One more for the night.
I like showing my work.

I hope it helps someone else get busy.

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Stressful times are when I’m most productive creatively.
I am always trying to escape into the world of the picture.
If Real Life was tolerable enough, then I wouldn’t have to hide in my pictures.

"And who are you?"
she sternly spoke
to the one
beneath the smoke

"Why, I'm Fire,”
he replied
"And I love your solitude.
I love your pride."

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They said, β€œI’m tired of The War.

I want the kind of work
I had before.”

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I saw them wince.
I saw them cry.
I saw The Glory in their eye.

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...and deep into
His fiery heart
He took the dust
of Joan of Arc

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By all rights
you should be
bludgeoned
in your bed

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THE QUEEN IS DEAD.

Reclaiming #TheSmiths
#JohnnyMarr
#SmashingTime
1967.

May I present
NOW I KNOW HOW JOAN OF ARC FELT.

Thank you for going through this process with me!

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This image has been brewing in my brain since the day THE QUEEN IS DEAD was released. Kathleen Cantwell was one of the first people in our school to get it, and we laid on her bed all day, listening to it over and over, not talking, not moving, not doing anything but LISTENING.

That’s why, when people ask, β€œHow long does it take you to draw a picture?”, I’m not joking when I say, β€œAll my life?”

We got it at SCHOOLKIDS RECORDS in Greensboro, NC.
Kathleen was the first girl I’d met who didn’t shave her legs or mustache. She was in the dance program at UNCG.

Here is where I notice my cognitive function is misfiring, because at this point, I vividly remember people sitting on her bed with us, that I wouldn’t meet til 20 years later in NYC.

Details of memories are sharp and clear, but the timelines get all mixed up.

I remember that, when THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT came on, even though we knew people all over the world were hearing it for the first time, it sounded like it had ALWAYS existed.

A portal to eternity.

I wanted to show you some details from this piece.

This was part of my project of reclaiming The Smiths from that guy with the hair, and giving Johnny Marr the love, honor and respect he deserves.

Hey, I just noticed that that my take on Joan of Arc looks kind of like Pearl from Steven Universe! That was a case of completely unconscious influence.

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