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Words, Words, Words

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Words, Words, Words

Get words on the page. That’s the goal. Just write something, anything. A poem maybe, or a song, it doesn’t have to rhyme. Eyes closed, hear thunder and soft rain. Sitting in the rain sounds nice. Do you ever do that? Not in a long time; now you have sense enough to come in out of the rain. Or maybe you stand in the rain when no one is around. Do you hear the distant rumble? It sounds like an ancient song, to which you never learned the words. You sing your own words and make up new ones. In this realm, mistakes do not exist. Imaginations run free in the endless possibilities. Blue, hue, few, new, true, eyes still closed. Loud, proud, cloud, shroud; just keep writing. Sad, mad, glad, fad, plaid; words words words. With no intentions, just put words on the page. Write, think, open mind to create. Stringing words together to make sense of something or nonsense. Keep writing, words come intermittently. Dream, scheme, team, steam, nonsense. Write, kite, fight, sight, light, contrite. Who cares anyway? Rain sounds gentle on the roof, the air conditioner is loud with no music playing. The mechanical hum permeating the rooms, muffling the nature sounds. Sitting still feels lazy, even though I’m working. Working, smirking, lurking, twerking in a lazy circle. Fingers moving slowly, keep going. Meditate, roller skate, intubate, conjugate. Art, smart, tart, heart, start. Words, words, words.

 

Born In November Cplus & Woody ROCK STAR Photography

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Born In November is comprised of Cplus and Woody also known as Clifton Johnson and Zack Andrew. This two man band from the Oklahoma City area draws crowds all over the country. They are living their dream traveling and making music. Just this week they were featured on Oklahoma Live (watch).

Their new album Born In November 1310 will be released, appropriately, November 23, 2013. Both Clif and Zack were born in November. Zack on the 13th, Clif on the 10th. Clever cats. It was a pleasure to go behind the scenes and photograph them during a recent recording session.

Here are a few photos from our May 2013 shoot.

Born In November

Woody

CPLUS, Born In November

Cplus

Woody, Born In November

Woody

Born In November

Born In November

Born In November

Cheers!

Cplus, Born In November,

Cplus

Cplus, Woody, Born In November

Toast!

Cplus Live, Born In November

This is my jam

Woody, Born In November

Stick It!

 

Nine and a half Months

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Wow! What a whirl wind we just owned. Let me recap. In about nine and a half months Kylie, the dogs and I moved from our home to our rental home. That was a tough transition. Four months later she turned 18 years old. A month after that Kylie graduated high school while working overtime and she had straight A’s. Three months later she’s loving college and her new job at The Greens CC and filling in at South Beach occasionally. She never ceases to amaze me.

In the meantime I’ve been busy working on some big career projects of my own. In the same 9 months I branched out in many areas of my creative interests. This website is evidence of that. I’m blown away by the changes we’ve made in this short time. Friends Helping Friends was the culmination of nearly a year’s work and the pinnacle event of my career to this point. Many many good friends came out in support of Joann Mears and me. Thank you so very much. I’ve gotten excellent feedback and we feel successful. Thank you to our sponsors!

Momentum is building, I feel an upturn and yet there is unfathomable suffering, corruption, fraud and disease seething to the top of many societies in the world. Debbie Downer I know. Maybe I’m just feeling very fortunate or blessed and I don’t feel guilty. I don’t feel guilty about not feeling guilty either. I’m going to stick with being fortunate and blessed. I hope for fortune and blessings on all of you as well. During times in life when we feel unfortunate or cursed, let’s look back to now and smile knowing we survived and made the best of it.

I’m pleased to announce I accepted an invitation to show my art work at Art House. This is a swanky shindig. Next Tuesday evening- a beautiful home, art, wine and food. Yes Please!!! I’ll be there, how about you?

Save the date, November 14, 2013 Oklahoma’s Best Art, Wine and Food at Oklahoma Bar Association weekend. I will be there with my art work and books for viewing and sales. Bring your check book ; ).

Look for the new events page coming soon.

Artist at Large Smiling Out Loud

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Spent the couple days doing art work. I’m pleased with the progress. A few pieces are finished and signed and I’m really feeling it with several others. In only 7 days I’ll be hanging art and signing books at Friends Bar. September 22, 2013 is my big day. 

Last December I felt lead to expand my career. Publishing “All She Wrote” has been a long term goal for me. Ten years in the making and yet it feels like perfect timing. A good friend recently told me I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be. We had a long conversation about it and I like his perspective on it. Life has taken a lovely upswing and I’m excited to share all that’s happening. 

Ten months later my book is available for sale and my biggest art show yet, is a week away. I’m smiling out loud. Here are some pieces I’m working on for Friends Helping Friends. These and many more will be available for purchase.

YellowFlower

Photo on wall board mixed medi

PinkFlower

Photo on canvas mixed media

 

ArkMonarch

Photo on canvas

MapleLeaf

mixed media

I’m sincerely looking forward to seeing new and old friends next Sunday at Friends Bar. We will also be raising funds for Hope Academy, an adolescent girls program geared to provide a holistic approach to relationship education and life skills training that will develop participants into leaders. The local non-profit organization is making a positive impact in Oklahoma City. I’m very excited to see this program grow and will be helping with the mentorship program Pretty Popular Powerful.

This is where my heart is and when I was asked to participate it felt like a natural progression. I will be traveling and speaking to women and girls to help inspire and empower the leaders of our future. It’s very exciting and humbling that my fears and failures and hopes and successes can help transform other people into positive thinking, pro active citizens.

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