Peace or Annihilation

My New Painting

Hope for Peace in 2010

I did this as a Christmas Gift for my cousin Fred. I used spray paint and acyrlic and of course the ever popular Sharpie for the lettering. The words are from A Perfect Circle song, Annihilation

From dehumanization

to arms, production

for the benefit of the nation

or it's destruction?

Power is power

the law of the land,

those living for death

will die by their own hand.

life's no ordeal

if you come to terms.

Reject the system

dictating the norms

From dehumanization

to arms,production

to hasten the nation

towards it's destruction.

it's your choice

your choice

your choice

your choice:

peace, or annihilation?

The lyrics are something similar to what I always tell my cousin. I want his generation to be better, to care more and maybe one day we can have the peace we've always sought. Peace through reason and understanding rather than seeking peace out with war. I recently received a letter from a soldier in Afghanistan. (I am part of a letter writing team that sends personalized letters to deployed troops) The words he wrote only confirm my feelings:

"Killing people is by no means fun, even if they are terrorists, and it seems to me to be a very short term answer to a potentially very long term problem. The only hope for this country are it's kids. They have to be safe and educated. If we lose the kids, we lose the war. It's unfortunate more people don't realize that."

If we lose the kids, we lose the war. That applies to everyday life in any part of the world. No matter what the war that is being fought maybe, against hunger, poverty, lack of education. The world needs to realize that we should war against the problems, not war againt the people.

POST # 100!!!

Wow I can't believe it's aready been 100 posts! When I started this blog, I never thought I would actually be able to keep posting weekly. This post is dedicated to the person encouraged me to start a blog:
“There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend”

 jennifer@nolaagallery.com

http://www.gallerygirljen.blogspot.com/

Check out her art, it's full of color and whimsy. I have several pieces by her that seem to cheer up my living room.  She's amazing and her work is great. So....

Thank you Jen for getting me to do this blog and helping me to focus more on my art!

Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art

New Shots from Woodlawn Cemetery

Faded Memories and Beauty

When I saw you today

My heart strings yanked your memory from

the overlooked and disregarded shelf of my mind

And though it was dusty, it was still there;

All the laughter of our school days,

Like faded construction paper.

The old pictures of us,

 long yellowed with age,

The cobwebs could not hide its beauty;

or the scent that enveloped me

 the way your hugs used to

Smelling like the ocean and sprinkled with sand.

It all made me wish I could go back,

Every time I have failed to stop myself from glancing behind,

You have been there.

Though now we both no longer feel the same inside

and whatever feelings we had for each other

have long since died

You have your new life and friends now

As I have mine

I know we can never go home again,

but

You will always have that place in my mind

On the shelf filled with

Faded Memories and Beauty

Work in progress:

By Me

We Are Happier Together

Though no one else remembers the past that scared our hearts

I know,

And you will never forget.

And that will be enough, I guess.

At least together we can have truth

Which no one else seems to share.

I know how you lived,

Alone, Broken, Lost

And I know you hate self pity.

You know me,

Wounded,

How I was never enough (or so I was told)

What does it matter if it was never true

When her ruler measures me still

We are both so damaged

You and I

Yet through the fragments

We found laughter in each other

Even if Laughter makes the sadness worse when

it inevitably comes

Just like it's so much darker when a light goes out

Than if it had never shone.

You toss your head and laugh

For that second I am with you,

Everything is perfect

We are happier together

We radiate light

Keeping sorrow and darkness at bay as long as we can

Hold tight; Against the shadows to this moment

And your breath

By: Me

Truth

Something told to me by an old convict who spent his life in prison:

"You can do alot better in the Truth. The best game you can play is No Game; because the Devil always trick himself. Control must be in order and order must be in Truth. And when in Truth you can face the problem as it is, not through distorted judgements. We alone effect ourself. There is no one, no we, unless we make it, redeem it and come back in grace with Truth. One lie and forever and Truth goes on and on without you. People that lie have no honor. Keep your honor and you keep your soul."

I Will Remain

I must not Fear.
Fear is the Mind killer.
Fear is the little Death that brings total obliteration.

I Will Face My Fear

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past me,

I will turn to see Fear's path.

Where Fear has gone there will be nothing.

Only I Will Remain

The Scream by Edvard Munch

Words by Frank Herbert