Good for you, Artist, moving toward abstraction...I too hope to evolve there.
As for the lost relationship, I am still dealing with it as well. I am in the mode of "acceptance" and sad about it, but what recourse does one have when the "other" has moved beyond it. Hey, I've even sent him a couple of other emails (after getting sick and stopping up the ceramics commode), to which he hasn't responded. I have to accept it, I know.
Seeker