Please Happy

In high school, I painted a self portrait that ended up in the literary magazine. It was a neck down, topless with jeans painting on an unglued paper bag. My friend Isabelle titled it Essential Parts. Hands on jeans, hair hanging down. Very artsy.

These days, my essential parts are more literal. The two pictured here enable discovery (radio equipment, computer cords, camera cards) and love (kitty!). And, this is also an ordinary photo of the kitchen table. At any give time, it has on it a pile of cords and at least one cat.