Shade

Summer.. Hot.. Long Days.. Shade? ? ?
All the way up till 5pm I can feel a cool breeze driftin thru my space as I stand on a west facing deck that has a five foot overhang providing protection. I stand with paint brush in hand, music blastin a variety of tunes, fragrance of Oil Paint wafting in and out, and the occasional passerby with an encouraging greeting. The shade is physical but can't help but think of an emotional type of shade. A way of saying if you stand out in the sun.. comparing it to the onslaught of spiritual and emotion attacks that come our way on a daily basis, you'll fry yer brain and heart too! sooo shade is good.. protection from the "elements" is good and needed. .. Yep.. just need a little shade sometimes.

respect

Respect is a lost art! Maybe not completely but certainly waining as a constant consideration in the general population. I may have become callous from dealing with the public as a small business owner but seems most parents no longer teach their kids to respect the property or personage of others. Aretha got it right... gimme gimme gimme some respect, just a little bit!!

Rainbow

Created a painting last nite... not quite finished (approx 6ft x 9ft Acrylic on Canvas) Started out with a few bands of bright primary color .. felt like a rainbow.. so after some thoughts and bit of time playing the Blues with my partner Heavy D decided to scrawl "Your Love is Like A Rainbow!" across the surface. Pretty cool thought... Art in general is certainly like a rainbow! Hope, Refreshing, New Beginnings, even a Light in the darkness all comes to mind and heart when i allow Art to speak to me. There will always be storms but ahhhh I believe there will always be Rainbows as well.

Deeper

Be Nice! Art has a way of getting our attention but it's not always nice about it! By that I mean, all art isn't pretty or sweet or even "traditional". Some art has the ability to speak in ways that irritates me yet when i press on thru the project the outcome usually is pleasing. Kinda like getting blisters when digging a hole to plant a tree. Blisters are painful but the outcome of the effort affords shade and clean air for years into the future and benifits not only the digger but so many others. I'm just sayin we need to keep our eyes on the prize, distant as it may seem, still, Victory is worth all pain it takes to get there.
Har! excuse me while i Dig a Little Deeper!

On Track

So easy to get off track! There are many enticements along the way or should I say distractions. mmmm Dis - Traction .. could mean loosing traction.. slippin all over the place instead of staying focused down the middle of the road.
My first job out of HS was working for the Penn-Central Rail Road in the Signal & Communication Branch out of Indianapolis, Indiana. One of the jobs our crew would be dispatched to was helping reinstall communication cables that were destroyed in train wrecks. It's a powerful thing to see a locomotive barreling down the track but when all that power gets Off Track it causes immense destruction. So too our lives. The impact not only effects our own path but also the lives of those around us. You've heard the saying, "their life is like a train wreck!" What a mess! Now I believe Art can be of great assistance by letting out emotions in a creative way instead of allowing all that pent up pressure to drive us off track. Sure, some disasters are unavoidable but we have the ability to release and refocus our energy in a positive manner. Sometimes we carry a heavy load but our good friend ART can provide comfort and protection along the way.
Soooo.. You Got It.... Time for me to get out into my studio and Make More Art! Woooot Wooooot!!!! (train sounds here)