Hi you guys. Welcome to my blog where I talk about the present. I want to dedicate this blog to my daughter who was here, and my friend who’s typing this for me.
It was cool to see my daughter. Man, she’s all grown up. Amazing. Anyway, she expressed interest in seeing van Gogh’s painting, Starry Night. I thought that was a great idea, as I’ve always wanted to show her that you can make something beautiful even though you’re all messed up (Van Gogh was mentally messed up). So I took her to MOMA, where they have the painting. Man, it was crowded, but that’s a whole other story. It was cool to see the painting. I never realized how much paint he used in each brush stroke. That painting is thick with paint. Anyway, it all worked out good, and I got to show her that you can make something beautiful even though you’re in a bad way. It’s cool to see the painting live as you get the 3 dimensional aspect of it. You could always look it up in an art book, but you won’t get the 3 dimensional feeling of it seeing it live. It has been preserved well. The thick paint hasn’t cracked at all. It looks like it was painted yesterday. Cool. Anyway, I just thought I’d share that with you.
The other thing that’s cool about having my daughter here is she got me out of the house. She got me off of my ass. We went on hikes. I mean, I rolled, but she hiked. We went to coffee houses, went ice skating (at least she ice skated, I watched). In other words, it’s cool when another person acts like a catalyst and gets you going. I’ve been so self isolated for so long. It felt great to get out of the house. I’ll tell you though, the more I get out and about, the more I realize there aren’t really a lot of spots that are accessible for the wheelchair. It’s not easy. Also, very frustrating as well. At the moment, I’m working with the current government in my town to make the sidewalks better for people like me. It would even be good to improve the sidewalks for mothers with their kids in strollers - but that’s a whole other topic as well.
The other thing I’ve been working on is trying to get decent pay for these home healthcare workers. It’s crazy. They made increase in their pay, but really nothing, and its almost an insult as its just enough increase to knock them out of contention for food stamps or decent housing. You can make more flipping burgers than looking after a human soul.
Please watch this link to my documentary about it.
I’ll continue to fight for these guys as it will get more people wanting to do this job, and as there are more and more people that need home healthcare. I hear about it all the time. I’ll tell you, being like the way I am has opened my eyes to a lot of things. Frankly, I’m tired of large companies making a profit on my misfortune. The healthcare workers help me, but I guess I’m opening up a whole can of worms.
On another note, I just finished a mini documentary I did with a filmmaker. I’ll keep you posted. It’s basically about an artist from the Hudson River Valley. I’ll include a link to the documentary when it comes out. Stay tuned.
That’s about all for this week. Love and miss you guys. Give me a call or come and visit if you have the chance. Thanks. B. Nice