Love Street...

It is amazing how many "Snap Shots" we have stored away in our 

hearts and souls and minds...

so many "Snap Shots" that lie tucked away in our memory vault. 

Yes, there they are, clearly catalogued, carefully filed away...

and then...WHAM...

without even as much as a rap-a-tap-tap on our noggin', 

they come for a visit upon our mind's eye.  

It was during one of these surprise "Snap Shot" visits 

that visions of Love Street--a groovy, hip nightclub in Houston, Texas--danced into my thoughts.  

In a blink, I was back in high school,

riding the wave of 

the end-of-the-60's-rolling-into-the-70s.  

There I was, 

sneaking off to Love Street on a clandestine date. 

How vivid it is remembering the moment I walked into 

the darkened yet psychedelically-color-charged space. 

The music was loud, intoxicating...

and soon I was grooving to the beat. 

It was as if my memory "Snap Shots" of Love Street 

ran into my psyche, 

pulled up a chair, 

and played a reel of "Snap Shots" upon my eyelids.  

Oh, I love it when that happens, 

when those memories are awakened and begin to whisper their stories into our souls...  

It was from such whisperings 

that I was inspired to begin a new series of paintings...

my "Love Street" series.  

I began painting on canvas 

and then moved to painter's drop cloth, 

creating what I imagine will become wall hangings. 

 

Here is a glimpse into my memories 

inspired by Love Street from 1970, 

memories I now honor and bring to life on canvas....

Life IS good.

Cherish every second of every hour.

Love One Another.

Because as we all know,

(thanks to the Fab Four)

in the end, "the love we take

IS equal to the love we make."