the best painting...

... i have your best painting...

So one of my dearest friends tells me today... And what is more, the said piece is the first one that I painted since moving to the U.S. It was painted in 2006. And it takes a place of honor on his bedroom wall among many beautiful pieces of art. He tells me that it is the most beautiful art in the place. I secretly smile, flattered by his praise. What is more- the painting was never completed. I started it. The background is done so while it appears complete to an observer, I know it isn't. I had intended to add more to it, but the sunset beckoned and so I climbed to his rooftop to see the sun set and thus the art was left untended... unfinished, like a chapter in my life...unfinished like Gypsy Kings, memorable and yet, unfinished...

He had it framed and states that one day he may add something to it... I shall wait and see. Meanwhile, I have insisted that he re-establish his studio because frankly I miss it! Once done, I intend to display all my pieces there- yeah I think of it as "my studio". In addition to adopting people I have also started to adopt places and he laughed at me today because he stated it was a most feline quality quite befitting me!

To Gypsy Kings and memories
To laughter- fun and bittersweet
To art, to color
To he and I
Friends that last a lifetime
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