Down the home stretch.
Showing posts with label gay rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gay rights. Show all posts
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Marriage Equality Painting Day 14
Took it to school yesterday and by popular opinion I nixed the back window scenery. Lowered the horizon line still viewed by the side windows. Added a happier sunnier sky and started painting in the couple.
I'm feeling better about it. I was told it kind of has an Edward Hopper feel. I'll take that! LOL
This change has put me a bit behind but O'well, I can only do what I can do, plus been fighting crazy headaches for several days now. I'm not one to have them and trying to just deal with it.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Marriage Equality Painting Day 12
Added some scenery to the windows and I'm kinda just medium about it. It will probably get changed. I taped a couple on top to show what it will look like. they will be smaller though. This whole process is just trying things and sometimes liking it and other times not. The beauty of oils is that you can always paint over it.
It's getting closer though to what I want out of it.
I've been wanting to share some feelings and for the longest while now.
I can't get the gumption ( i guess the word is) to put them down. I don't know if I'm ignoring them or just cant make sense or afraid to write. I need to settle myself and get back to letting it flow. It's just not coming very naturally. That's why I bore you with these day to day updates on my painting.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Marriage Equality Painting Day 11
My intention the whole time was to put a same sex couple a top the cake. (males) Someone mentioned that it wasn't needed and I kinda scoffed like yeah right. But now sitting with that thought for a while it seems like it actually would be ok. Basically just saying that everyone has a right to be married. Not labeling who. My issue is that it will leave the piece flat or missing something. I'm pondering it.
If you have any thoughts let me know.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Marriage Equality Painting Day 7
Blocking the cake in.
I got tired of dealing with the green on the seats.
I'll get back to that issue soon.
So I diverted myself and started on the cake.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Marriage Equality Painting day 5
I'm coming along pretty good. Its size seems a little overwhelming.
I'm painting today with a friend at my house. Probably by the weekend I will be drawing the wedding cake into the back seat and hopefully start painting on it next week.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
It makes my blood boil
I have recently been turned onto a blog via http://iteachkdg.blogspot.com/ or known as ChiTown Girl.
She's a great gal with a fun loving spirit and pretty cool blog that is warm and welcoming. She has posted recently about these guys that are going through a really rough time.
You see, they are gay. They have adopted wonderful children and live a regular life. Probably live a more decent life than most of the rest of us have. One of the guys, even though been here for I think over 20years is set to possibly be deported because his Visa ran out. They were legally married in California some odd years back. But the government doesn't except same sex marriage. WTF! So they are fighting with all their might to have rights just like you and me. Why must we we be so ignorant?
Check their blog out by clicking here.http://www.oursimplelives.com/
I also copied a link from their page with a video from when they were featured on CNN.
http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2012/01/14/pkg-candiotti-gay-man-faces-deportation.cnn.html
I have gay friends. I have gay family. If you have never been around gay people you are missing out. You know why? Because they are some of the most loving caring people I have met. It might be strange if you have never been exposed to the gay community and it might have been ingrained in you from your upbringing that there is something wrong. They are normal people. Some are more flamboyant than others, some are mellow, some are loud, some are soft, some have families, some don't, some are doctors, some are construction workers, some fight for our country, some like dogs, some like cats, some are dress designers, some are iron workers........................But they are people, just like you and me!
Just like being Asian, African American, Italian, Japanese, Australian, Mexican. They have flesh and bone and blood. They aren't aliens from another planet! They shit and pee and love and hate and are intimate just like you and me.
Who has the right to tell anybody who they are supposed to love and that they can't have rights?
Can you imagine somebody telling you you can't be with your spouse or your child or mother because the government doesn't agree that you should be together. What would that feel like? Holy shit, I can't even imagine. I'm glad I don't have to imagine.
I'm so sad living in a country that has to be so ignorant about such an issue as this.
Even if something isn't our belief we should still be able to embrace it. I don't believe in organized religion, but if you do...I think that's great and you should have that right. I don't like bullies or mean people and they have all kinds of rights. Let's protect stupid shit like child molesters, murderers, adulterers, and so on..................that's smart. But let's deport and shame and not give rights to upstanding citizens who are loving and that just happen to love the same sex, because you are uncomfortable and don't understand. That makes sense. Do you understand the ins and outs of every person? What makes them tick.....why someone has a heart condition, or why someone is bald, or likes rough sex, or they have three extra toes, or stutters, or rages with anger, or like little boys, or fantasizes about unmentionable things, or likes to eat their boogers, or likes to be peed on, or drinks obsessively, or can't look at themselves.....
I think that's the most important one....."can't look at themselves". Gawd forbid we were born with and extra chromosome or two YY's and X and a Z. Yeah that's our fault...... damaged goods. I'm damaged goods, my body is fucked up....I still have rights.
She's a great gal with a fun loving spirit and pretty cool blog that is warm and welcoming. She has posted recently about these guys that are going through a really rough time.
You see, they are gay. They have adopted wonderful children and live a regular life. Probably live a more decent life than most of the rest of us have. One of the guys, even though been here for I think over 20years is set to possibly be deported because his Visa ran out. They were legally married in California some odd years back. But the government doesn't except same sex marriage. WTF! So they are fighting with all their might to have rights just like you and me. Why must we we be so ignorant?
Check their blog out by clicking here.http://www.oursimplelives.com/
I also copied a link from their page with a video from when they were featured on CNN.
http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2012/01/14/pkg-candiotti-gay-man-faces-deportation.cnn.html
I have gay friends. I have gay family. If you have never been around gay people you are missing out. You know why? Because they are some of the most loving caring people I have met. It might be strange if you have never been exposed to the gay community and it might have been ingrained in you from your upbringing that there is something wrong. They are normal people. Some are more flamboyant than others, some are mellow, some are loud, some are soft, some have families, some don't, some are doctors, some are construction workers, some fight for our country, some like dogs, some like cats, some are dress designers, some are iron workers........................But they are people, just like you and me!
Just like being Asian, African American, Italian, Japanese, Australian, Mexican. They have flesh and bone and blood. They aren't aliens from another planet! They shit and pee and love and hate and are intimate just like you and me.
Who has the right to tell anybody who they are supposed to love and that they can't have rights?
Can you imagine somebody telling you you can't be with your spouse or your child or mother because the government doesn't agree that you should be together. What would that feel like? Holy shit, I can't even imagine. I'm glad I don't have to imagine.
I'm so sad living in a country that has to be so ignorant about such an issue as this.
Even if something isn't our belief we should still be able to embrace it. I don't believe in organized religion, but if you do...I think that's great and you should have that right. I don't like bullies or mean people and they have all kinds of rights. Let's protect stupid shit like child molesters, murderers, adulterers, and so on..................that's smart. But let's deport and shame and not give rights to upstanding citizens who are loving and that just happen to love the same sex, because you are uncomfortable and don't understand. That makes sense. Do you understand the ins and outs of every person? What makes them tick.....why someone has a heart condition, or why someone is bald, or likes rough sex, or they have three extra toes, or stutters, or rages with anger, or like little boys, or fantasizes about unmentionable things, or likes to eat their boogers, or likes to be peed on, or drinks obsessively, or can't look at themselves.....
I think that's the most important one....."can't look at themselves". Gawd forbid we were born with and extra chromosome or two YY's and X and a Z. Yeah that's our fault...... damaged goods. I'm damaged goods, my body is fucked up....I still have rights.
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