The Dancer

Today the creative juices were definitely flowing! I woke up in such a good mood. I actually had the first decent night's sleep this week. I lazily slept until noon. Woke up, read the paper (which I vaguely remember picking up on my way home last night) and saw an article in the paper about it being the anniversary of one of my favorite catchy songs, "The Girl From Ipanema". It actually showed a picture of the lady who inspried the man to write the song. She is now in her early 60's but you wouldn't have any idea at all. She is a true, natural beauty. The song started going in my head, and I went onto youtube and pulled it up. Brigette Bardot is the singer and I must have played it 2o times! (I'm sure that my neighbours must think, WTF?! Ha!) I decided that it was going to be a jazz/bossa nova day, and made my way to HMV. Picked up a new cd from one of my favorite groups called Pink Martini and the name of the cd is called, "Hang On Little Tomato". Definitely recommend it.

I had forgotten to mention that I had started a new painting last night. Well, with all of this good music in my apartment, I decided to pick up the paint and have a go. I started and just finished it a couple of minutes ago. It's called "The Dancer".

Anyone who knows me, knows how much music is a part of my life. It's great therapy for me too! I love to go out dancing. Sometimes I'll close my eyes and feel the music all over me. When I finished this painting, I could see a dancer in it. This is how I see myself with music, the music surrounding me all over. Not sure if you will or not. That's the great thing about art. One picture is worth a thousand words.