Katie Jeanne Wood

Mixed Media Artist - daily painter of portraits, flowers, abstracts and birds

Insomniac – my eyes are so blurry or is it the picture?

February 4th, 2013
I took this photo while in a strange room
I can’t comment more than that.
 
lol

Insomniac

There are some nights when
sleep plays coy,
aloof and disdainful.
And all the wiles
that I employ to win
its service to my side
are useless as wounded pride,
and much more painful.
 
Read more poems to celebrate Black History Month HERE
 
 

Orange is my favorite color, in case you wondered – art journal pages

February 1st, 2013
#1
Portrait paintings painted in orange
 
Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about… 
say yes quickly, 
if you know, 
if you’ve known it from 
before the beginning of the universe.
— Rumi

#2
 
If you hear a voice within 
you say ‘you cannot paint,’
then by all means paint,
and that voice will be silenced.
~Vincent Van Gogh

Late September

January 28th, 2013
Late September
The mail truck goes down the coast
Carrying a single letter.
At the end of a long pier
The bored seagull lifts a leg now and then
And forgets to put it down.
There is a menace in the air
Of tragedies in the making.
Last night you thought you heard television
In the house next door.
You were sure it was some new
Horror they were reporting,
So you went out to find out.
Barefoot, wearing just shorts.
It was only the sea sounding weary
After so many lifetimes
Of pretending to be rushing off somewhere
And never getting anywhere.
This morning, it felt like Sunday.
The heavens did their part
By casting no shadow along the boardwalk
Or the row of vacant cottages,
Among them a small church
With a dozen gray tombstones huddled close
As if they, too, had the shivers.
~Charles Simic

Some of my findings about Mr. Simic..he is a very interesting man.
I hope you’ll take the time to read more about him.

Poetry Foundation

On writing poetry

Wikipedia

RAIN, Jonathan Meese, What I’m reading

January 27th, 2013

It’s a rainy (I can’t believe it!! I can’t believe it’s raining!!) springlike day. Excuse my excitement, but we’ve been in a drought for over 2 years. It never rains here, so this is truly exciting. The ground is sopping wet, and I am happy dancing around my studio. I LOVE RAIN. I love rain sooo much.

It’s going to be 66F today, and 68F 75!!! tomorrow. Makes me wonder if spring is here. February is a weird month here in Kansas. It can be very spring-like, in the 80s, like the past two years, or it can be very very cold and wintry. There were a couple years, we got a ton of snow and ice in February, so one can never tell. All I know is IT’S RAINING!!! and that means it’s going to be a GREAT day. la la laaa la laaa

Jonathan Meese
website – I wish I knew German
Wikipedia

When I checked my email a couple days ago, I noticed Greg had sent me a link to this video. The first 20 seconds in, I thought..what the heck? I’m not watching this!! It seems a bit nutty, and I was really groggy from taking Benadryl, and not fully functioning. Another minute, and I was like, wow, who is this guy? I was completely sucked in, and reading every word of the subtitles. By the end of the video, the Benadryl had worn off, my internal battery was completely charged up, and I was ready to paint!! I LOVE this guy!! I’m not sure I understood every word he said, but he definitely has some very valid points. 
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Book I’m reading: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott She’s a very interesting lady. You can read Secrets & Surprises about her here. If you don’t know much about her, like me, her not so secret secrets will surprise you. It’s hard to believe she lived so long ago. She appears to be so very modern.
You can get the book free for your Kindle, or in my case, Android here. You can probably also download it to your computer, and read from there, if you don’t have a tablet. Read along with me, won’t you? I’m only on the 3rd chapter, so you can catch up quickly.
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