al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1033
first posted in facebook december 11, 2021
mary lovelace o'neal -- "thelonious searching those familiar keys" (ca. 1985?)
"the piano ain't got no wrong notes" ... thelonious monk
"i call myself a painter. what i can do is paint and make things that are powerful. galleries want to codify you. every time you move away from the doctrine, you get questioned. being unruly is my nature. as for doctrinaire, i had to blow it up" ... mary lovelace o'neal
"play hot pepper, thelonious monk charlie parker and all that junk" ... bob dylan
"sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy" ... thelonious monk
"d'ya ever try to dance to architecture? how 'bout the whisper of a tree?" ... al janik