15 APRIL 2014
IT'S COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE Most people look at me like I'm some kind of obsessed nut-job. I'm so easily hooked on "things." And my Love Affair with Emily Dickinson is a perfect example. It all started back in December 2004 when I set out to do a portrait of the Belle of Amherst. Six portraits later and her inclusion in all but one of my four art magazines, I think it's safe to say, "I obsess much."
Here's a song parody I wrote on this day back in 2011 on that very subject.
THE BALLAD OF SLATTS & EM'LY
Waiting for a bus in South Amherst,
Trying to get to Holyoke or Ware.
The man at a Mac said, "You've got a new book?"
"Is there something with us that you can share?"
POE! You know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way this is going
I'm gonna EMILY me.
