“Universal Blunder”
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Pen & Watercolour
Copyright © 2009 Jean Burman
If only all the world were artists!
There would be no trouble or strife… no war… no conflict… no politics or global financial crisis… nor even any global warming! No…. the world would sing along happily… with each of us merrily dunking our paintbrushes into our coffee mugs in precise and perfect unison! Ahhh… if only it were so… [grin]
People are funny. But artists are even funnier. We think we’re different. But we’re not. And there’s more than enough good reason why we should be… as many miles and distant oceans stand between us. But in reality we have more in common than we might want to admit!
This idea was the inspiration for my Universal Artist Calendar for 2010. Here are just twelve things we [more than likely] have in common.
Original Postcard Copyright © 2009 Jean Burman
There was trouble in paradise this week with the early onset of the big wet. One thing I now know for sure is that people really hate to travel half way round the world just to sit in their hotel room waiting for the rain to stop.
It’s good for me though… because when people can’t go scuba diving out on the reef… bungy jumping from the trees… fighting off crocs in the Daintree… or leaping out of planes [dangling as they do from a fistful of tightly grasped threads on their way back down to earth]… they take watercolor classes with me. Cool!
I am still meeting lots of interesting people… and despite almost being blown sideways off the verandah on Monday and rained on… I am still enjoying my stint as Artist in Residence at the Reef House.
After my close encounter of the climate change kind [no seriously - denial is a river in Egypt *wink - sorry]… I took a short drive up to Port Douglas for some coffee and carrot cake to console me.
For those who might be interested… here is my coffee and carrot cake… [it was rather yummy]
Tuesday I moved into the Gift Shop out of the elements. That was a relief… although fewer people can now find me. But I have a nice display of my artwork there. Why does life have to always be a tradeoff?
Why can’t we have the people… but without the rain?
Why can’t we simply have it all?
We artists don’t want much… do we?
Just love and respect… acceptance… and to be heard and understood like all the other [normal] people on the planet.
So who… may I ask you… put that absolutely humungous [adventure tour] sign right smack bang in front of my carefully set up display? Man… no wonder Vince Van Gogh felt compelled to cut off an ear…
But I digress… (((chuckles)))
“Universal Poverty”
Cartoon Pen & Watercolor
Copyright © 2009 Jean Burman
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