My Life's Abstractions / Part 8

Title: Peace & Freedom
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Part 8 ... of My Life's Abstractions

As Ms. Gilda Cordero-Fernando wrote in the Sunday paper, "Freedom is one of the perks of getting old.I can go anywhere I wish and with whom. Or not show up. I can dress any way I want, avoid funerals or golden anniversaries. I can join a safari (if I can walk), or enroll for a doctorate, or learn how to put on make up and false eyelashes, or learn to cut hair or disappear into the maw of an ashram.I can be as silly as I want, or wear bling-blings, or be as glittery as Lady Gaga? I can undergo liposuction, tummy tuck or go through what they call a plastic overhaul."

I can do whatever I want. At my age, who cares if I sleep til noon, or if I watch DVD's until dawn? Who cares if I cook and bake for days? Who cares where I go or how I spend? ..or if I all I do is type away on my computer, blog, or just surf the web. That's freedom.

The lady writer also said that "Freedom also recognizes other people's feelings." I say, "...most specially my feelings. If it doesn't feel right , or feel good, I'll walk away, stay away."

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Title: Two 'Ducks'
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

There will always be 'two ducks' in all of my paintings.

After two ducks get into a fight, which doesn't last long, they separate and go off in opposite directions. Then each duck flaps its wings vigorously o release the surplus and pent up energy or anger built up during the fight. After which, they flap their wings and fly away on opposite directions. They fly on peacefully, as if nothing happened.

I am one of those ducks who chose to walk away, fly away as far away as I could... to live in peace, to love only those who love me back and to try to be happy most of the time, if not, all the time.

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"I know I haven't stopped growing up. I still have a lot of questions. I seek answers. I face more obtacles and will learn from these. It will never be enough. Once I stop asking, learning, doing and being, and when there is no more room for life's lessons, then it'll be my sweet ending.”