Afro Blue

Afro Blue

 

I have been working on this for a while. It started as a blank canvas for many weeks and then I decided to go in my art studio and just stare at the canvas until something in my deep thoughts inspired me to paint. As I was standing I was listening to my "deep music" as it is called on the play list on my IPhone. That's when my mind and the music intertwined and I began to paint. I just started telling a story about one of the songs, well actually my favorite song by one of my favorite artists by the name of  Lizz Wright and the name of the song was actually Afro Blue. I know that this song has been performed and rewritten by many other jazz artists and it was originally released

on the album Mongo (Fantasy Records - 1959)  but there is something about this version that I love so much. I like the mystical sounds of the music as it is matched with the sultry tones of Lizz's voice. She truly is a wonderful and adaptable singer. I love her music.I wanted to put a link to the song with her singing it but I can't find one so I will just put the lyrics along with a link to the instrumental.

http://youtu.be/YbE7jf_Hp5w

                                                                      

                                                                          Afro Blue

Dream of a land my soul is from

                                                        I hear a hand stroke on a drum

                                                                       Elegant boy

                                                                     Beautiful girl

                                                                    Dancing for joy

                                                                     Delicate whirl

                                                                   Shades of delight

                                                                         Cocoa hue

                                                                     Rich as a night

                                                                         Afro blue

                                                     Two young lovers dance face to face

                                                                  With undulating grace

                                                                   They gently sway

                                                                    Then slip away

                                                              To some secluded place

                                                                  Whispering trees

                                                                   Echo their sighs

                                                                   Passionate pleas

                                                                   Tender replies

                                                                 Shades of delight

                                                                      Cocoa hue

                                                                 Rich as the night

                                                                       Afro blue

                                                                 Lovers on flight

                                                                Upward they glide

                                                                 Burst at the height

                                                                   Slowly subside

                                             And my slumbering fantasy assumes reality

                                                          Until it seems it's not a dream

                                                                The two are you and me

                                                                     Shades of delight

                                                                         Cocoa hue

                                                                    Rich as the night

                                                                        Afro blue

 

 

A new me

Well yestereday I celebrated another birthday! yay! and I enjoyed every minute of it. I was not sad at all I was in fact excited and full of good cheer. And today I am still feeling good. But today I have decided to do a little self searching and find out why some things in my life are the way that they have been. I was always feeling down up until my birthday because that was also the day my older sister passed seven years ago but you know I thought and as I was preparing myself to be moody and melancholy I actually could'nt do it! I had so much goodness stewing up from getting to go home for thanksgiving and seeing my family that I have not seen in seven years that there was no room for being down. So that's why I am deciding now that every year around this time I am going to be the most happiest and grateful person that anyone will ever encounter. Now another thing that I am thinking about is getting my inspiration and drive back to paint and write like I use too. I have been through so much emotionally and physically the past 7 months I have lost loved ones that were near and dear to me. I have been hurt and used until the point I started to doubt myself and who I was and why I even existed.  I can't say that I understand why people can build you up just to open you up to them and then knock you down so far that you don't think you can get back up. Almost to the point that you forget that you have other people in your life that support you and have always been there for you. I consider myself a very loyal friend and if anyone I am close with cannot see that than that 's there loss.Some people are so selfish that they do and say things that actually make them look ignorant just to portray an image that is not there's and shows how shallow minded they really are. Now I am getting time to myself and my family I just don't seem motivated to even read like I use too. But I have decided to deal with things as they happen and then once its been recognized there is no carry over. I refuse to take anymore doggy bags full of leftover problems home with me or to keep in my mind. Once I am full in the trash it goes! I am taking a stand over my life! I am a healthy strong minded individual and nothing or no one can take that away from me. I am living my life to the fullest and anyone is more than welcome to join me.I  am going to get things back for myself and nothing or no one will ever again take that away from me. Yes, I'm coming back even smarter and even more fierce so watch out!