Sunday, March 27, 2005
Happy Easter!
Till next time... 'Mela
6:19 AM
Thursday, March 24, 2005
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“Easter Bonnet”
Digital
This is a digital sketch I did yesterday... It's called Easter Bonnet.
I love to sketch things, and doodle out ideas... I carry a sketchbook with me always. Together with a felt tip pen, I found this the key to unlocking the mystery of the existential malaise...
Now I also "sketch" with a mouse...
Till next time... 'Mela
10:00 AM
Thursday, March 17, 2005
19 years ago today I stood on the sidelines of 5th Avenue, NYC in my self-designed and tailored green satin tunic/smock... It was 5 days before my first and only son was born. There was noth-ing that could stop me from being there to watch the kilted & capped, spat donning, red tartan plaid-high colar cape wearin' Port Authority Police, as they strolled by, playing their bagpipes and drums.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Till next time... 'Mela
12:30 AM
Sunday, March 13, 2005
A lot of events in this month of March...
My son's graduation went off well- Sedate in comparison to my own, a different time & space, for sure-
They don't individually present diplomas to students in high school in Japan. The Senior year's class is divided into "kumi's" and one kumi member goes up and receives a "packet" of all diplomas for their group- So there's no individual moment of triumph. To me, this seems a total gyp.
I cheered on the kids as they walked in with their orchid corsages, hair wax, and big smiles... As each name was called out, each had their own individual response. Their own way of saying "hai". ( "yes", " here", "present"...)
That response, plus the stroll in and out was it. The only amount of individual expression allotted. The rest was all bureaucracy...
As I sat in the audience observing this very serious affair, which more resembled attending mass than a graduation, I felt a battle ensueing...
A battle between a future of what could be, and what already is.
A flashback:
I had a streaker at my graduation... I couldn't help but remember this crazy ass kid running across the stage, naked and smiling... His timing was bad, though... If he would've waited an extra minute, when he came out wouldn't have caused such a rumpus. It would've been funny. Instead, he came out when a girl in my class who had cerebral palsy was about to get her diploma.
The dude definately made his move too soon...
Although he caught proper hell for this stunt, I can't even imagine it happening here... I watched the kids stroll in the gymnasium, and then back out again, and I thought: These kids are no different from how I was- They have their individuality, they just learn to keep it in a safe place while learning how to deal.
I love the beauty of this age. The spirit.
My biggest hope for these kids is they keep the spirit alive- Free from getting downtrodden by the big whatever...
Now, we wait for Michio's college tests result on the 16th...
Till next time... 'Mela
9:04 PM
Thursday, March 10, 2005
In a few hours, I will watch my son Michio graduate from high school...
Till next time... 'Mela
5:30 PM
Sunday, March 06, 2005
© 2005 Pamela MacCarthy
All rights reserved
“Tian-mu”
Digital
This is my new computer art piece,"Tian-mu".
I had a dream a few years back, of a woman with Titian red hair, wearing a huge black wire cubed headpiece,
with dangling crystal teardrops...
She walked very slowly, and with each forward movement, I could hear the fascinating sound of the clinking of the teardrop glass. The only thing I modified from my dream is the mirror-as-pendant. As this idea just came spontaneously, I thought it best to just go with it.
Nothing I could think of could aptly describe this in a title,
so I researched a bit, and came up with something from Chinese Mythology :
Tian-mu, is the goddess of lightning...
Yes, that'll do...
Till next time... 'Mela
12:19 AM
Friday, March 04, 2005
Meladramas has recently had a second birthday!
Till next time... 'Mela
8:20 PM
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