marilyn

[Geoffrey]

needed to take my mind away from the awful things happening in the world.

[LisaLCFan]

That's beautiful, Geoffrey! What a perfect combination of light, colours and a smile for a world that needs more of all those things.

[Boss]

G'day g. To me, since World War Two 70 years ago, the world has been prodding and probing this way and that. We had some precarious moments with the Cold War, matters almost coming to a head in the early '60's. There was Korea and Vietnam, the Falklands and internal unrest in so many third world nations in Africa, Sth America and Asia. Some places healed, some didn't. The Middle East has been hell since the Romans held sway. To me, we have been pregnant since the downfall of Hitler and Stalin. Pregnant with a very special cargo. And of late we have been in labour. Like any labour, it is painful. And the pain will increase until it reaches its zenith. Until we give birth. And we will give birth to peace. Full, unimpeded, total peace. A peace this species of ours, of some 3 to 4 million years, has never known. Norma Jean did not know peace, her life was frought with pain and difficulty, too. Just why we have to suffer is like asking why is the sky blue? It's the way He designed it, the way. What happened in Paris is reprehensible, it is evil. Mankind has a knack, a panache in creating evil. But by the same token it instates leaders such as Gandhi, and Roosevelt and Barack Obama and it is to them we must put our trust in and support. For they have love in their sails, they fight for peace. The peace of all men and womyn and children. The kind of peace all the great prophets worth their salt spoke of. The peace that is now apparent just there on the horizon. Reach for it, you can almost touch it. You can almost touch it.

[Cheshire gal]

Geoffrey.

A very lovely painting to cheer us up a little after such a horrendous day yesterday. Thank you.

[Cate]

This is gorgeous.

[Geoffrey]

That's beautiful, Geoffrey! What a perfect combination of light, colours and a smile for a world that needs more of all those things.

thank you, lisa. those combinations were probably more by accident than design, but it seems to work ok - especially if one doesn't stand too close

A very lovely painting to cheer us up a little after such a horrendous day yesterday. Thank you.

lovely words from you, cheshire gal. the painting was started a week ago, just a few strokes. today, in search of something to counteract the depressing news, it was brought out again.

This is gorgeous.

thank you cate. two exhibitions starting next week, so let's hope some of these pictures find new homes

Norma Jean did not know peace, her life was frought with pain and difficulty, too. Just why we have to suffer is like asking why is the sky blue? It's the way He designed it, the way.

thank you for a most interesting message, adam. from the moment something is born, it's on its way to obsolescence. my advice is avoid religion, it is but a drop of blood in shark infested waters. should you find you have an interval of spare time, may i suggest the following video?
https://youtu.be/6pAObJ_rIU4

[Boss]

Deleted, can't be bothered with the fight

[Cheshire gal]

That Woody Allen clip was hilarious Geoffrey. I think we all need to think about our beliefs, and I am a fan of W.A. I don't think I have laughed so much at anything for a long time as seeing him in the boxing ring with that kangaroo.
I have always loved his sense of humour. Maybe not his lifestyle.

[Artsinlife]

needed to take my mind away from the awful things happening in the world.

marilyn.jpg

Great and positive

[Geoffrey]

Boss wrote:
>I never liked Allen.

no surprise, adam. after having followed some of your posts, compiling a psychological profile was a simple affair. you are basically a textbook depressive, unable to regulate unfavourable thoughts - i suspect probably due to a gene variant that we in the trade call ADRA2b. this gene tends to amplify one's negative perceptions by influencing the neurotransmitter hormone norepinephrine, and partly explains why you suffer from frustration and a need for an invisible friend. the fact that you "never liked allen" and prefer not to offer a single reason why, goes some way in confirming this suspicion.

>I assume you don't believe in miracles

well, why not tell me what miracles you have experienced, and i'll tell you if i believe them.

>What I really wanna know is how you come to be on this forum

have often asked myself the same question, especially when i read some of the messages here
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Cheshire gal wrote:
>I think we all need to think about our beliefs, and I am a fan of [Woody Allen] . . . I have always loved his sense of humour. Maybe not his lifestyle.

you and i seem to be the same, able to enjoy an artist's work without being too influenced by their private wrongdoings
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Artsinlife wrote:
>Great and positive

thank you so much. good to know you are still around

[Boss]

I believe Leonard Cohen was a textbook depressive most of his life. I believe I am in good company. I also believe his depression lifted considerably after he knew miracle. After he saw The Future. And you know ol' theory book Geoff, he warned that if one was to be 'squeezed for information' they should 'play it dumb'. But this being the afternoon of the 16th anniversary of my father's death, I think I may just throw caution to the wind. And say that none of us fit into discrete neat little psychological packages. All the Freud or Jung or Adler or Klein or Kopp or Gunter or Millard et al, none of them touched the heart. An exception is Alice Miller who understood how parents, very often intellectual ones, fucked up their children with dead dogma and derailed imaginations. Yes, I received miracle Geoffrey and no I won't disclose it lest my imaginary friend may soon vaporise into the ether Kahlil Gibran so miraculously described all those years ago when Avanza and Saphris and Lithicarb and Valium and Mogadon were not available to negate his soaring soul. A soul which locked into G-d and nestled into the warmth that is love. This lives in me irrespective of 19 years intense psychoanalysis that could not dispel this textbook depressive's absolute wonderment and incredible awe of his G-d. Fuck, they even threw in a course of ECT! You see Geoffrey, I have hope. And in your latent religiosity, and even in your broken unbelief, lives a fractured, a very fractured childhood whose parents never let your creativity dance. They clogged everything up. Today I need space to grieve. And I believe if you desire any lasting peace, perhaps even a glimpse into G-d, you should cry for the little boy lost - you.

[Artsinlife]

Boss wrote:
>I never liked Allen.

no surprise, adam. after having followed some of your posts, compiling a psychological profile was a simple affair. you are basically a textbook depressive, unable to regulate unfavourable thoughts - i suspect probably due to a gene variant that we in the trade call ADRA2b. this gene tends to amplify one's negative perceptions by influencing the neurotransmitter hormone norepinephrine, and partly explains why you suffer from frustration and a need for an invisible friend. the fact that you "never liked allen" and prefer not to offer a single reason why, goes some way in confirming this suspicion.

>I assume you don't believe in miracles

well, why not tell me what miracles you have experienced, and i'll tell you if i believe them.

>What I really wanna know is how you come to be on this forum

have often asked myself the same question, especially when i read some of the messages here
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Cheshire gal wrote:
>I think we all need to think about our beliefs, and I am a fan of [Woody Allen] . . . I have always loved his sense of humour. Maybe not his lifestyle.

you and i seem to be the same, able to enjoy an artist's work without being too influenced by their private wrongdoings
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Artsinlife wrote:
>Great and positive

thank you so much. good to know you are still around

Yes, still alive , just had little time to come round. Hope I will be able to post some work of mine again soon. Your work enthusiasm is admirable

[Cate]

thank you cate. two exhibitions starting next week, so let's hope some of these pictures find new homes

Fantastic Geoffrey!!!
I'm sure that your work will do very well both in sales and appreciation of those who will only get to spend a few moments with them.

[Geoffrey]

thank you, boss, artsinlife and cate. am up to my chin in projects and other stuff. so much to learn