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Silliness and Beauty

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Silliness and Beauty

I love you Monday!

For many years now, Monday has been my day off from work. I love waking up early, knowing that I have a day to myself.

As I write, I’m drinking some Trader Joes medium roast coffee. Afterwards, I’m off for a little walk on this beautiful sunny day. When I come back, I will sit down and do some painting before I meet up with my dear friend, Christine. I haven’t seen her in a couple weeks; we have some catching up to do.

This past week, I finished 2 Little Girls. David LaChapelle and model Alex Wek inspired the first piece. About a year ago, a photo I took of Christine inspired the second piece. It is the Little Girl shown here; it is titled “Mi Negra.” She was wearing a black dress and black Prada glasses. She looked fabulous!

I call her ‘woman’, she call me ‘hombre,’ (man). I call her ‘mi negra’ (my black girl), and she calls me ‘my N’ word. It’s all silliness and I hope no one takes offense to it.

Today, I will work on another LaChapelle inspired piece featuring Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow. Of all his images, this is the one I remember the most. Again, there is such silliness and beauty in his work. How he combines these two, is what I find amazing. If only I could combine these two in my everyday life; Personally, I know I can sometimes take everyday life too seriously.

“Shake your booty boys and girls for the beauty in the world!”
– Macy Gray

With silliness and beauty, go out into this world.

Happy Hip-Hip-Hooray Monday!