That's what has happened this weekend. Something snapped in my head and I was flooded with confidence. I don't know what that was, but I welcomed it. I suddenly felt calm; I was no longer wondering what I was doing; I knew. I suspect I finally gave up caring if anybody besides my mother (and she's long gone) gave a damn what I was actually painting in my studio instead of playing Canasta, Bridge or Mahjong with the other gal around here. With that, freedom walked in the door. I picked up my brushes and put my past in the past. I think it was fitting that I went back into Summer Woods 2009, threw the paint at it and re-titled it Cancer Summer during breast cancer awareness month.
Do get your mammograms ladies you certainly do not want to go through a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation or take the fat pill Arimidex for five years. Not an official survivor yet, I AM still here and I can paint--but this is the last painting I'm ever going to splatter. There's a big mess I have to clean up.
I DEDICATE THIS NEXT VIDEO TO MY FRIEND MYRNA. GILBERT AND SULLIVAN MAY BE CORNY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING CORNY ABOUT B.B.KING.
Ah, the freedom to paint for oneself--it's delicious.
ReplyDeleteYou are a survivor and I'm glad.
You and me both LOL. With the freedom to paint for oneself, both my shoulders and neck relaxed.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it amazing when you get an epiphany?! :-)
ReplyDeletebtw, I still love your pencil drawings- that is what originally caught my eye to your blog!. Your paintings are just the icing on the cake to your sketches. I love how you draw the personality in them...
Thank you very much Christine. I really appreciate your kind words--and direction. I've been so busy trying to become a painter, I put aside my pencils until last week when I bought a new hat. It's on my pencil drawing agenda next time I take it off my head. I'm getting a little tired of my header,"A Feather in My Stetson." LOL.
ReplyDeleteHi, Linda,
ReplyDeleteVery happy for you, if you could find something and know the direction to go.
Kind regards,Sadami
It's always a joy Sadami, when suddenly you get it, your world falls into place and you feel like flying. Cheers to you Sadami, you and your work is always a joy.
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