The Invisible Woman

Hi Everyone! Off to my gig. Another quick poem, and then I plan on painting and drawing all week long.

The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman
Standing in the middle of the street
Tears falling from her head to her feet
Wondering when this comedy will change
Bringing about relief from her pain

April Fool

Hi Everyone! I know it has been some time since I've posted once again. What can I say, work, work, work, till my fingers bleed.
I am finally hurdling over a few stumbling blocks - yeah! I still have a couple of marathons worth of change to complete, but at least I'm starting to crawl in some direction. April Fool's day, used to be the day that a trickster like me really created a chuckle for myself at the expense of others. Then my mother passed away on April 1st, and she got the last laugh - dang it! Okay,
I'm going to take the April - Poem a Day challenge, and I only have a couple of minutes till midnight. Here goes a quicky poem,
I promise to give myself more time to write in the future, and I will add an illustration - or art, and maybe music in the future too.

April Fool

Corn fields and clouds
I remember when I was four
starting out in the middle
of Indiana
Moving to the brown hills
of California when I was five
Back to Indiana when I was six
Once heading west to California
My dad was working on his Phd at Standford
That is the why to all of our early traversing
Back to Indiana
Then to Washington
Finally high school in Pennsylvania
And a college degree at Penn State
Back out to California
A degree in design from art school
Up to Washington to live with my mother
while I was a single musician artist mom
Mom passes away on April Fool's day
I'm dizzy. How about you?

Black Tears

Hi Everyone! Even though I've only had a couple of spare hours this past week, I painted a quick acrylic expressionist/abstract inspired painting reflecting the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. I'm going to give half of my art and music sales to the Red Cross Japan earthquake relief: You can still find my new art hanging at Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Cafe. My heart goes out to Japan, and may healing occur quickly. I also recently found a track, Black Tears, which I recorded when I recorded my Fornicated Infinity album in the Bay Area in 2000. Randy Hansen is playing guitar on this track, and a rapper named Poison raps in the middle of the song. I have finally figured out how (or more specifically where) to post my songs so that I can link them to my blog and other sites. You can find the 'Fornicated Infinity' album at cdbaby, and the single of Black Tears will be available there soon too -
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/athenaez
Fornicated Infinity
I've got a gig tomorrow, so off to bed. xxoo Laurie

Door to Strangeness

Hi Everyone! The reason why I haven't posted in awhile is because I have been lost in the Himalayas. I was almost eaten by a Bengal tiger, and I was bitten by a pit viper. Thank God I am home safe, and I'm healing rapidly. Since my adventure I've played a lot of gigs - Twilight Zone. I wonder when I can get off this roller coaster and begin working on my goals solely once more in my life. I finished this acrylic painting tonight which I started last week. The real picture is larger than the scanner, so this is only a cropped version of the painting until I get a full size picture of it uploaded onto my computer. I think some of my new (since January 2011) expressionist inspired paintings are still hanging at Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Cafe - 8310 Greenwood Ave N.
I may write a poem to partner with my painting, but it will have to wait till tomorrow.
For now this video link compliments the picture well.
Three Strange Days - School of Fish

Nighty night. xxoo

Four Flowers and Two Hands

Hi Everyone! I know it has been a few days since I've posted, but my teaching load has increased, and I've been feeling rather fatigued lately. Belated 'Happy Valentine's day' to everyone! I revamped my picture of the posies, because this finished picture is how I envisioned it, but I didn't have enough time to finish it before. It is an acrylic painting, and it is much larger than my scanner. So, I will have to wait till my son comes home from school to take a full size picture of it. My other new expressionist inspired paintings are still hanging at the group show at: Couth Buzzard Books - Espresso Buono in Greenwood. I have a super long day tomorrow and a gig tomorrow night with Granite Reign. So, night night.
ps: My student, Elaine, turned me onto the beautiful music from the Okami game - This is the piano version of The Sun Rises.


Four Flowers and Two Hands
Four flowers and two hands
Searching across strange lands
For that would be true love
That would be golden dove
That will bring happily ever after
Evermore

Copyright 2011 - LAM

Prim Primrose

Hi everyone! I can't believe it has been over a week since I posted to my blog. What can I say, my clones haven't arrived yet.
Hopefully they will be here by next week. I was saddened to hear of the passing of L. J. Porter last week. She was an awesome singer and a great supporter of the blues- R. & B. music scene. I played some fun gigs with Bill Blackstone, Tim Turner, and Charles Mac at the 13 Coins the previous weekend - Jan. 28th & 29th. Feb. 5th I played with Granite Reign and the Feb. 6th with Tim Turner and Billy Spaulding. I installed a few pieces of my art in the group show at Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Cafe - 8310 Greenwood Ave. N. This weekend I'm excited to play with Scott Rosburg (Striker - Rosburg/Randall) and Rick Spano (Randy Hansen's drummer) up in Granite Falls at Los Flamingos.
We haven't played together in awhile, so it will be like a live rehearsal. We are going by the name of Helium.
Off to another day of teaching, working on some tunes, and hopefully painting. Have a nice day!
I've linked one of my favorite songs to this posting. I will add a poem later.
Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet Love Theme

Orange Sunset

Hi everyone! I was feeling a bit under the weather today, so I only taught the after school keyboard class today. I'll keep this posting short and sweet. The youtube link - is in celebration of Mozart's birthday - January 27th, 1756 - Mozart Symphony #40 in G Minor, K 550 - 1. Molto Allegro
After having taken a brief walk around my neighborhood this evening, I was inspired to paint this sunset picture and write the poem below.
Nighty night. xxoo


Orange Sunset
Orange sunset
Dipping into the angry sea
What quixotic thoughts
Have you painted
Will they curve the corners of lips upward
Or leave hearts forlorn
Copyright 2011 - LAM