move the heart of one woman,
she moves the hearts of the entire world
acrylic on wood
painting available :)
currently in uvita, costa rica
on exhibit today along with some artists friends work at @awakeuvita 11:30am-10pm
i dont have a culture
like a real one
i have remnants, american ones
i have my italian father's pasta sundays
well, now the memory of the smell of pasta sauce marinading in the kitchen
he's getting older so he's buying the walmart cheese, not the mozzerella,
and the canned tomatos, not the roma
while i can hear his father,
my grandfather, a gardener,
rolling in his grave since I was 5
i have this piece of calusa tribe native land i live on in florida that i could tell you more about than my italy
i have a french woman telling me about how good her trip to italy was and how shes eaten the food from my ancestors
love, passion, and peace
blood, sweat and tears
she frames my home with her words
i ask her how much? ill buy it
i wanted to hang her trip on my wall
i wanted to hug the wall
i wanted to taste the wall
i wanted to punch right through it
then sculpt something out of the fake italian tile crumbles on the floor,
put it back together
put me back together
put me back
my parents live here now in florida
my home is still by the sea just a different coast
i'm my father's pride
his manly artist daughter
i'm my mother's whole life
i'm my mother's home
but my love belongs in italy
here in america, i'm starved not of food,
of romance
full of business no presence
presents but no gift
people touch my hand but don't feel it
they look at me but don't see
love only to fall in love, breed,
take care of the kid, fall out of love and then pay bills together for the rest of their lives that
aren't their own
aren't lived only worked
my girlfriend answers her father on the phone in georgian
I will always answer my father in boring english hellos
#writing
#poetry
#culture
my art blends times, sounds, cultures, and worlds...
I don't agree to the concept of an artist having one style..
though, I respect those that have found home in one
I interpret style as different worlds we can shift through
some say an artist's style is their voice...
the artist will always be the voice and their many works is the conversation...
one voice can speak into many worlds...
the artist is the voice!
keep your paintbrush and pencil free 🌊
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