the heart is a starfish
tonight there's an art show at the essex studios and I'm selling prints of my stuff for $8 to $18, along with origami crane christmas ornaments for $3 each. very exciting! on the posters I've put up in the halls I am advertising a free hug (from me) with each purchase. hopefully this marketing ploy will work.
$8
$8
$8
$10
$15
$18
lately I've been going through a difficult time. most of you have probably figured out by now that I rarely talk about my personal issues, but I think I owe you guys an explanation for why I'm always away and why my behavior is sometimes distant. as brief as possible:
I've been pretty sick for the past year and a half, the past several months especially, and there's a good chance that I have chronic fatigue syndrome. I go in for testing about twice a week and I've had more blood drawn and more x-rays done than I care to remember. also, my family is currently going through a financial crisis, and we literally have to sell our house as soon as possible to be able to get through it. suddenly things that I've never worried about before have become uncertain.
my parents are now talking about selling all of our books, our furniture, even the piano. selling the piano is reasonable but it hurts to think about.
my grandfather's parkinson's disease is so advanced that he can't speak above a whisper, but every time I see him he whispers to me that he wants his violin back. before his hands betrayed him he was a great violinist. he tells me that his violin is gone, that he doesn't know where his violin is. even if I bring his violin to him -- a very old instrument -- it is still gone to him.
but luckily the heart is a starfish, and pieces cut off will grow back again.
$8
$8
$8
$10
$15
$18
lately I've been going through a difficult time. most of you have probably figured out by now that I rarely talk about my personal issues, but I think I owe you guys an explanation for why I'm always away and why my behavior is sometimes distant. as brief as possible:
I've been pretty sick for the past year and a half, the past several months especially, and there's a good chance that I have chronic fatigue syndrome. I go in for testing about twice a week and I've had more blood drawn and more x-rays done than I care to remember. also, my family is currently going through a financial crisis, and we literally have to sell our house as soon as possible to be able to get through it. suddenly things that I've never worried about before have become uncertain.
my parents are now talking about selling all of our books, our furniture, even the piano. selling the piano is reasonable but it hurts to think about.
my grandfather's parkinson's disease is so advanced that he can't speak above a whisper, but every time I see him he whispers to me that he wants his violin back. before his hands betrayed him he was a great violinist. he tells me that his violin is gone, that he doesn't know where his violin is. even if I bring his violin to him -- a very old instrument -- it is still gone to him.
but luckily the heart is a starfish, and pieces cut off will grow back again.