Beguiled– Now at West End Gallery
I’ve seen the smiling of Fortune beguiling,
I’ve felt all its favours and found its decay;
Sweet was its blessing, kind its caressing,
But now it is fled, fled far, far away.
–Alison Cockburn, ‘The Flowers of the Forest’ (1765)
Just a short Thank You once more for the folks who came out in support of my show opening on Friday evening and to Jesse and Linda Gardner at the West End Gallery for all they have done for me over the past 30 years.
And thank you to every person who came out for yesterday’s No Kings rallies across the country. It is estimated that over 7 million concerned citizens hit the streets without any reports of arrests, violence, or major problems of any sort. This number doesn’t take into account those who participated in related protests around the world, most taking place around American embassies.
It was large and peaceful, and every single person did so for free, out of love and concern for their country. This reality stands in stark contrast to the ridiculous rhetoric from vacuous and vapid members of the GOP and the rightwing media that labeled the participants as either violent criminals and terrorists or paid partisans.
With the desperation of these absurd claims, it is becoming crystal clear to more and more people that we are now in a race between an authoritarian regime on the verge of locking down control of this country and a growing and widening resistance seeking to prevent this.
Yesterday, was ample proof that resistance in the near future will be large and engaged.
Hope grows in such numbers.
Here’s this week’s Sunday Morning Music, from the one and only Ella Fitzgerald. This is her wonderful take on the Rodgers and Hart classic, Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered. It doesn’t get much better than this. It is paired with the new small piece at the top, Beguiled, from the West End Gallery show and a bit of verse from the Scottish poet/wit/hostess of the late 1700’s, Alison Cockburn.
Works for me…
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