Art Destroyed, History Erased

 

Art Destroyed

 

We need to arrest every terrorist sympathizer who has vandalized federal property and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.

Then, we should send them to Gaza. https://t.co/aJauCTWqaP

— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) July 25, 2024

150 Years after the Civil War

 

Art What’s It worth to you?

 

@MrAndyNgo & Lord Brian, @rafshmatko @zspacepro3d
Art is not political. It’s Canvas, Paint, Stone, Metal.
It’s Historical, Masterful, Years of Dedicating a Life to Art.
At first it was just a few protesters spray painting a statue.
Then they occupied it.
Then they crapped on it.… pic.twitter.com/1MTZauG9rl

— Mary Gerdt Parler:Alvarita1 (@marygerdt) March 9, 2024

Won’t You Help?

 

@realDonaldTrump @MELANIATRUMP 🙏
Rafael is an artist Friend, the Son of the Famous Sculptor the
Late Nikolai Shmatko ❤️ Nik was a good friend of mine. I am honored to have known The King of Marble.
Nik was a Clairvoyant. He predicted President Trump would serve 3 terms. I don’t… https://t.co/qnwBLALGyH pic.twitter.com/4utUbz8EIE

— Mary Gerdt Parler:Alvarita1 (@marygerdt) January 22, 2024

Art History Melted down.

 

Art

 

I stumbled onto this sage advice from a Master of Suspense.

Destroying Art

 

Thread by @marygerdt on Thread Reader App https://t.co/uZjM8iWGCz
Instead of Destroying Historical Artwork @VP Teach History.
Add Monuments for Widows & Orphans, Starving, Homeless on Both Sides. History Lesson: Neither Side were Saints. General Robert E Lee Negotiated Surrender.

— Mary Gerdt Parler:Alvarita1 (@marygerdt) January 9, 2023

Friday Night Musik and a Little Art Talk

 1933

USA was in the Great Depression.

Music and Art were Therapy for the masses.

Duke Ellington was in the Top of the Charts.

Miriam McKinnie and a group of artists in the 

St. Louis area started the Sainte Genevieve Art Guild

Miriam McKinnie is an artist I wish I had known. She lived and had a Studio in 

Edwardsville, Illinois, the Town I grew up in. 

She painted Mother Goose Story scenes on the walls of the children’s book section of the Public Library after a fire burned part of the library and destroyed several works of hers.

My Aunt Marge had a collection of Miriam’s artwork. War scenes. Great Art.

Her hallway like a museum. Marge wanted to see Miriam established as a Significant Influential Woman Artist.

Fast forward to a trip to visit my parents, both deceased now.

I admired a picture Mom had called “Dead Tree”

Mom hated it .

Her friends Dorothy and Sissy had a Farm. 

One day Miriam asked to draw a Tree on their Farm.

Dorothy and Sissy agreed, thinking of the beautiful majestic trees they had.

Miriam drew the Dead Tree.

Dorothy and Sissy were quite disappointed and gave it to Mom.

When I admired it so, Mom asked if I wanted it.

I was really excited. Yes!

It hung on our walls many years.

I researched Miriam McKinnie and grew to admire her Style and Talent.

As I’ve been aging, I think about what would be a good home for Dead Tree/

I finally decided on Edwardsville Public Library.

They didn’t have room!

So I did more research and found an artist group she was a part of, indeed 

Miriam was one of the Founders.

I wrote them to see if they would take care of Dead Tree, restore her, promise to always have her on display except when necessary for maintenance and never sell her.

They were thrilled with open arms.They agreed to my terms.

They sent me this letter 

Dead Tree

By Miriam McKinnie 

Sainte Genevieve Art Guild Started around 1933

https://maa.missouri.edu/sites/default/files/docents/docentguidemidwesternview_2011.pdf

What was playing on the Record Player in 1933

New home for historic mural - WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-

New home for historic mural - WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-


Great story about a group of people preserving a piece of history.

Vision & Hearing

There are images

I could not imagine not seeing

and

be OK with any of it

Which is why,

Hearing,

or

Sight,

Boy do you miss it when it is gone.

When I developed

Optic Neuritis,

it was a blurriness in my right eye,

a dimming, a pain,

sensitivity to light.

and colors were gone,

then pretty much everything.

Due to the brain's skillful ways,

I was fooled into thinking I could see,

thinking I scratched my eye,

not that it did not work.

My left one pulled up the slack and told my self,

don't worry...

After doctor x 3 and High doses IV steroids

and

MRI, etc,

most of my vision returned.

It did leave me with a taste, a tidbit,

of losing one's sight.

My Bro asked what would be worse to lose?

Sight or hearing?

Now that one made my hairs hurt...

Last week I focused on

Music,

the binding force, the beat, the common language,

no interpreter needed.

This week,

some visuals.

Once I saw red again,

after not seeing it,

it really made me appreciate it all the more.

meg

Colors

Colors

Colors of auras,
vibrations,
Are they something we can see?
feel?
Even if we do not know it,
outwardly?
Is it what gives us a gut feeling,
a hunch?
Can we learn to tune in so our concious mind
understands & sees the auras?
What are my favorite colors?
I looked at the colored pencils.
Blues, Greens, Reds, Dark Purple,
and I pushed to use them all at least a little.
Not lined up like a rainbow,
the spectrum scattered into the whole canvas,
including all colors
all auras.