Showing posts with label Nanna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nanna. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Artists Make Lousy Slaves

Last week my Nanna died.

On her fridge, she had a magnet that said, "Artists make lousy slaves."

Nanna was an extraordinary artist. And she would have made a terrible slave.

She left the world more beauty than it had when she found it. There was so much of her that inspired me and more that inspires me still.

I say not in grief, "she is no more,"
but live in thankfulness that she was.

And the most fitting tribute I can imagine is unwork any ties created to hold our wings.