Every Shade of Blue

The painting for the album cover of Every Shade of Blue is for sale at the Danny Clinch's Transparent Gallery in Asbury Park. There is a great story attached, as it was lost in the mail for Sea Hear Now, and arrived in January. I also love how when I edited the photo it showed the one next to it which says "SEEN". I hope this doesn't come across as a sad post. But, with writing and processing my thoughts, I sometimes come to a conclusion of why I write. And, then wonder whether the fire will still be in me each morning to write. The last week has been a good, in that I really was able to understand myself better. And, I am totally happy with how my writing and thought processing is evolving. I understand each person is different and that truely is a GOOD thing. I also, now feel, we may be a juxtaposition of ourselves (especially online). Juxtaposition is definitely a word I did not ever hear (or understand) until I was an art major in 1988 at Georgian Court College. I thought the professor was saying (usually pointing to a painting) just a position. Then after hearing it a few times in Contemporary art class I had to look it up. Juxtaposition is the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. "the juxtaposition of these two images". As I approached the midway point of the year 2023 I was elated with the serendipity and the conclusion I came away with each day. EACH day....YES!!! I had some kind of revelation in person with real people validating the same conclusions I was reaching. All different ages from all different walks of life validating the same thing. It was and still is magical. I will save all of this for the end of the year. But, I think after reading the book "Bittersweet" by Susan Cain I was able to process this in the best way. And, that is we are real in our thoughts, but just as real in how we express it. But, then we can be surprised because we are deep down quiet, yet we want to shout to the world and be seen. So, in the end we are juxtapositions of ourselves. But, it gets deeper. It is in the darkest moments we HAVE to, I mean we MUST see the light. Through all the fears, what ifs, and all the doubt we have to hold on and know there is a better day in front of us. Woah! this a lot. I just wanted to do a post about what a cool moment this was when the singer from the Head and the Heart made eye contact with me. And, the feeling that gave me last September. I had a chance to see them again last week. And, I have been listening to their music a lot lately. And, I paint the ocean in my head to it. I will be trying to do this as much as possible in the next few weeks. I also saw the Georgia O'Keefe show last week at the Museum of Modern Art. I will be sharing all the works she did in every shade of blue. I was so inspired by this body of work she did in 1916 to 1918 while she was attending school, and teaching at the University of Virgina. In conclusion I have shared a museum visit with a friend, met new friends waiting in line for two hours for the pop up show "Head and the Heart" etc. So, I can't complain so much for living alone. I am alone, but I am not alone. It is not only in my head, but in my heart that I KNOW this. Think happy BE happy! Quote of the day: "…in a way—nobody sees a flower—really—it is so small—we haven't time—and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time." Georgia O'Keefe Song of the day: Head and the Heart Every Shade of Blue