Creativity is...seeing something that doesn't exist already. You need to find out how you can bring it into being and that way be a playmate with God... Michele Shea...

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Don't Label Me, Please



24"x24" mixed media, acrylic, marker, ink, metal and paper on stretched canvas
Don't Label Me, Please
mother
musician
writer
slob
daughter
heretical
narcissitic
immature
compassionate
self-involved
aloof
wife
compulsive
detached
cynical
artist
delusional
arrogant
obsessive
friend
obsessive
obsessive
obsessive
liberal
conservative
spiritual
worldly
lover
passionate
chaotic
naive
sister
I am none of these things.
I am all of these things.

6 comments:

Lila Malapert said...

Hey -- you forgot obsessive.
:-D This is GREAT!

Dari Malapert said...

Oh, man - that'll keep me up all night.. :-D

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

amazing...color, honesty, perspective...truly amazing. but i don't know, you...obsessive? that's a stretch.

Dari Malapert said...

Oh, you people are so funny... Thinking you know me so well. Are you trying to drive me to drink? More?

Anonymous said...

What a straight at you gaze. This is lovely. And was that marker you wrote? Marker? How exotic of you. Paper on stretched canvas - I have to try that the next time I try painting.

Dari Malapert said...

:-) Thanks, Janey! And yes - marker...Sharpie, as a matter of fact, in a lovely shade of burgandy. Oh, - and in response to another comment - please do feel free to link to us - we'd love to get some more traffic...:-)