is old French slang for “final cut”, meaning the point beyond which something can no longer be changed. When I hang my art on the wall, I have to let it go. The creative effort has come to an end.

I am OK with that. I am taking the next copacetic steps to new works.