outside the windows

fits and spurts of fortunately avoided downpours, inside i wait for the chance to dash to the next sheltering, no matter how densely protected from the elements.  unwise, unsuitable, unwittingly twisting words and actions, just waiting for the right moment, it comes and goes laughing at the very thought of one moment being better than the other.............

there seems to be so many forces pulling me in different directions, but upon closer inspection it is just my lack of organization keeping up with me.  i am strangely comforted by the sound of ranchero music, the soft hum of bicycle tires, and the pink tree droppings littering the roads these days.  escape is imminent, commitment is fleeting, and clouds approach...........

spring has sprung

 all the signs point to the spring springing , relentless gray rain, pink tree filled streets, and handfuls of happy hair!  not to mention a new crop of paintins...........

a few simple words, the beginning again, to remember the power of acknowledgement.  a fitful, near sleepless night spent listening to the wind slowly erode the walls, randomly attending to the needs of another, and avoiding the attention starved kitten staring at me from the top of the couch.  i am reminded once again that i do not know the definition of need...........

it is  a really good feeling when the refrigerator is full and the cookies are warm.  privilige  bathes me in it's amber glow and it's selective glance.  luck or skill,  fate or destiny, god or man, who knows?  has anyone seen "there will be blood"?  great movie...................

at the risk of ruining any artistic credibility i may have had, i did not enjoy daniel johnson last night.  i respect his vision of being a pop/rock star, and that necessitating a back-up band, but in my opinion, he is much stronger on his own.  things took a wrong turn when he set down his guitar and let someone else take over, i would have rather seen him stand and sing without instrumentation.  anyway, enough of that, what do i know anyway?  structure came knocking yesterday and i answered eagerly,  i guess i am getting old, or responsible?  an opportunity to have a little more employment structure may be in my future, for a few months.  nothing has happened yet, but the immediacy of my response to the call was in and of itself shocking to me.  what a fitting transition.............

here are a few more paintings i have finished recently....the squirrel and the owl are both gone, the others still remain.........

it is interesting how things come around.  it seems the more that i resist, the stronger the reaction.  call it our pension for instant gratification, the desire to believe in a greater plan, or just old fashioned psychology.  the last few days i have been feeling really foolish for these plans to ride across the country to display some paintings.  after days of constant back and forthing all i have to show for it is one sore neck.

well it seems that i had one too many last night (that equates to two for me) and now i wake up with a headache and a blog.  welcome to the random ramblings in my head that previously only meredith had to put up with.  now i can share them with the whole widely accepted as real world of the web.  today i miss the sun........

and another.....

just a fraction......

the leap.........

i now have leapt into the digital hemisphere.  watch out, i don't know who i am talking to or what i am doing, as a matter of fact i just erased my first post two minutes ago.  it is the end of the beginning........here are a few paintings i have recently completed.........