No Talking in Class
Am I a showy character? It may be that I am…
A bold display of color makes me happy as a clam—
The splash of waves or fireworks delights me deep within
Enough to make me run and leap and wear a silly grin—
An anthem sung; a symphony or jazz or drumline played
Or children’s playground chanting—yes, by all of these I’m swayed
To passion and delirium, to ecstasy and dance,
But mostly, from the audience, where I can hide, perchance…
I have to tell you honestly, I’d rather you’re the star
And I the meekly happy fan who worships from afar,
For though I love the big and grand, extravagant and wild,
I’ll gladly leave that up to you and stay a quiet child.
Art-Colored Glasses 
Fabulous:) xxx
Thanks! 🙂
xoxo
Beautiful image! I understand the desire to be recognized anonymously. 🙂
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I’d say that you are, but when I tell people about your work (and I do!) I can’t help but point them to your website, so your secret is out, and I’m not entirely sorry. 😉
I agree Katherine, Beautiful image! Is that a hand painting or digital art? I can relate to the wanting to be less in the limelight. 🙂
It’s both. 😀 The original is an acrylic/mixed media work on a big carpet remnant (8×10′), in quite a different color scheme, and then I digitally manipulated a photo of that piece a whole lot to take it to the current state. 🙂
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Maybe one day I’ll learn the digital side. 🙂
Take it from an old bat, it’s never too late to try! 😉
Wonderful poem and beautiful painting. I love turquoise.
Kind of an addiction of mine. Maybe it’s because I’m a December baby? When I was young I resented that most of the other months had those really showy gemstones as their representatives, and was hugely happy when the commercial purveyors of such ideas expanded the December birthstone lexicon to include blue zircon and, eventually, blue topaz and Tanzanite, but it turns out that the one I keep coming back to for its richness of color range, pattern, texture, and sheer *comfort* to my eye and soul is good old turquoise! 😀
xoxoxo
K
Ah turqoise, I love it! And yes I can relate very much to this too.
You are so good at rhyme. Always very original. Xx
Thank you, Christine! As you can see from my note to Catherine, I’m very smitten with turquoise myself. 😉
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