art – 50 Shades of Gray Hair

In the blink of an eye…

Last post was a week until…
This post is a week gone since…
In the blink of an eye it’s over
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Last post I showed you where…
This post I’m showing you why…
In the click of a button it’s forever

1.) Human Fun & Games

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His and Hers

2.) Nature Au Naturale

**“Will ya looky there Junior…them’s called bipeds. If’n it t’were huntin’ season, I’d show ya how to cook ’em real good in lots o’butter!”**

**“Hey Ground Walker! Can’t you read?? You can’t park here! Just look at ’em Ralph…think they own the joint!’**

**“Good grief, can’t fly ANYWHERE around you bitches!”**

**“That ain’t no jet kids…that’s your cousin George”**

**“Jeez Louise…can’t a fella visit his relatives?”**

**“Hey Georgie…you can come visit me. I’m free as a bird tonight. Dinner?”**

**“Whassat? Let me just clean my ears, thought you invited me to dinner.”**

**“Well, alrighty then! I’ll just hop, skip, and a….**

**“Really? He’s this desperate? I’m BAIT not dinner! The bird brain!!”**

**“I don’t get the whole beach thing Dorrie, do you?”**

**“No, me either Handsome. Why hang out in all that sandy muck when you can lounge around with me surrounded by all this love stuff?”**

**“Gee, I wonder if he’s noticed I’ve picked out the wedding bouquets? Oh Handsooooome? Wanna play Peek a Love-Dove?”**

**“Handsome? Handsome? Hmmmm, I guess he noticed…that CHICKEN!”**

3.) Art…Is Where You Feel It

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Fa Dayz

The Serenade

Dune Seating

Local art by Man

Lone Daff

It doesn’t just collect dust!

Doo Dads

Art of a different hue

Whatchamacallits

Plucked from the OK Coral

It tries

A Tree with a Yeow

Lap of Lux

Local art by Arachnid

The famous Yellow Rope Fish

Sea for Two

Lost in the Sand

The Shell Game

I’ll leave the light on for ya

Sharp Dresser

Sun Kissed

Picnic Poles

Hammock Prone

Sea for Two

Pole Dancing

Center Stage

Could he – Wood he?

Shellmates

50 Shades of Grey

Crabby

Brushed Off

I don’t give a Twig

Mission Scrubbed

Stark Contrast

Like I said…Art is where you feel it

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Thanks for coming along…I do hope you enjoyed.

Next time it’s sand and surf, then worshiping the heavens

🙂

White Space and Gray Matter…

I never thought, when I began blogging, that so much of my white space would be devoted to the subject of rape and sexual assault and abuse

After all, my blog is not called

“50 Shades of Retribution”

“50 Shades of Horror”

It’s called 50 Shades of Gray Hair

And as I write that last sentence, I realize I’m doing exactly what my tagline suggested I was going to do

Exploring my own 50 shades of gray matter

And in exploring what tickles me and ticks me off…this matter happens to be one big, fat, hairy, gray one

Matter that took me more than 45 years from the start of it to face, speak out about, seek help for, and begin the process of forgiving myself by working to place the responsibility where it belongs

Not in the heart or on the soul of a 5-year-old, 6,7,8,9…19 year old girl! Or 20, 30, 40, 50…..80 year old woman, if I’m lucky enough to live that long.

No!

It needs to be thrown into the faces, stabbed into the hearts, and tattooed onto the souls of both the familiar and the unknown faces of those with black hearts and ruined souls who felt they had the right!!

Those who felt they were owed!

Those who felt we asked for it!

Those who believe a 5-year-old wants it!

Those who thought it was no big deal!

Those who blame their victims!

The following link shows just how deranged, deluded, and dangerous these predators are.

In their own words…as (forever and ever) remembered and demonstrated by their victims:

PROJECT UNBREAKABLE – an online photography project that aims to “encourage the act of healing through art.”

It’s not pretty

It’s not nice

But it’s real

Very, very real

Please, take a moment and click the above link.

If it doesn’t make you mad, it’ll make you cry.

If nothing else…it should remind you to

never forget or take for granted the power of words.

In the wrong hands, they can fatally wound a heart, forever scar a mind, indelibly stain a soul

In the right hands…they can free the world…one victim and one share at a time

And this shade of gray looks good on me…a fighting shade, a warrior shade, a sharing shade

By all means, choose your own shade

Wear it loud and proud

But do the world a favor…Share it!

Thank you

Masks Off

The Answer Heard ‘Round the World (wide web)…

Number 3 – RAPE: Rise Against Punishable Eccentricity

Number 2 – RAPE: Rise Against Punishable Eccentricity

RAPE: Rise Against Punishable Eccentricity

https://www.facebook.com/RapeHurtsEveryone?hc_location=stream

http://www.reddit.com/user/twistyrockets

RAPE: Rise Against Punishable Eccentricity

The link above will take you to their page…but here is what they ask:

1. Write an article/poem related to Women & Women Empowerment and post in your blog.
2. Link back to this article of KnowYourStar.com with a hyperlink so your readers and friends can join us if they are interested.
3. Enter your name and link into the Linky widget. (It should be the post link, and not your blog link in general. In your blog, click on the post title. The URL in the address bar would be the post link.).
4. Read and enjoy as many of the other writers as well. When you read more, most of them return to read yours.
5. Don’t miss this golden chance to impact the society! Let’s change it for better!

In collaboration with my dear friend and fellow blogger, Susan Daniels and her amazing ability to put what we feel into poetry…the following is our response to the challenge!

We did a series of three poems/images. The poetry is classic Daniels and the images are composites of photos of my own that I’ve manipulated to show what her words mean to me.

Please join the challenge is you feel you can, but if not, Join in the Conversation, visit KnowYourStar.com and read some of the other powerful entries in the effort to get RAPE out of the closet.

Thank you, and thank you Susan.

Number 1 – RAPE HURTS by Susan and Rhonda

Number 2 – She will post Wednesday August 7th

Number 3 – Stranger will post Thursday August 8th