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Very pleased to have a new painting in Border Walls ||, a group show opening Friday night at The Border! Thanks to Jamie Martinez for including my work- it’s always great to show in such a vibrant, vital space with artists I admire! Border Wall || Opening: Friday, Dec 18, 6:30-8:00 pm Dec 18-Jan 9, 2021 The Border 56 Bogart Street #120 Brooklyn, NY 11206

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel Climbing up on Solsbury Hill I could see the city light Wind was blowing, time stood still Eagle flew out of the night He was something to observe Came in close, I heard a voice Standing, stretching every nerve Had to listen, had no choice I did not believe the information Just had to trust imagination My heart going boom, boom, boom "Son", he said, "grab your things, I've come to take you home"To keep in silence I resigned My friends would think I was a nut Turning water into wine Open doors would soon be shut So I went from day to day Though my life was in a rut 'Til I thought of what I'll say Which connection I should cut I was feeling part of the scenery I walked right out of the machinery My heart going boom, boom, boom "Hey", he said, "grab your things, I've come to take you home" (Hey, back home)When illusion spin her net I'm never where I want to be And liberty she pirouette When I think that I am free Watched by empty silhouettes Who close their eyes but still can see No one taught them etiquette I will show another me Today I don't need a replacement I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant My heart going boom, boom, boom "Hey", I said, "you can keep my things, they've come to take me home"

Songwriters: Peter GabrielSolsbury Hill lyrics

Future Islands Seasons (Waiting on You) Seasons change And I've tried hard just to soften you The seasons change But I've grown tired trying to change for you 'Cause I've been waiting on you I've been waiting on you 'Cause I've been waiting on you I've been weighing on youAs it breaks, the summer will wake But the winter will wash what is left, of the taste As it breaks, the summer will warm But the winter will crave what has gone Will crave what has all Gone awayPeople change But you know some people never do You know, when people change They gain a peace, but they lose one too 'Cause I've been hanging on you I've been waiting on you 'Cause I've been waiting on you I've been hanging on youAs it breaks, the summer will wake But the winter will wash what is left, of the taste As it breaks, the summer will warm But the winter will crave what has gone Will crave what has gone Will crave what has all Gone away'Cause I've been waiting on you

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Gerrit Welmers / Samuel T. Herring / William CashionSeasons (Waiting on You) lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

maybethereissomething

Bram van Velde

Georges Mathieu, Homage to General Hideyoshi, (1957)

Official video for "Side", taken from Travis' third studio album, 'The Invisible Band' (2001), released on Independiente Records. Well I believe there's something watching over you They're watching every single thing you say And when you die they'll set you down and take you through You'll realize one day

That the grass is always greener on the other side The neighbor's got a new car that you want to drive And when time is running out you want to stay alive

We all live under the same sky We all will live we all will die There is no wrong There is no right The circle only has one side

We all try hard to live our lives in harmony For fear of falling swiftly overboard But life is both a major and minor key Just open up the chord

But the grass is always greener on the other side The neighbor's got a new car that you want to drive And when time is running out you want to stay alive

We all live under the same sky We all will live We all will die There is no wrong There is no right The circle only has one side

Source: LyricFindSongwriters: Francis Healy Side lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

#travis side

Video Version of Debra Ramsay’s Artist's Statement via The Cincinnati Review

#debraramsay #cincinnatireview

Back in March I contributed a digital image and a short piece of writing to Nehal Devi’s नमस्कार/Namaskār project- Añjali Mudrā and the Moon This, a personal ritual, began six years ago. When I am out at night and see the Moon, I quickly press my hands together palms touching and thumbs touching my chest (Namaste gesture). I direct my hands towards the Moon touching my thumbs to my forehead, my lips and my chest over my heart. All the while looking at the Moon and saying “Hello Mother. You look beautiful tonight. Thank you for all my blessings.” This, honoring and thanking of the Moon, has become a habit now. If in a crowd, I will say the words in my head, and I must be looking at the Moon (this can’t be stressed enough). The mudra and the expression of thanks and tribute can’t be neglected or the gulf created by the lack of ritual would weigh too heavily on me. I don’t know why this is or how it started.

- Paul Behnke

image: Añjali Mudrā and the Moon, 2020, digital photograph of photo copy collage, size variable.

A short video documenting the ongoing project by Nehal Devi is below:

Namaste!

“This photographic series (नमस्कार/Namaskār) sprouted spontaneously five years ago. Since then this form has been revealing its layered significance to me in my paintings, performances and daily interactions with life around me.

Namaste is usually spoken with a slight bow and hands pressed together, palms touching and fingers pointing upwards, thumbs close to the chest. This gesture is called Añjali Mudrā.

It is a sanskrit word and it means ‘I bow to the divine in you'”.

Music in this video

Song

Devi Prayer-10124

Artist

Craig Pruess & Ananda

Album

Content ID

Licensed to YouTube by:

AdRev for Rights Holder; CMRRA, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., LatinAutor, AdRev Publishing, and 6 Music Rights SocietiesSHOW LESS

above video © Nehal Devi

The The - Love Is Stronger Than Death (Official Video) LoveLoveLove LoveLoveLove

Me & my friend were walking In the cold light of mourning. Tears may blind the eyes but the soul is not deceived In this world even winter ain't what it seems.

Here come the blue skies Here comes springtime. When the rivers run high & the tears run dry. When everything that dies. Shall rise.

Love Love Love is stronger than death.

In our lives we hunger for those we cannot touch. All the thoughts unuttered & all the feelings unexpressed Play upon our hearts like the mist upon our breath. But, awoken by grief, our spirits speak "How could you believe that the life within the seed that grew arms that reached And a heart that beat. And lips that smiled And eyes that cried. Could ever die?"

Here come the blue skies Here comes springtime. When the rivers run high & the tears run dry. When everything that dies. Shall rise.

Love Love Love is stronger than death.

Love Love Love is stronger than death.Shall rise. Shall rise.

Shall rise. Shall rise.

Songwriters: Matt Johnson

Love Is Stronger Than Death lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

#thethe #loveisstrongerthandeath

The eye cannot see itself.

Nor can the 'I'/Self see itself.

The artist is a seer and, if she stays still long enough, there just may be a moment of grace...and the ‘seeing’ may pierce through the thick veil of the paradox.

-words and image: Nehal Devi

#nehaldevi #i #self #heyma #aham

F.W. Murnau - Faust (1926).

On Grafton Street in Dublin, 2018 Photo by Robin Stout

Very happy to be included in @jeffreycortlandjones next curatorial project. "Grey | Gray (Matter): a global and postal social experiment". August 7 - 23 . Divisible Projects. Front Street. Dayton. Ohio

featuring over 150 artists, from 8 countries, the opening reception will be Friday, August 7 from 6 - 9 pm. — at Divisible Projects.

image: Paul Behnke, Gray Isaac, 2020, acrylic on postcard, 6x4 in.

#paulbehnke divisibleprojects greygraymatter isaacasimov