Boogey On

One of the ways I cheer myself up and get my energy flowing is to dance.  Yup.  All by myself, groovin' away in my studio most afternoons, CBC Radio 2's Drive cranked up whenever a good tune comes on.  I find having some good loud music playing also helps me attack whatever painting I'm working on.  But if something with an irresistible groove comes on, I just have to lay down the paint brush and take to the "dance floor."  Dancing has been an outlet for me most of my life, starting dance classes at age 3.  For a time, I was a dancer on stages in front of audiences.  Nothing big, but enough to feed my passion, if not to put food on my table.

Here's a newspaper clipping of moi, many many moons ago, that I touched up to fit with the lyrics of a song I rocked out to in my studio this afternoon ("rocking out" being a relative term these days).

"Oh baby blue oh baby blue

come here I'm gonna smear another colour over you

get out of bed you little sleepy head your black

and white needs a little bit of red

your black and white needs a little bit of red."

A pared-down version, but nice and raw.
Turn up the volume!