"Longing", as with other pieces, has a cosmological theme. I wanted literally
to place a window up to the universe so one might be able to see two things
at the very same time; the infinitely large expanse as well as the
infinitesimal. How, or rather, WHAT must one place in such a window? The
choice(s) would need to be both large and small. In looking "out" the window,
one can see the night sky. This to me represents rather clearly the distant
part of this duality. The "strands" that colorfully traverse what can be
thought of as the imaginary window are what one might see if they were to
look into the eyepiece of a microscope under high power. My thought at the
time was what one might see if s/he were to view the upper most layer of the
human skin. The accuracy of such an image was not as important to me as the
concept -- the infinitely small area involved as well as the "expance" which
lies between the stands of human tissue. Carrying this concept further in
one’s mind, it could be argued that "the infinite" could be extended forever
in BOTH directions -- outward as well as inward. One would never reach the
end. There would always be smaller spaces AND larger distances to
investigate. I was intrigued by the idea and decided to paint a window "to
both" universes.

This painting was sold to D. S. for $400 in 1997.  He is the father of a
woman with whom I used to work.  "Sarah" (for whom I painted "For Sara I" and
"For Sarah II") and I worked at a garden center in Chelmsford, Massachusetts
from August 1995 to November 1996.