First order of business...i have begun doing art again..and i've never felt more liberated in my life. The rust has come off and i'm producing things that i am really really proud of. In fact, i crawled out of my box and submitted three of my favorites to a very popular art show in OKC and Tulsa...maybe you've heard of it...Momentum hosted by OVAC. I turned in my work today and I have to wait till the 20th to find out if my work was selected or not. say a prayer!
My new collection is called Circumvention...by definition means "to avoid artfully" I'm artfully avoiding a few things these days..relationships for one. My dad told me today that Natalie Merchant's song Circle Dream comes to mind when he looks at my art work...so i googled the lyrics and man..dad knows how to pick music...like the time he hand wrote the words to a Candlebox song when i was 15....or the time when he called me "uptown girl" when i was 5....He's my father, its only par for course that he develops the soundtrack to my life...but thats a whole other blog post.
Anyhoo....i'm not a pro (yet) with taking pictures of my artwork, but here are two of the three that i took the gallery today....( i can't locate a pic of the other one
Circle Dream - 10,000 Maniacs
I dreamed of a circle,
I dreamed of a circle round.
And in that circle I had made
were all the worlds unformed and unborn yet.
A volume, a sphere that was the earth, that was the moon,
that did revolve around my room.
I dreamed of a circle,
I dreamed of a circle round.
And in that circle was a maze,
a terrible spiral to be lost in.
Blind in my fear, I was escaping just by feel.
But at every turn my way was sealed.
I dreamed of a circle,
I dreamed of a circle round.
And in that circle was a face.
Her eyes looked upon me with fondness.
Her warmth coming near,
calling me "sweetness," calling me "dear."
But I whispered, "no, I can't rest here."
I dreamed of a circle,
I dreamed of a circle round
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