Mother's Day and Beauty

Happy Mother's Day to any mom of any kind (birth, step, would-be, wanna-be, furry-mom, teacher-mom, mentor-mom, etc.)

This is my mom - circa 1964. This is before I was born, but kind of the image I have of her in my head. Smiling, fun glasses, outdoors.

I remember when I was little and I just looked at my mom in awe - she was the most beautiful, magical person I had ever seen. In her, all things. Of her, all things. Now I know that she is a human being and at the same time, I still believe she is the most beautiful, magical person I have known.  She taught me everything I needed to know to be (I hope) a good person. She taught me to love learning, reading, to love people, to work hard, to laugh openly. I am in awe of her and all mothers everywhere.

I did this page yesterday for my art journal - I have had the image for a long time, but I had been thinking I would use it in my more Teesha Moore-style journal and hadn't glued it down - I think I didn't want to alter the photo for some reason.  I decided yesterday to put it in my other journal because I am not as compelled to alter the magazine images - these are just for me and for my own sense of enjoyment and pleasure. It meets a whole different need.  I love the photo because it shows such different kinds of beauty from different parts of the world and culture. I know that it was an ad for a special Jessica Simpson did on Beauty. I did not see the special, nor am I a fan of Jessica Simpson, however, I did like that she was examining the cultural meaning and impact of beauty standards.  I was hoping to do more art journal stuff yesterday, but I didn't.

Who Votes for 4 Day Work Weeks?

I do! I do!  The first day of the weekend is merely about recouperation. It mostly consists of me avoiding human contact if at all possible.  The second day can be wanderings, socialness or rehearsal, but then the need is for the all-powerful third day where I can actually get some stuff done and not feel like I misused my "off" time for non-paid work-like endeavors. I wish the idea would take off, but it just really hasn't (at least where I work).

On a different note, had a nice Mother's Day. Took my mom to see "Oceans" which was quite good and I would highly recommend seeing it in the theatre for the full sound and visual affect. Then a lovely dinner at China Bay with a friend and my mom. Best food we have had there in a long time - the chefs were cooking it all special for the moms out there.

All in all, a good day.

Mother's Day

I had a nice time with my mother yesterday. We dinked around in the mornign, saw "Wolverine" (my what big arms you have, Hugh!), and went to Chez Jose over by Lewis and Clark College. I had my favorite pollo en salsa de cacahuate, chicken in a lovely peanut sauce.

I want to be able to scan some pics of my mom and add them here, but haven't been able to do that. Will be doing that as soon as I can.

Happy Mother's Day to all my Mom-friends out there! I hope you know how wonderful you all are!

Here is photo of my mom's best friend, my mom and me. None of us knew the others were going to be wearing some shade of red or pink!