After Trump. Starting All Over Again.

November 15, 2017

For over seven years I’ve posted about “art awareness”. Everything from pre-K artwork to injustices obliterating all art as we know it.

Today it’s about the genius of Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – IZ, reaching all corners of the world and the lyrics of the song “Starting All Over Again” as a hopeful prayer that we’ll survive Donald Trump:

“It’s gonna be rough for us, we’re gonna make it. Start all over as friends. It’s gonna be tough on us. We gotta face it. We lost what we had that’s set us back 1,000 years, but we’re gonna make it up. Though I know it’s gonna be tough to erase the hurts and fears. Starting all over again is gonna be hard but I pray to the Lord to help us. Starting all over again. It’s gonna be slow but we both know we gonna make it. We’ve gotta take life as it comes, never fuss about it, what’s right or wrong. It’s an uphill climb to the finish line. We gonna try, we gonna try – just one more time.

– change to minor key 🙂 –

“We gotta take life as it comes. Don’t make any fuss about it. What’s right or wrong. We gonna make it.”

 

AFTERLIFE

July 4, 2026

It may be helpful to have a view of an a-f-t-e-r-l-i-f-e!

Faith Ringgold puts it well in “Tar Beach”:

” … anyone can fly – all you need is somewhere to go, that you can’t get to any other way, and the next thing you know, you’re flying amongst the stars”

Students at Peace Doing Art on the Internet on Word Press Art Aware blog

December 10, 2025

For many years i posted here – and i am paid up to October, 2026 . Now, suddenly they changed stiff – so i can’t post …. can anyone help ?

Students’ Artwork Influenced by Reproductions of Famous Paintings

November 24, 2024

A student showed his sketch of a famous painting he liked.

In 2024 Art Aware celebrates the creativity of Camden elementary school students by displaying together – murals of their spontaneous artwork.

Camden Elementary School Class in One Mural

November 24, 2024

https://photos.app.goo.gl/szbMxtxixEHgmvhD7

Me and My Mother – a “few years ago”

November 24, 2024

Do we look alike?

November 24, 2024

https://photos.app.goo.gl/szbMxtxixEHgmvhD7

Word Press and Facebook and Camden kids

November 21, 2024

As I am getting used to posting on WordPress again after being away for a while, please scroll down for 2024 posts AND older posts until I learn better how to navigate past the 2023 posts WordPress administrators seem to be stuck on 🙂 !

Art Aware and kids artwork never gets old!

November 21, 2024

As I hope you can see from my recent posts – in 2024 – older posts are too important for the WordPress administrators to summarily dismiss or worst – to delete! And, I’m happy to say that they’re not doing so! It is just taking me a long time to adjust to new ways of finding them in 2024.

Diego Rivera’s Mexican Girl by Cassandra grade K

Facebook, WordPress and Art Aware

November 19, 2024

It is a habit to post everyday on Facebook and to read inspiring short notes from FB friends (and to disregard a lot of the junk there).

Please go to my FB page while I catch up on this WordPress page.

Spreading Oneself So Thin

June 19, 2023

Juneteenth. African Americans have always been a part of my life. My skin is white but so what! I’m also part Japanese and Hawaiian. On my refrigerator is an Emily Dickenson quote: “We turn not older with years but newer everyday.” I believe that – and now being of old age, that’s why I’m spreading myself so thin – but I won’t say too thin (to spare myself from typical self-degradation 😀 ). I’ve lived a lot of places and have assimilated a lot from each place. I don’t have biological children, but don’t feel childless. I’ve taught lots and lots of students and have cats and dogs! I lost my 15 year old pitbull recently. What a loss my household is feeling. She spread herself so thin, being devoted to me and my quirks. She also loved her 7 year old Great Dane mix-brother. The three of us fought for the living room chair. He stole it from me this morning. I’m writing this perched on a stool in the kitchen ❤️ .++