The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The truth is balance, but the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.
All the texts say that in order to gain release one should render the mind quiescent; therefore their conclusive teaching is that the mind should be rendered quiescent; once this has been understood there is no need for endless reading.
To talk about painting is not only difficult but perhaps pointless too.