Redtree Times

O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

–Moses, Exodus

Feeling like an empty shell this morning. Extremely tired. Therefore, I am going to keep it simple. I was going to do a Look Back post on the early painting shown here but I don’t want to get into the whole thing. Hey, my blog, my rules.

For some reason this piece that I call Moses (I Supposes) jumped out at me this morning. I have no idea why. though it’s long been a favorite, painted quickly back in 1994. I don’t think I even knew why or what I was painting when I painted it. Just doodling and this is what came out. I find the clumsy, bathmat sized hands kind of charming here, an opinion I am probably alone in thinking. Kind of goes with Moses’ self-evaluation above.

But it works for me this morning, especially with the biblical passage above. Man, I am right there with Moses at the moment–slow of speech and tongue. Feeling like I am only part way through my own 40 years in the wilderness this morning.

Maybe this second cup of coffee will take care of that? Somebody probably should have suggested that to Moses.

Anyway, let’s end this whole fiasco with a favorite scene and song from the film Singin’ in the Rain. This is Moses Supposes with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor. Lot of energy there. Hoping it’s contagious.

You don’t have to be a genius to see that this was the inspiration for this painting’s title. That sounds kind of as though I was insulting your intelligence, but it’s not meant that way at all.

Well, I don’t think it was meant that way. But I am very tired and a little edgy from wandering in the desert, so who knows?

Let yourself out. There’s a whole desert out there waiting for you. If you see a guy with a big white beard and platter sized hands out there, tell him I said ‘Hey.”