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Okay, I had found this rock that at first I thought looked like a heart, and so I picked it up. It sat in my studio for months, until it changed from a heart to a cat.
I decided to turn it more into a cat with some acrylic paints. After I painted it, I sent a photo of it to K, who promptly told me that he looked like "Alexandre" from an old episode of Home Movies. And that is how he came to be.
I've always had a fascination with painting rocks since I was really young and my mom bought me a little pamphlet sized book called "Rock Painting," which took the art to another level. The images were inspiring, colorful, and sparked my childish imagination like nothing else at that time. I painted several rocks, which ended up in my mom's garden in the back. Some of them my best friend and I tried to sell to our neighbors as paper weights, "or whatever!" But I can't remember if I ever did sell any of the earlier ones.... they weren't all that pretty, to be honest. You can probably imagine. Ha ha!
Anyway, I wanted to post this because it's been a helluva week, and I needed some lightness. K's dad passed away last week, and the family had been planning the funeral, then attending the funeral, and now it's all over and I think we're just completely drained. It's a lot of emotional output, and input (from all the people who care) and a person can only take so much, you know? Once there is some time and distance from the past week, I will post my thoughts. Right now, though, I just need to breathe and let go of all thoughts. It's time to just Be.
Thanks to all who have been so supportive, both publicly and privately. You are appreciated and loved.
xox
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I've always had a fascination with painting rocks since I was really young and my mom bought me a little pamphlet sized book called "Rock Painting," which took the art to another level. The images were inspiring, colorful, and sparked my childish imagination like nothing else at that time. I painted several rocks, which ended up in my mom's garden in the back. Some of them my best friend and I tried to sell to our neighbors as paper weights, "or whatever!" But I can't remember if I ever did sell any of the earlier ones.... they weren't all that pretty, to be honest. You can probably imagine. Ha ha!
Anyway, I wanted to post this because it's been a helluva week, and I needed some lightness. K's dad passed away last week, and the family had been planning the funeral, then attending the funeral, and now it's all over and I think we're just completely drained. It's a lot of emotional output, and input (from all the people who care) and a person can only take so much, you know? Once there is some time and distance from the past week, I will post my thoughts. Right now, though, I just need to breathe and let go of all thoughts. It's time to just Be.
Thanks to all who have been so supportive, both publicly and privately. You are appreciated and loved.
xox
