artwork to music.....

A few years ago, a friend of mine bought one of my paintings

and told me it reminded him of a song by Johnny Cash....

Since then I have fantasized having an art show

where the artwork reflected or was painted to a certain song....

alas....here we are today...

I have decided to have an impromtu art contest with

some fellow artists (anyone can join)

where we each take turns to pick a specific song

and then we each do a peice of artwork

listening to the song or reflecting the song etc.

(the person that picks the song decides what the rules are during their turn)

At the end of the deadline, we come together and compare our peices

some of us on the same page or maybe not (?)

anyway....

Here is my peice

"I Won't Back Down" (by Tom Petty)

(can you see the little dialysis tubes?)

see lyrics listed below

Well I won't back down
No I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down

No I'll stand my ground, won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin me down
gonna stand my ground
and I won't back down

Chorus:
(and I won't back down)
Hey Baby, there ain't no easy way out
(and I won't back down)
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won't back down

Well I know what's right, I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin me around
But I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down

Chorus

*this song was recently talked about at a memorial for Chris Melnychuk (a fellow artist friend)
who recently passed away from tongue cancer. He had a strong will to live and it makes sense that he would enjoy this song. It inspires me to keep plugging along

the crows are back......

I had no idea that my friend in Edmonton

is such a master at taking crow pictures....

I am so happy that she shared these photos with me

because it really helped me get back into my studio

after these long months of just focusing on my health....

Don't these birds look so REGAL?

not scruffy looking like the crows around here...

Here are my paintings...inspired by these photos....

This one is called:

looking back with no regrets

This one is called:

heading in the right direction

feels like a mushroom day......

I think I will crawl back into bed......

maybe the sun will come out later and I will feel better

pancake syrup

It's that time of year again...CALGARY STAMPEDE

and lots of free pancake breakfasts...

I was in the grocery store yesterday and saw

three teenage boys in front of me in the check-out line....

They looked like they were probably 16 or 17 years old (but then I am a bad judge of age)....

They were each buying 4 bottles of pancake syrup....

My first thought was that they were hosting a pancake breakfast

and were sent to the store to get syrup....

But why were they each buying four bottles? I wondered....

Why didn't one guy buy all the bottles?

Perhaps they were each in charge of hosting their own breakfasts? hmmmm....

Then I noticed that they were having difficultly figuring out how much money to give the clerk....and she had to tell them where to grab their change (coin dispenser)....

Had they never been shopping before at the grocery store???

WEIRD....I thought

Then when I got up to the clerk, she told me that those boys were

from the Chec Republic and they were buying Maple Syrup to take back home.

It all made sense then....the four bottles each...and the currency /cash issue...

my perseption antenna was a little off!

my itsy bisty teeny weeny ponytail...is GONE

I have never really been attached to my hair...
Once I participated in a charity event:
"Shave Your Lid for a Kid" and had my long hair shaved off...
and I also had dreads put in my hair
But there is something about losing your hair...
clumps at a time (because of strong medication)
that is a little scary....
and what makes it worse is that the medication makes
your face all puffy as well...
I could probably handle one or the other at one time
but to be bald and puffy at once??
Anyway....
I was hanging on to my teeny pony tail for too long
I finally got it chopped off yesterday...

My last few strands of hair

are now in the follicle graveyard.....

I am happy to report that

there are signs of hair growth!

My hair is coming back! YEY