> Hi Kenney,
> 
> I've been meaning to ask you this for a while now . . . Anyway, 
> today,  looking around for another painting of yours to highlight on my 
> blog, I  again noticed that you really seem to be into whispering lately.
>
>Doug
> http://dshoffman.blogspot.com
 

Hey Doug,

Shhh. . . Don't tell anyone and I’ll tell you. 

When we were kids, remember the kids who told secrets but you were left out?  Or maybe you were one of the whisperers yourself?  What was so important that they felt they had to keep it a secret but at the same time make sure that you knew they had a secret that you were excluded from knowing? 

Some kids became angry that the other kids were whispering.  Some kids reacted by whispering to someone else.   Other children just ignored them.  Teachers and other adults might censor those doing the whispering or indulgently or even pointedly ignore them.

Not being a child anymore doesn’t mean that I don’t wonder.  I love to watch people in restaurants, in movies, on the street, and fantasize about what they are talking about.  Whispering is a way of communicating and not communicating.  It’s a paradox.  In my paintings, the whispering people are meant to make you wonder what they are whispering about and if you are paranoid about it, it’s your own fault. 

Kenney
www.kenney-mencher.com