It’s another cold day here in the northeast, -5° this morning when I walked out the door. By the time I got over here to the studio after my short commute ( a stroll through the woods) I was ready for a little heat. Turned on the computer to look up an old piece and immediately came across this small triptych from 2002 which was always a favorite of mine. It’s a little anomaly comprised of three small squares, each about 4″ by 4″. I always liked the surface of these pieces — they had a smooth, almost burnished look that I haven’t used in many years.
Seeing this piece made me want to revisit that surface treatment once more, thirteen years later. It also made me want to feel that heat in the form of a very distinct song. Fire from Jimi Hendrix. Talk about going back in time. Are You Experienced? in 1967. This song will be fifty years old in a couple more years which seems crazy– it’s timeless heat.
So, Jimi, on this frigid morning, let me stand next to your fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFmQUIMaFuc
Redtree Times 
That’s the one and only Jimi Hendrix album (and it was an album!) I owned. There were several great songs on it, but it was only decades later I began to appreciate his real guitar artistry. The triptych’s not a bad metaphor for Hendrix and his contemporaries, actually. However much someone liked Jefferson Airplane or Disraeli Gears, Hendrix stood out.
Stay warm!
The great music from that time seemed beyond time, very much in the present whenever they are heard. Much like the quote from Picasso that was recently posted here about real always being in the now. Jimi is always now.
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Redtree Times wrote:
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Love this! Jesse Gardner Assistant Director
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