Creative Tuesdays - Pig(gies)

Thanks to Michael M for hosting! Always happy to participate in Creative Tuesdays when I can

Of course, of course, I had to, when i saw the theme, bring in the Beatles'/Harrison song "Piggies", a brilliant social satire if ever the Beatles came up with

3 guesses which my favourite line in the song is?

sort of a perfect theme as I've been listening to a lot of White Album lately, though the song I've liked a lot for some reason has been Rocky Raccoon.

"Piggies" is great though - here, to refresh everyone's memory:

Sunday Sketches - Penelope

Hi everyone at Sunday Sketches! Hoping everyone in the Northern Hemisphere is ready for spring! It seems to have been an all around eventful winter in any event. For instance, I hope I ended up in the right place for the URL seems to have migrated.

TOday I wanted to share a quick lightning sketch based on the dear song by Spanish performer Joan Manuel Serrat called "Penelope". It oozes 70s excess, but it is dear to me as I grew up listening to it.

Not sure what took me there today, but it contains a lesson for all, I think - stories tend to, after all.

It also relates the story of Penelope, similar to Homer's take on it, but based on contemporary life. Serrat's Penelope is a woman who was left at a train station by her lover - he told her 'wait for me', and she does, for years and years. Decades. Sitting in the train station, waiting.

Eventually he does return, and he celebrates in seeing her, but she decides he's not the one she was waiting for ---

Le sonrió
con los ojos llenitos de ayer,
no era así su cara ni su piel.
"Tú no eres quien yo espero".
Y se quedó
con el bolso de piel marrón
y sus zapatitos de tacón
sentada en la estación.

In case anyone's brave enough to see some potentially very cheesy bad music, here is the video:

love to all!

Creative Tuesdays - Celebration!

What spells celebration better than.... a glass of wine?

Creative Tuesday: This is another one from the archives - summer of 09, the day after a truly remarkable celebratory event I was subject to very frequently when i lived in Atlanta - the monthly Backgammon tournament. This particular one was at our good friend Larry's house - the man with the pool, neverending bottle of wine, & cigars. And, of course, sparkling, scintillating conversation. Quite the scene....

The brown seen in the background is actually from the inside casing of a cigar enclosure - pure tobacco - decoupaged to cover the wooden cabinet. I think we also came back from that celebration with a couple bottle of wines, 2 of which are serving as models in this instance.

Not sure what all the text is about - think I was contemplating paying off some credit card or other LOL! Which I actually did, 6 months later (THAT one anyhow.......)

As for the backgammon, it's a fun thing. Miss it DEARLY - not just the game, but the old friends. Trying to hustle up a good game in WNC but massively failing........... and as an aside, I actually won in a novice tournament in 2010 :D $210. Not bad for a hobby... very celebratory in any event

Now that i think about it.... I have sketchbooks & sketchbooks of Backgammon in action - I would play, & lose, & spend the rest of my time drawing everyone in all sorts of poses. I could upload them one at a time, if the theme is congruent as here, never seen before anywhere, a Creative Tuesday exclusive... whaddaya say, Mr T?