Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

i aint no guy,
i'm a girl

a stand up sit down twirl
kinda girl

huffed and i puffed
'til it 'bout made me nuts

now i'm doin' the boomerang!
i'm da comeback queen babe
gotta sing, gonna sang

all that ain't no good could infectus
but i be here you be in texas

What can I say clay?
get over it

Sung to the tune of George Jones singing

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dancers are meridian dance company baltimore
they perform 4th sunday's @ minas gallery in b'mo
sculpture was sold @ show u & lrod did with me
tommy and linda joy burke a few years back....
perfect day
little humidity
blue skies
billowy clouds
living easy
summertime
<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v497/ ... f060bf.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/ ... f060bf.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>one of my favorite carole jean paintings

Beautiful painting!
How is Carole Jean?
oh and what a gorgeous day!
i know what you mean!

Thanks for the name of the dancers.
Gonna belly up and find 'em,
throw my body into the fray,
not gonna delay
and hey if they don't have
room for my little ass,
gonna find the dancers
at the hookah bar in sterling,
swing on down and bring
my belly there!
Gonna dare to do it!
Betya knew it was true!
doodliedoodliedoodliedoo!
woohoo!
never fear
it's doreen peri's new career!
hear hear!
there there!
YAY!!!!!!!
tomorrow is a brand new day!
whatchya say, bro?
gonna do a belly dance show!

lol

dancer u b D
i seen ya
i know's you
got the flow
now with some
bells and shake
....damn!!!!!

Belly dancers?...did someone say belly dancers?...that beats a whole harum of lay-around wives every time...them moving-all-over ladies get my compass spinning every time...God Bless Every Belly Dancer On The Planet!!!

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wired to the word
back from baltimore
1st saturday fredROCK
overcast americana
elvis like a mock santa
w/a guitar outside my
front door
2 cats in chapeaus
playing the blues
me wifi surfing
and forever listening
watching the cyber screen
riding the waves
on this hazy july day

2 times thunder fleas = 5 rainbow cooties
minus pulling a dish from the cupboard and
finding three mouse droppings in it - the dinosaurs
were the lucky ones, rodents weren't a problem
for them - here drink this tea
you look just like a phone call waiting
to be answered, well, almost, but ok I'm
still trying to figure out the horizon by
carnal trajectory schemes in the
shape of children who once
delighted in building forts as
a kind of a home sometimes big birds
rise suddenly behind you giving you
a big fat wedgee for your trouble
go trolling for trash you find the
cast of traffic everywhere
right now the thought of popcorn
has no allure for me and, like much else,
is not always true the way she put her
head on my shoulder is still with me though
but there were other things too
things uninterested in the way
I believed the future was going
most all become their own ghost
confessing all the while that they
were taught geometry by a piano player
a groove given shape by the church in
which he used to play
He was a minister too &
could marry people to top it all off

walk around town
hear a rockin' gospel
group that's awesome
under the arbor by
carroll creek
it's all within the flow
the letting go
talking it out best
gonna spend the day
with my best friend
ghjinn tomorrow
the jam is @ command
the maestro the word
groove on funky
time is prime
and rhyme is more
than reason for it
tis the season
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image by carole jean 'o8

what a crazy beast. i love it! she is a great visual artist.

~westie

Carole Jean Bertsch

click the images to enlarge the view of the paintings

thanks, D
i checked out Carole's work - wonderful
there's something so present about her subjects
a luminous gritty clarity.

~westie

wowow.. cool.. that was quick
yeah she's a very talented lady!

plus her work has been displayed worldwide.

Carole Jean Bertsch lives in the Sowebo Arts Community in Baltimore Md. with her husband sculptor, Mark Coburn. In the 70's, Bertsch put herself through college and modeling school while raising her son. She recieved her Masters of Fine Arts degree from Towson University. Carol Jean immerses herself full-time in the creation of art. She is master of many media, including painting, photography, jewelery making, sculpture, and collage. Her work has been widely exhibited both locally and internationally. International exhibits include La Luciernega in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and Moincatano Gallery in Madrid, Spain. Local shows include Resurgam Gallery and Gomez Galleries in Baltimore, Maryland and Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland.

a beautiful woman too. her inner light shines brilliantly in the photo.

~westie

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a shot by scotty stevenson of cj and me @ 'o3 sowebo fest.