Every artist's problem today is: What will we do with the human? - Mark Tobey

England collapses, turns Chinese with English and American thoughts. Thousands of Chinese characters are turning and twisting; every door is a shop. The rickshaws jostle the vendors, their backs hung with incredible loads. The narrow streets are alive in a way that Broadway isn't alive. Here all is human, even the beasts of burden. The human energy spills itself in multiple forms, writhes, sweats and strains every muscle towards the day’s bowl of rice. The din is terrific.

We have tried to fit man into abstraction, but he does not fit.

An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms.