Quickly Unable
Spam emails are easily identified. I just received one with the title from this post "Quickly Unable". There's something interesting about the combination of those two words.
I am fresh from a trip to south Texas to see my 91 year old father. I always approach these visits with the idea that this time will be different and he will be nice to me, and maybe even like something about me. It never fails, I am "quickly unable" to please him.
My goal was to have some new abstracts done yesterday, but I didn't have the heart for it, I kept reaching for black paint. So I put that project away.
This Monday morning I am preparing for my Wednesday meeting to present my ideas for artwork for Texas clinic. I am presenting to the new tenants of the building for their individual suites, so I will take an assortment of paintings, since I don't know what styles they prefer.
Also this morning I am painting palm trees again, a big 36 x 48. I bought a roll of oversized paper and start by gessoing, so it will lay flat. Getting into the rhythm of painting always soothes me. And this morning I could use some soothing.
4 comments:
Dear Robin,
Keep being a nice person and don't let yourself be taken back. The old people take such a terrible toll on our patience.. If nothing else they give us a hint about how not to become when we get older.
Robin, I learned that I couldn't please my mother in everything so I just concentrated on her good qualities and paid no mind to the others. I think I finally was able to suceed in this endeavour a few years before she died.
Isn't art a wonderful thing in that it can make us feel better?
Looks like you have almost the same problem with your dad that I have with my mom. I know it sounds terrible but I just decided many years ago that I had to keep my distance. It is a shame but sometimes necessary.
And my mom's doesn't come from being old........I decided this when I was twenty.
Well, you know your dad has the hang ups, it is not you. Don't let unkindnesses get you down...the person that sticks it to others has the problem; all you can do is be at peace with your self. It's hard to find that peaceful balance, I struggle with this as well.
Best~
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