any of you have ideas for books on IDENTITY POLITICS trying to come up with readings for my second mailing maybe some of you have dived into this realm. My work is changing I am painting more figures exploring personas to begin to tell family stories doing series ten for each persona nurse (mom) union organizer(dad) baker father just begun the nurse series going well building collage painting into them also exploring heritage like Dianna mentioned similar I think we both have Native American my Grandma was Shawnee so yeah just finished a paper on Silence the book by John Cage it was very helpful in returning to a way of thinking that allows for chance opperations to happen in my work have to still write on many of his compositions I listened to due Monday whole week of writing takes me so long really trying to push myself or I am being pushed but it feels like a good direction ramble ramble brain is a scrambled from tryin to find meanin in the universal screamin get along little doggies I'm a loosin my mind makin art this way can only make ya crazy yoldle yay ye ooooo