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The 4 am Blues

6/25/2018

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How can I paint Joy when people are crying? I woke in the dark time of morning thinking about the paintings I had been working on the day before and suddenly feeling overwhelmed by the sorrows of the world. By 4 am I gave up on sleeping and came downstairs to write and pray.


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   My image of the little white girl playing with one of my silks
              jars my sense of justice
             when I think of the little brown children
                        in jail
                        separated from their parents
                        crying with no one to comfort them.

I pray for--no, I demand--a humane way to deal with people who come to us asking for help, for safety.
I demand a government that upholds the promise in our Pledge of Alliegence: Liberty and Justice for ALL--all the people, not just white folks like me who happened to be born into citizenship.

And always there is the painful question: what can I do?

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necessary mistakes

6/6/2018

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It happens every time! When I haven't drawn or painted in awhile, my first attempts suck. They are awful when I'm aiming for awe-filled. Bad. Really bad.


But then the next one isn't quite so bad



And eventually I do get better. What would happen if--like a professional dancer or musician--I did not skip a day of practice?
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So I've been doing Cat Scratches (Jackson makes a good model)

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 and Flower Failures (flowers don't get up and walk away)











Until I finally feel confident enough to add some color.

But I'm still making mistakes!
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