Brooklyn Love (art) salon is a time and place for artists, open-hearted searching people and their friends to present what they do (or want to do), building on themes, making connections and sharing experiences.

Also a time to acknowledge courage, heart, talent, hard work and humor, and to express appreciation for luminous moments and surprises. And a time to eat (first of course!) drink and socialize.







Marcy, Lucrecia, Richard, Christian, Tim, Ric, George, Paul, Jessica, Nicole, Gregory, Ursula, Michael, Ann and Oona met in Red Hook, Brooklyn on a Sunday afternoon in April. Our theme for the month was Spring Ahead!








We began our salon with a  sing-a-long of "It Might As Well Be Spring" by Rodgers and Hammerstein.







Marcy moved us with a recitation of her poem, “For Rosalie”

Paul played a musical selection from “Painting the Wind” called “Claudine’s Dream”, with music by John Henry Sheridan.

Tim shared a collection of captivating photographs from his “Last Light Series”

David showed a series of photographs taken after the blizzard in Provincetown on January 31, 2005.

Lucrecia invited us to decorate her tree project with positive words and phrases, which will be painted over and given to an organization in the Bronx working with children with special needs.

... We filled the tree with affirmations in English, Spanish and German

During our break, Jessica and Nicole played music from Radio Station WKCR 89.9, a jazz and classical music station that has been on air for 65 years and struggling financially.

Our afternoon was blessed with a magnificent rainbow!

After our break, Nicole passed a hat for the radio station and Jessie sang “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” by George Gershwin.








Richard talked about his recent trip to Cairo and shared a presentation of his exhibition entitled “Playground.” He explained that in his work he explores ideas of looking and seeing and uses common imagery and rethinks it.






“Clouds”, “Empty Nests”, “No Colon, No Conclusions”, “The Die Is Cast” are titles of some of his pieces.  Visit Richard online at www.dis-positiv.org and http://10.or.at/-productions






To close, Ric read from a piece written by he and David called “Day Old Dish” while Patricia and David improvised movement.







Brooklyn Love (art) salon meets again on May 22nd  2005. Our theme for May is inspired by a Dylan Thomas poem! 
The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower.



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