I'm fucked up and
Flying
Oh so very high
And
I might fly on my own
But I fall
It's these god dammed drugs
God dammed situations motivations recreations
And I'm drunk on admirations
Devils deportations
Downers, dimmers
Doped up death bringers
And I can't feel without you
Going num
Going num
I can't even feel my toes.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Buddha
My very wise mother shared this with me and I thought you might like it...
A man once came to see the Buddha to get help with his problems. After the man had told the Buddha one of his problems and asked for help, the Buddha replied: "I cannot help you get rid of that problem."
The man was surprised that the Buddha could not help him in this regard, but he told the Buddha about another problem; he thought to himself that the Buddha should at least be able to help him with that problem. But the Buddha told him "I cannot help you with that problem either."
The man started to get impatient. He said: "How can it be that you are the perfectly Enlightened Buddha, when you can’t even help people get rid of their problems?" The Buddha answered: "You will always have 83 problems in your life. Sometimes a problem will go, but then another problem will come. I cannot help you with that."
The baffled man asked the Buddha: "But, what can you help me with, then?" The Buddha replied: "I can help you get rid of your 84th problem." The man asked: "But what is my 84th problem?" The Buddha replied: "That you want to get rid of your 83 problems."
A man once came to see the Buddha to get help with his problems. After the man had told the Buddha one of his problems and asked for help, the Buddha replied: "I cannot help you get rid of that problem."
The man was surprised that the Buddha could not help him in this regard, but he told the Buddha about another problem; he thought to himself that the Buddha should at least be able to help him with that problem. But the Buddha told him "I cannot help you with that problem either."
The man started to get impatient. He said: "How can it be that you are the perfectly Enlightened Buddha, when you can’t even help people get rid of their problems?" The Buddha answered: "You will always have 83 problems in your life. Sometimes a problem will go, but then another problem will come. I cannot help you with that."
The baffled man asked the Buddha: "But, what can you help me with, then?" The Buddha replied: "I can help you get rid of your 84th problem." The man asked: "But what is my 84th problem?" The Buddha replied: "That you want to get rid of your 83 problems."
Monday, April 12, 2010
So I’m entering some of my painting into this juried art show and I have to come up with this statement about me as a painter…this is what I got so far.
Artist’s statement
I was born to paint, I was born to create, It’s the only thing I do not have to think about I can just do. It comes so natural to me. When I poor the turpentine into a jar get out my old brushes put the paint on my palette it comes automatic .I am not that good at taking tests, writing essays, I really do suck at math and science is hard to me to understand but I can paint. I paint my raw passionate emotion and I paint what I know. There are recurring themes and some patterns in my work, for example I paint a lot about substance abuse in my work because I am a recovering alcoholic addict. I lot of my paintings are reflections on past or current emotional personal experiences. I feel things so strongly I have to paint some of my excess emotion out onto a canvas for my own sanity. I have this need to paint I make art to live and live to make good art.
Artist’s statement
I was born to paint, I was born to create, It’s the only thing I do not have to think about I can just do. It comes so natural to me. When I poor the turpentine into a jar get out my old brushes put the paint on my palette it comes automatic .I am not that good at taking tests, writing essays, I really do suck at math and science is hard to me to understand but I can paint. I paint my raw passionate emotion and I paint what I know. There are recurring themes and some patterns in my work, for example I paint a lot about substance abuse in my work because I am a recovering alcoholic addict. I lot of my paintings are reflections on past or current emotional personal experiences. I feel things so strongly I have to paint some of my excess emotion out onto a canvas for my own sanity. I have this need to paint I make art to live and live to make good art.
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