Tuesday, April 24, 2001

I'm in a funk and haven't been producing much. About 2 weeks ago my stepmother was found wandering around, speaking incoherently, and was brought to the hospital by friends. Turns out the advanced breast cancer she suffers from has travelled through her body and now it is in her head and spine, attacking her mental functions. The hospital called me, her closest relative (my father's dead), and I've been handling things. She has been in steady decline and has very little time to live. Basically, we're on a drawn out death watch.

Being at the hospital every day has been like living in a sweaty, restless, fever-dream, and and I haven't been motivated to paint the dark images which pop into my brain. This is the first painting I've done in a couple of weeks, and I started it while sitting at Kathy's bedside. But I didn't want to freak anybody out, so I brought it home and painted most of it here.

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posted by Eddie 4/24/2001 02:16:25 AM