Day 84

untitled
tempera on canvas, 16" x 20"

today's entry is really more about process than product. i like it, or parts of it, but this week's been a bit of an emotional roller coaster which finally allowed me to bail out the back today. i finished up my teaching gig after 3 years and 1 month this morning...and i start a new job on Monday. i'm excited, but was unexpectedly a tad sad when i said my goodbyes. so i spent all afternoon painting. it was heaven. and messy. and sweaty. full of process, process, process...and very little brain-overload-chatter, just the way i like it!

Day 83

exodus in the key of exuberant-sharp
ink, tempera and watercolor on canvas, 10" x 20"

Day 82 1/2

this is what we do.

we laugh.
we seek comfort when we ache.
we lash out, we hide, we sleep.

we don't sleep, but instead daydream at night
about the one that got away,
or the one that came back, damaged and smaller than
we remember.

we hurt each other in ways we cannot imagine ever doing.

we hold hands.
we ask forgiveness, and we dole it out unconditionally.
we cry, we weep. for days on end.

we love, and want to love, and want to be loved.
we wonder why, why not, how is it possible, when.
we dress our wounds as best we can.
we whisper and make up new languages and nod knowingly.

we share secrets.
we trade secrets.
we keep secrets.

we live, not always holy and not always wholly.
we demand our days in court. we flirt and marry, drift
apart and back again. we want to be happy and rich,
but mostly happy. and rich.
we blink, we surprise each other. with words
or tiny actions.

we suffer, we weep. we ask forgiveness.
and we dole it out unconditionally.

this is what we do.

Day 82

curviliciously arced

Several points of inspiration / pinging off fellow 100 Days artists:
JK Davies' day 80
she pinged off an Antony Gormley piece
and a Dorothee Lee piece,
which was inspired by JK's day 76 piece; and,
Mitra Fabian (especially the zippers); and
Andy G., whose work is never far from my mind.

Day 81

interstellar interlude / busy signal

Day 80

of prisons and other stiflings

Today marked a return to work, my vacation is all done, b'bye. I feel very boxed in here. Good thing I've got some good news, and a new direction, on the reachable horizon. More on that later...

Day 79 1/2

togetherness, from my Conversations series