The past and the present came clanging together
this was me this is who I am to be
today
an image ever changing

I say to you
here I am today, tomorrow, yesterday
never changing
always rearanging
just for you

No more
I am here for me
Not to be crude nor ever rude
Just me for who I am
Not you

My space is changing
ever rearranging
my space is pure
is clean
rememberances of a man
I adore

He taught me much
my paintings are his touch
he is the grand artist
I adore so much

I have no more to say
only to paint
the silenced word
of the humble hermit
who I totally adore

Thank you.

Work In Progress 4-28-12

When I first began working at my current job, I had a supervisor who did not like me.  We moved from one office building to another and she placed me in a very small office with no window.  An occupational therapist who I work with brought me this window so I could have a "window" in my office.  Since that time, we have moved several times from one building to another.  I also carried this "window" with me.  Recently, I was moved into a new office.  During that move, I brought home many of my paintings including this window.  My newest project....painting my "window".  By the way, I have a new supervisor, and she has been my supervisor now for several years.  She sees me for who I am and appreciates me!  Time takes care of everything.  Patience is the key! 

Go Predators!

My son asked me to paint him a painting representing the Predators.  He is going to school in CO and all of his friends mainly have logos of the Blackhawks.  Being mostly an abstract artist, this is what I came up with.  They call it "Smashville" here in Nashville, but I thought Snashville made more sense!

Sweetness

Sweetness of the morning rain

Brings memories

of a happier time

Sweetness of the flowers blooming

Brings memories

of a time once had

If you could bring back the past

would you

Stir up the memories

of a time gone by

No

lost memories are just that

lost

Today is a better day

letting go of a past

where yesterday didn't exist

Today

the flowers are blooming

the winds are blowing

saying

today is a new day

love

is a new word

existing for today

Home

"Nature is not a place to visit, it is home."

Gary Snyder

Earth

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory."

~Betty Smith