Today was excellent. After some Tums and a 30 minute car ride soothed over my greasy, slightly awkward Chinese lunch, Gabriel and I hit Mass Street to actualize our dream. If you followed Lindsey in Lawrence last summer, you'll remember Gabriel and I recorded a couple of flute/guitar duets of Beatles songs.
Today we camped out on Mass Street in front of Ben and Jerry's to play a live set for about 45 minutes. We had a few people stop and listen, took a request for "Eleanor Rigby" for a cute girl in a stroller, played "Can't Buy Me Love" at least 3 times and made friends with a bum. Ahh Lawrence.
At the end of our jam session we'd made $8.11! Not bad...more than the average associate makes at Pier 1 per hour, I'll take it. It was 2-for-1 Tuesday at La Prima Tazza coffee shop, so we spent $5 on an iced tea, a black forest mocha and a cookie, gave a buck to a homeless veteran on the street and saved a dollar a piece for nostalgia.
This evening I found myself with another blank canvas and the concluding part of A&E's "Andromeda Strain" was on, so after some encouragement from Gabe I decided to make a third piece to go in the middle of the two splatter painted ones. I think I'll put them above my bed once I move into the new apartment.
I've always loved what the lotus symbolizes, and I think it's very appropriate for my fresh start in Springfield.
I'm a little afraid I may have developed a painting habit.Donations of canvases will be accepted!
I need to figure out what to name these pieces. Perhaps "Andromeda Spoon"? ;-)
2 comments:
It was quite a lovely afternoon, was it not? Mass street never knew what hit it! :)
And the paintings are even prettier in person. Let's hope you hit another creative streak soon.
Good luck with the move!
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