Feb 2019 Min Brown Bodies of Colour

The surface is what you see you see the colours I let you see, my friends see one shade my employer sees another my family see them all you can’t just pick one colour I’m the entire spectrum these five are todays shades

She’s a women a mother a sister a worker someones enemy someones friend a partner a lover a wife a worrier a planner a shopper a carer a caterer a medic a referee an enabler a peacemaker a realist a team mate cheerleader an athlete but above all human and her clothes get tangled just as yours do. She faces the day head on and sometimes there’s so much going on….

It takes balls, some days a lot of balls… the idea here is that the body being painted the colours that they are  is this lady is dependable like the sunrise and the sunset night and day she gets it done and she has no idea of her worth or her beauty which makes her all the more inspiring .

find courage to face the fears and keep at it

Be brave enough to speak your truth the good and the bad …

Be yourself regardless of others opinions and be mindful of them being just that opinions

Just be better than yesterday, or a minute ago you owe yourself the best life , shiny things shine and sparkle someone will see that .

Make peace with your past so it doesn’t screw up the present,  what others think of you is none of your business , time heals almost anything but there’ll be a scar give it time.

Don’t compare yourself to others and don’t judge them if they judge you. We have no idea what someone else’s journey is about.  Life is tough you be tougher , you can handle whatever life serves you just be strong act like your ok . Stop thinking so much its okay to not know the answers, they’ll come to you when you least expect it.

Strong walls shake but never collapse , no one is in charge of your happiness except YOU!

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Tread gently darling 

 

Destroy what destroys you , how we survive creates our story , smile you dont actually own all of the problems in the world …

Feelings are something you have not something you are , tiptoe on your soul diva

(Wings)

Funny how we see things she saw a jacket but it was actually wings ….

Wings that were made from a lifetime of interactions…

Each feather a moment in time ,

A smile from a first introduction

Warmth from her fathers embrace

The distant echo of her mothers laughter

Recognition moment

Laughter that hurt your stomach with friends

That unspoken connection

Pride in her children that chokey gulp

Crunch of autumn beneath your feet

Fresh laundry on the line

Workplace achievements

Personal milestones

Joy from anothers good news

Planning creating living

Smelling summer rain feeling winter wind

Feeling loved unwittingly making someones day

 

And the list can go on and the feathers build and build …

Everyone admires  her feather jacket and she awkwardly  feels so loved when she wears it. ..

strange the more she wears it the heavier it seems ….

She was many things to others but most of all she was right at home being herself . She could travel the world and always have a place to call home and be yourself but its not a bad thing to travel and carry home with you .

being healthy is far more important than being skinny shape meant zero I’ve seen come capabilities that could make a grown man cry from an ample body.

I’ve also seen that same body doubt herself I’ve seen her choose the back of the room and I’ve also seen her exceed her own expectations its just the wrapper not the motor watch and learn ….

 

This piece is the keystone to this exhibit the final piece for my first art debut she’s front and centre for all the world to see, well go ahead and look make sure you look good n hard at all the imperfections and the perfections what I like may be the opposite of your choice maybe we are in sync maybe her proportions are off maybe that;s what nature intended … maybe she’s not cut like a diamond … but she’s got character and she’s right where shes meant to be .

I’ve had a long wait for this exhibit as it was booked so long ago and I had thought at the time , this will be interesting got plenty OF time to bail out but here we are front and centre naked and feelings painted for all to see polished or dull the jewel is still so very valuable, I’ve had a year of learning on various life experiences and I am so very grateful to have been supported and encouraged to have this body of colours happen

 

The idea of this piece is how often we feel scheduled to within an inch of our being day in day out our every waking breathe , mapped out like a calendar, memos and post it notes to remind us of all the extras and add ons that we are yet to get to for precision planning .

(This piece i contacted several friends asking them for motivational quotes that empower, them and used them on the post it notes applied .)

 

some days we give it our best and other days above and beyond it.

Sometimes its our all  every fibre from within and we have nothing left we are drained but satisfied with our side of what is required as there nothing more we could have done it was our best , every last drop .

she dances around with out a care dances without the music just feeling all the movements of each body part Venus has all she needs her favourite knickers her red swinging beads time on her hands and boobs in the breeze , Venus does;nt care.