Red Coate Writings: October 2010

Shakespeare and Vanilla Cream Soda

*Drinking a Vanilla Cream Soda and reading one of my favorite sonnets! :) I do wish I could share my cream soda with you, but tonight, I feel selfish! ;) Heeheeeheeeeee.
SONNET 78

So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse

And found such fair assistance in my verse

As every alien pen hath got my use

And under thee their poesy disperse.

Thine eyes that taught the dumb on high to sing

And heavy ignorance aloft to fly

Have added feathers to the learned's wing

And given grace a double majesty.

Yet be most proud of that which I compile,

Whose influence is thine and born of thee:

In others' works thou dost but mend the style,

And arts with thy sweet graces graced be;

But thou art all my art and dost advance

As high as learning my rude ignorance.

*Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite!*

Art=expression-passion-relaxation-living-dreaming-invoking-emotion-painted thoughts::

Dusk to Dawn by Keila

Painted Poetry by Keila

Tears On Your Fire by Keila

In high school I sketched for fun. Hadn't picked up a pencil or paint brush for about a decade. Then, an inward inspiration arose and has embodied a desire to express and alleviate my deepest emotions or thoughts. As of late I've been experimenting with oils. I don't know what the heck I'm doing and I should really take an art class...but, where do I fit that in? I will never claim any of my 'so called' expressions of art are any good but they speak things most may never get. My soul transpires into painted poetic images. Are words really necessary? I find in my life, more than ever, I cannot communicate the deepest parts of me in any verbal ratification. For in this time, I'm constricted to imagery. I have hope for the day I can freely say....what it all means.... this life of the in between. When I look back, I can make sense of God's configuring in his makings of ME.

Fall Becker Show In Buffalo, NY

Had a great time in Buffalo, NY at the Fall Becker Hair Show. My partner, Bea and I had a fantastic time educating eager hairdressers in new cutting and styling techniques. This is the beginning of my fourth year educating for White Sands Hair Products and while teaching other hairdressers I believe I'm learning even more. While I was in Buffalo we snuck away to catch a quick breathtaking glimpse of Niagara Falls at night. I brought my passport in hopes to cross on over to Canada but time did not permit that. Bea and I also took time to view some lovely art at the Albright Knox Art Gallery on a very quick lunch break.

I've got another hair show in St. Paul, Minnesota this weekend! I'm extremely excited to take in fall since we don't get to enjoy that too much here in AZ. I mean, I've never seen a cactus change into a vibrant orange, have you? Hee heee. I know we have other pretty trees that do but my last show in MN during the fall was gorgeous. I took late night walks last October and fell in love with St. Paul. I admire architecture of age and style. The churches were wondrous! Anyways, this is a busy time of year for me. The first weekend of November, Fernando Salas- the founder and creator of white sands is doing a show here in Tucson. I will be doing the show with him. I've yet to gather a handful of models and time is ticking away. Meanwhile, I'm getting my tonsils taken out Oct. 25th. I don't think I've put enough on the calendar, do you? Apparently, I like a crazy lifestyle. I don't know how to sit still very well. I suppose I will fall face first into the ground soon enough! :) In the midst of all this chaos I will continue to share happy Halloween festivities with my two little munchkins. I can't wait to take them to Wilcox to Apple Annie's for our traditional apple and pumpkin picking. The holidays are among us, folks! Where did 2010 go? Wow. Life......just breathe! ;P