Wednesday, September 24, 2003
I didn't know when I painted this scene,
that I would create a historic picture...
© Pamela MacCarthy
All rights reserved
“ October Night in Nakagawara ”
1995
Black Ink, Oil Pastel, Watercolor
37.5 cm x 25 cm
10” X 14”
On Watercolor Paper
The world where I live was simpler then.
Roads were almost like bicycle paths,
and rice paddies stretched out across a wide open terrain.
No more.
This scene is now changed.
Apartment buildings are now standing on what was once farmland,
and concrete lines the waterways, and expands the roads...
It is progress, no?
In any event, I have this picture as a testament
to what once was...
The good news is since I've gone broadband
and downloaded "real audio",
I am able to hook up to the most excellent online radio shows:
my beloved listener supported WBGO coming in from Newark,NJ
with the jazz I've been missing to my soul.
It now plays on my computer.
Glory Hallelujiah!
Along with the whimsy of WFMU coming out of Jersey City, NJ,
the funky New Orleans scene coming in from WWOZ-
and a new station [and radio host] I recently got hip to by a blues/jazz aficionado friend of mine from Oregon,
he told me of "Mama Jazz",
the radio host at WMUB/FM
coming out of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
She's a wonder, that's for sure.
I hope to be appearing on a playlist there...
The days and nights have gotten abruptly cooler...
I love this time of year,
my only concern is that in the past,
the Indian Summers seemed to stretch into mid-October,
and the leaves would not turn and fall till November.
With things speeding up, maybe this autumn won't last as long...
"The naked Ginko tree
raises its fists to old man Winter:
"You stole my clothes!"
-Pamela MacCarthy
Till next time... 'Mela
Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy
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Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
