On the move

Something happens when you turn forty. I look back at all the hard work I did taking care of others through my thirties and feel as though it is time for a vacation. Anyone else felt that way?
6 x 6 paint and collage on wood
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Something fishy

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So many overlapping worlds... in this picture and in real life. Where we focus seems to be a choice of elimination.

48 Places to learn

My parents were (and continue to be) students. Whenever something comes hard, messed up, and sweaty, my dad calls it "tuition".

Here I try to think of 48 places to learn:

1. school

2. church

3. playground

4. the kitchen

5. the beach

6. in nature

7. at the dinner table

8. the library

9. the museum

10. in conversation

11. at the computer

12. from your kids

13. from your parents

14. from your pets

15. other artists

16. in attics

17. from your failures

18. on the road

19. in the water

20. as a passenger

21. in the dark

22. wrong turns

23. in the light

24. when you are empty

25. when you are sick

26. at the zoo

27. at an arts council

28. by my mistakes

29. on tv

30. in the bedroom

31. in a workshop

32. in books

33. at work

34. at a concert

35. in a crash

36. listening

37. on the street

38. from your heart

39. from your best friend

40. in battle

41. in silence

42. in therapy

43. from others

44 in front of the canvas

45 in front of a blank page

46. from a place of stillness

47. when you loose a friend

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any suggestions?

No time to rest

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Have you ever tried to remember where you came from? Or your address two or three addresses ago?

Right after I was born my parents took me overseas. We moved often in those first years, months... and we lived in exotic locales. I truly think I may have lived in 48 different places. I truly truly had a fabulous window on the world. These are Roseate Spoonbills in flight.

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I arrived at 1:29am

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Just recently I had my birth-chart prepared by Leigh Oswald. She was able, by recording and anticipating the track of the planets from the time of my birth and over the years, to give some amazing precise details about my life's path. She also gave me an acceptance and understanding of my motivations and needs as well. I highly recommend her if you are in an uncomfortable time and unsure what is going on. Some of what she told me actually helped me be kinder to myself.

I was born in the middle of the night at the first part of a new day. My mother used all the drugs the doctors would provide and says the delivery was quiet psychedelic.

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