Co-Workers Who Drive Us Crazy.

GOT one in your office? Want mine? Can easily be shipped to any destination.
Just kidding. Besides, Pee-Wee says no.
Ever have one of those days? One of those days where you were glad you had a hearing loss? No? Didn't think so. But some days I count that as a blessing.
Did I mention, ever, that I have a hearing loss. It's quite significant, and also with the hearing loss is tinnitus - the constant roaring of sea waves and chirping of birds and rhythmic metallic echo of my own heartbeat. The hearing aid I wear helps with the tinnitus, since it makes other noises loud - or their normal volume - and it drowns out the shushing and roaring. Along with the tinnitus is the vertigo and a feeling of fullness in my ears. This is something I've been dealing with ... let's see ... about 30 years! Wow! So I guess I should be used to it, but not a day goes by that I wouldn't trade something precious for my good hearing back again. Guard yours well, my friends, OK?
However, if you've got an irritating co-worker, you can always turn your hearing aid OFF!
Still working on my tree. I've painted over the quoted bits from Genesis and then sanded them. I like them better obscured. Then I repainted the person (see earlier blog posts). Don't like "him" and will try again when "he" dries. Do you think God had these sorts of problems? (Sorry to offend anyone, but there it is!) - femminismo
p.s. Almost forgot Self-Portrait Wednesday and had to sneak back in to place this.

Tree of Good & Evil.

SO HERE I AM, working away on my tree this afternoon and tonight. I seriously wanted to run out of work as soon as possible and get home to do this. By some force of extraordinary effort, I went grocery shopping first. (Yuk! I used to enjoy shopping for food, many years ago, because it was the only time I could spend money. This was when I had two very small children in the cart also and added everything up with paper and pencil to see that I didn't go over budget. It still was fun. Now it's just a chore and I have to be really out of "meal material" before I can force myself into the melee of other shoppers.) Well, enough about that!
It's odd to look at "the tree" like this. I can certainly see it better. The sky seems to stand out too much, but I've gotten a better shape on the tree. Unfortunately that meant sacrificing the man's head, but it's sure to come back any day now.
I decided I wanted leaves on the tree and I went out looking for the right size leaves from real trees. That didn't work and then I noticed some white tissue paper on the art table and decided to use that. I cut out leaf shapes and started sticking them in place with green acrylic paint. Then I thought: Why not use matte gel? That added a nice dimension. I put a little paint over them when they were glued on.
I got to thinking about the man and the tree and remembered the tree of good and evil because I've been reading the current issue of The New Yorker and R. Crumb has a large section in there with his illustrations for Genesis. Very interesting if you get a chance to check it out. It might be online.
Soooooo ... then I decided to photocopy Genesis from the Bible and cut the first two pages up into "leaves." After I stuck them on I didn't like the way they stood out a little too much, so I cut more tissue paper leaves and glued them over. They sort of dulled the writing a little. Some of them I left uncovered.
The trunk of the tree looks hollowed out a bit, doesn't it? I sort of like that. And I couldn't resist some X's here and there. Most don't show up, so only I know they are there, but you can see one pretty well.
I added a moon also. Perhaps there should be a sun on the other side. Good and evil. Night and day. It was the best of times. Soon to be the worst of times.
I've put in details of the painting. Hope you enjoy it. I'm sure having a good time - femminismo