My Golf Game

I’m good at getting out of trouble because I’m always in it.

Banana slice, bunkers, the deepest rough;

In spite of adversity, I never get enough.

Annual golf outings when mulligans are for sale;

I typically pass because I never expect to fail.

My dad stressed two rules for my game plan:

Play fast and hit the ball as hard as you can.

He said it was a gentleman’s game:

But do not count on fortune and fame.

I repeat my mistakes precisely.

Off the tee, my vision is to hit it nicely.

Every round is full of anticipation:

Hope for a day for celebration.

When I am part of a foursome;

The sum of the parts is four and then some.

These other guys, they don’t know;

They’re in for a really big show.

Normally I charge $100 per lesson but for a limited time I am selling a package of up to eight lessons for $750.00 (payable up front). And for the first lesson you don't even need to bring your clubs. Because the game is 80 to 100% between your ears, for the first lesson we'll justy talk about your game. If your outlook doesn't change after your first lesson, you can apply for a full refund. To date, no-one has gotten a refund, I'm that good.

Let’s do it again

Sleepless nights, baby cries;

Stinky diapers… ewww.

Runny nose, watery eyes.

Mommy Daddy I love you.

                                                                                                                                             

Minutes turn to years;

In a flash, you grew.

Do you remember the tears?

Now you do what parents do.

Wedding day, so many smiles;

Nothing but blue skies do I see.

Palm trees, beaches, vacation miles

We will be happy to rest, just be.

Renaissance in progress, reset, renew;

All the effort, time it takes;

You figure just what to do;

It’s the little things that a life makes.

The world belongs to those who wait

Skyscrapers, Autumn leaves, trucks and cars.

Watching the curious twist of fate

The little ones will be like you two - super stars

Love dem kids, always will;

Glad they are now in charge.

AARP, Sunday brunch, another coffee refill.

Let’s take some time and live at-large.

We did it. We’re done.

Awww but dem kids.

They are so much fun.

They are so much fun.

How We See Materiality and Color

Laumeier Sculpture Park opened its latest show in the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Building featuring six artists expertly curated by Dana  Turkavic and presented by Chief Preparator Marty Linson under watchful eye of Executive Director Lauren Ross. Four of the artists were on hand to open the show. Claire Ashley, Anne Lindberg, Odili Donald Odita and Jedediah Caesar took turns with with comments on the exhibition.

Clair Ashley’s work and performance piece on the lawn outside anchored the event with a shared sense of contemporary sculpture that at her own admission straddles monumental contemprary art and whimsy. Anne Lindberg pieces exercise discipline and color executed with graphite and colored pencil in vertical parallel lines on matt board that are nearly nine feet tall. She admits that the layers of color on graphite were pains-takingly produced.  Odili Donald Odita offered that his work Van Gogh’s Trees (a work of acrylic latex on a laminated panel) has a way of shifting the viewers sense of space, near and far, as one considers its color and texture. Jedediah Caesar’s sculptural egg-like pieces of ceramic stone and epoxy adorn the northeastern corner of the gallery space and he applauds the curator’s support in not presenting the work on pedestals. You can only assume that artists Barbara Kasten and Jeffrey Gibson are as happy as these four artists on hand appear to be about this juxtaposition of art.

The six artists included in this show celebrate a diversity and geography while exploring color and materials in contemporary art. Clair lives and works in Chicago by way of Scotland. Anne lives and works in upstate New York after her education took her to Ohio (Miami University) and Michigan (Cranbrook Academy of Art). Odili lives and works in Philadelphia and was born in Nigeria. He went to college at Ohio State and Vermont. Jedediah did his BFA in Boston  before his MFA at University of California in Los Angeles where he now lives and works. Jeffrey and Barbara live and work in New York and Chicago respectively.

It’s a comfortable 37 degrees outside on this Saturday March 2, 2019. We anticipate another winter event of snow and below freezing temperatures this weekend. It is nice to enjoy this splash of color and materiality with docents, staff and a modest gathering of Laumeier fans. Meanwhile Mardi Gras festivities are happening downtown with a parade. The good news it that this exhibition is on view until June 30, 2019.     

 

Photo Credits:Artist at the mic, Anne Lindberg talks about her works, the small hours, 2017 & as though air could turn to honey, 2017 and outdoor performance piece and works by Clair Ashley.