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The Divine Miss Debi and I Picked These For You

10/26/2017

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"The Divine Miss Debi" - mixed media on reclaimed (Irma) wood, 13" x 48".  Inquiries.

"I Picked These For You" - mixed media on aquabord, 16" x 20".  Ready to frame, or can be leaned against a wall on a shelf.  Available on Artfinder.


October.  A cool front.  A package of autumn leaves in the mail.  Windows open (in Florida, we close them against the heat, and re-open when it cools off).  Clouds, gray skies, pumpkins.  Breast cancer.
Breast cancer?  Yes, it is breast cancer awareness month.  Which happens to coincide with my annual mammogram.  This way I won't ever forget to have one.  Just like our wedding anniversary is on Valentine's Day, which I believe was designed just so people won't forget when they got hitched. :)

I was pondering this annual ritual as I sat in the waiting room.  Every year, sitting here.  Wondering if I have cancer.  This isn't something I would normally even contemplate.  But on this day, every year, because I sit here, I wonder. It is an excruciating emotional exercise.  Especially if your mom died from breast cancer.  I sit here wondering what I would do, what treatments I would choose, whether or not I would bother with reconstruction, with a tattoo'd replacement nipple, if I would have any sensation remaining.  If I would be alive to know it.

The results arrived in 24 hours.  I don't have cancer.  This time.  But many do and have.  

One of them, for which the first painting is named, is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit, the exuberant joy of being ALIVE and the determination to choose a vibrant existence surrounded by positive people.  She exudes ferocity.  And her hair is a gorgeous mane. It isn't flowers, but it could be.  And isn't it perfect that she is painted on reclaimed wood from Hurricane Irma - something strong surviving a tempest.

The second painting is a completion from the recent demo.  This one a little contemplative and studious.  She has a story, but she hasn't whispered it to me yet.  Did she tell you?
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Dotty Seiter link
10/26/2017 04:15:52 pm

1. Everything about Debi's dress.
2. Everything about the actual Divine Miss Debi herself.
3. Everything about she-has-a-story's face.
4. Everything about those glasses.

yes. yes. yes. yes.

Have you read Jan Frazier's When Fear Falls Away?

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jen
10/27/2017 07:37:14 am

1. the dress - so many layers. a festival of glue on my hands.
2. indeed, she is a treasure!
3. awwwwww she is glowing now!
4. I am obsessed with glasses right now!

I have not read it....do you recommend???

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Carol Edan link
10/27/2017 03:40:30 am

When I saw Devine Debi I was reminded of my sister Debbie that passed recently. She also had breast cancer and had her breast removed. (was not the cause of her death).
She told me she is giving these blooms to Debi!

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jen
10/27/2017 07:33:19 am

oh Carol! The universe created some synchronicity here! Sending love to you and to the heavens for your sister. I didn't know she was a Debbie....big hugs!

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