by Marty Coleman | Sep 4, 2009 | Breasts - 2012-2013, Marty Coleman |
This is a little different than what you are used to seeing at The Napkin. But it is something I created for a charity auction and thought you might like to see it. It is titled ‘The Singing Inside’ and consists of the painted body cast set inside a frame made from the wood of an old piano. It is a lamp as well, with a rope light wound around the two supports holding the cast in place.
Here is the story. I was asked to participate in a breast cancer charity auction. ‘Breast Impressions’ of Tulsa and its founder, Judy Grove, created body casts of various celebrities in the Tulsa area. Artist’s around town then ‘adopted’ a cast, painted it and put it up for auction with the proceeds going to the charity. I adopted this one. I had no idea who the model was and the rule is the artist wouldn’t know unless the model actually wanted it to be known. In this case the model, a well known TV news reporter, and I knew each other and when she found out I was the artist that had picked her piece she contacted me and let me know it was her. That added a cool personal element to creating the image. I thought about her personality and character and it helped form my ideas for the piece.
It started out as just a plain white plaster of paris cast of her torso. That was given to me with no restrictions on what I could do with it. I had done some sculptures years before that used translucent mannequin bodies. In those I had ended up making one into a lamp so I had thought I would try that in this instance as well.
Here is a close up of the painting with two of my oldest and favorite characters, Talking Turtle and Singing Snake. I also included on of my recurring images, a volcano. It seemed perfect for the idea of something coming from the inside.
I even got an engraved title plate for the piece.
I figured it was almost like a person so it should be buckled up for the trip to the exhibition site. If it had a head I might have been tempted to drive in the HOV lane!
It was on display at the Woodland Hills Mall in Tulsa, Oklahoma in September and October of 2009. The auction took place in the center court of the mall and was a great success. My piece was purchased by a wealthy donor who then gave it to the Abbie, the woman who initially modeled for the piece. She still proudly displays it in her home.
Artwork by Marty Coleman
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by Marty Coleman | Sep 3, 2009 | Wayne Dyer |
‘Childish’ can refer to the immature and baby-like tantrums that children sometimes have. The author is not referring to that type of ‘childish’.
He is referring to the ‘child-like’ activities of joy and wonder and fun and exploration. The unself-conscious ability to play in the rain and get muddy, the ability to wrestle with your dog or play hide and seek with your cat. He is talking about having fun in harmless ways.
Do you still have that in you?
Drawing © Marty Coleman
“As long as I continue to hear ‘normal’ people telling me I am too childish, I know I am doing just fine.” – Wayne Dyer, American author and lecturer, not dead yet.
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by Marty Coleman | Sep 2, 2009 | Marty Coleman |
Of course, you can’t compare it to death, since you don’t know what death is like yet. All you can do is compare your life to other people’s lives. And then you soon find that out the obvious, that it is harder than some, easier than others.
The important question isn’t whether your life is hard or not, it’s what is making it hard.
Is it physically hard, as in poverty, squalor, malnutrition, destitution, abuse, disease?
Is it socially hard as in no friends, no family, no support, no relief, no connections?
Is it intellectually hard as in losing your religion, feeling alone in the uncaring universe, not understanding things being taught to you?
Is it emotionally hard as in feeling unloved, betrayed, misunderstood, alone, depressed?
If ALL those things (and more) are true of your life, then yes – YOUR life is hard. But if just a few of those things are true, then a PART of your life is hard. What about the other part? What can you learn about coping, healing, fixing, understanding the hard parts by looking at the parts that aren’t hard. What are you doing in those areas that make it easy, good, fun? Can you apply that mentality, approach, feeling, to the hard parts?
The main thing to remember is that it isn’t ‘life’ that is hard or not. It is YOUR life that is hard or not. That means YOU are the deciding factor.
Drawing and quote © Marty Coleman
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by Marty Coleman | Sep 2, 2009 | Charles Caleb Colton |
A spur is always kicking the tail end of the horse. So it should be with applause. We should already be focused on our next goal and the applause for achieving the current goal is simply urging us on from behind to the next.
If not, the applause becomes the goal and the work you do to achieve it is filled with irritation and disappointment when the applause stops or doesn’t come in the first place.
Drawing © Marty Coleman
“Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.” – Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English Cleric
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by Marty Coleman | Sep 1, 2009 | Robert Orben |
Ain’t this the truth?
Nothin’ to do but to keep on truckin until you pass the loser and set your sights once again on the top of the mountain.
Sorry for having disappeared for a few days. Had a wedding to attend out of my home state immediately after the opening of an exhibition of my photo-collages. It got a bit crazy!
Drawing © Marty Coleman
“There are days when it takes all you’ve got just to keep up with the losers.” – Robert Orben
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