NYC is a jungle and when your rep tells you to draw "A pretty girl with red lipstick." you do it. This image graced a promotional card designed to bring in new clients and I suppose it did to some degree, I prefer a quirkier image with soul.
If your lucky enough to be in the city this holiday season and yearn for the unusual, check out GaGa's Workshop at Barneys, lots of visual eye candy before you even set foot in the store. Half the fun is admiring her "Little Monsters" shopping who can actually afford many of the items up for sale. Barneys will donate 25 percent of the proceeds to lady Gaga’s charity, The Born This Way Foundation, which focuses on youth empowerment and equality.
To view Christmas through the peculiar lens of John Waters, reserve tickets to “A John Waters Christmas” a two night engagement at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York on Dec. 19 and 20.
I have wasted many a youthful night with Mr. Waters and his ensemble cast back in the day in Provincetown, Mass. and at numerous New York Film Festival parties where he politely insisted he remembered me but I am not buying it. I still have a postcard he sent me, perhaps he really does recall.
This has been my annus horribilis as I am sure it has been for many of you as well, much of it spent upstate with my ailing mother in a village whose citizens, my relatives, want to lynch me.
I have learned that great cities are a safe haven from ignorance and violence.
I am merely caring for me Mum as a dutiful son, spare me the annoyance of cruel relatives.
Enough, basta!
As soon as me Mum is fine, I am back to the jungle where people celebrate their individuality and creativity in an honest and healthy manner. Until then, I am seeing red for the way I have been treated in this village by sanctimonious morons.
The fact that we have gone to court and received a restraining order against a relative who has physically threatened us and repeatedly harassed us by phone at two in the morning provides small comfort.
I would like to add that the more intelligent, educated family members have shown quiet support for which I am grateful but still...
I want out, but me Mum refuses to budge, so here we shall stay a little longer, a very little longer, until we can all reach the safety of the jungle, where people are civilized.
13 comments:
Best wishes to your mum, hope she gets better soon, and you can escape back to the city away from the bigots and hypocrites.
Your story touched me. Such violence from your own family is horrid but not that rare unfortunately. Whenever I run across such individuals, family members or not, I tell myself that the difference between them and me is that they are utterly, irreparably unhappy and deserve my condolences for losing their life. Imagine how much more you have than they do: sanity, intelligence, tolerance and a beautiful creative existence, something they have never and will never attain.
Your mother is very lucky to have you.
Best wishes for your mother's full recovery....and then it's back to the welcoming jungle!
Such a difficult spot. My heart goes out to you. Chin up!
Pearl
As the Irish say, "Oy vey".
You're a remarkable son and no one can take that away from you. I have a mom and I will NOT be moving to France to take care of her. We've begged her to move to the States but she refuses and there's no way either my sister or I can afford to move to France to tend to her should she get sick.
So your relatives are assholes who do not realize how wonderful it is to have a selfless person around.
People really get on my last nerve.
Hi David.
So sorry to hear your mother is ailing. I wish her a speedy recovery. Hope things get much better for the both of you real soon.
Have a wonderful day!
Oh, and your work is beautiful as per usual!
lovely red !
Sorry you have to endure the hardships of non-loving individuals. I pray your mother with Your loving care will get better quickly. May you have a blessed Merry Christmas
best wishes for your mom's quick recovery. i wish i could see you over the holidays. i am here...xoxo love you. LB
Dear David,
I hope your Mum will mend speedily and well and that you can once again grace NYC and this blog. I do understand what you mean about relatives and I am thankful to live apart from most of mine, though there are a few who have always been kind and sensible. Here's hoping the New Year finds you in better circumstances.
I was very moved by this post. I had never thought of big cities in this way because I've never experienced the hardships of life among sanctimonious morons. Congratulations on your patience for dealing with it for your mother's sake. You are a brave and wonderful son.
Hi,
lovely Picture, i like it!
Hope things get better for your mom.
Thanks for adding me,
Sasa
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