Up! Up and Away!~Lydia's 1st Purple Moon exhibition closes Monday July 6th...

I absolutely enjoyed working with the artists in both Phase One and Phase Two of Lydia's 1st Purple Moon.  It is always a challenge not unfamiliar to most artists to get their work out there to be viewed.  The purpose in Rhythm & Hues @ 1501 has been from a standpoint of caring. To give both new, emerging and yes even established, seasoned working artists an opportunity a window a moment to express themselves.

I was not expecting when I proposed to HRI Properties back in Nov 2014 to set up some art for a few weeks while waiting their new tenants Dunkin' Donuts to come in to open up that 8 months later we would still be here!  Many thanks you are issue routinely to both companies as we happily accomodate.  It has been a win-win for all parties.

We operate with zero operational money outside of my ability and skill to find a way out of no way!  No I do not get paid for this, I am purely volunteering.  There have been moments when I had planned to close down because as with anything there will always be detractors; ones who play armchair quarterbacks or resent the fact you put it all out there.

My intentions were for my fellow senior neighbors to have something lovely to look at as they came off the elevators and for the pedastrian traffic as well as the tourist riding our streetcars when they see this historic building and its seasoned tenants they have a sight to behold!

I plan to do as such with the upcoming "Changed Waters:Thrown Rocks, Building Castles" opening August 1-Sept 7th.















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Joseph Parker, artist










l to r: Joseph Parker (door) "Waters" Michele Lambert, "I'm Standing in the Shadows no More"~Laura Borders





(foreground) "The Nail Shop"~ Ransom McCormick, artist





Silk River Metals, artist

 

 



Now take THAT!

Now the only thing I disagree is that 60 is the youth iof old age.Not fifty.  But hey...it is not my quote.

Michele Lambert, artist

 



1. "AGE IS AN ISSUE OF MIND OVER MATTER. IF YOU DON'T MIND, IT DOESN'T MATTER." -- MARK TWAIN.

We like this better than saying "You are only as old as you feel," because truthfully, there are days when we all feel our age. The Twain solution serves us better: Make up your mind to not let it bother you.

2. "THE OLD BELIEVE EVERYTHING, THE MIDDLE-AGED SUSPECT EVERYTHING, THE YOUNG KNOW EVERYTHING." -- OSCAR WILDE.

How true is that? We all need to remember that our doctors are not gods, the guy on the phone claiming to be the IRS really isn't, and that just because someone else thinks you'd be happy living in Florida, you may not be.

3. "AS I GROW OLDER, I PAY LESS ATTENTION TO WHAT MEN SAY. I JUST WATCH WHAT THEY DO." -- ANDREW CARNEGIE.

Good advice at any age. Actions have always spoken louder than words.

4. "YOU DON'T STOP LAUGHING BECAUSE YOU GROW OLDER. YOU GROW OLDER BECAUSE YOU STOP LAUGHING." -- MAURICE CHEVALIER.

A recent study just affirmed this truth. The happiest people are the ones who live to be 100.

5. "FORTY IS THE OLD AGE OF YOUTH; FIFTY THE YOUTH OF OLD AGE." -- VICTOR HUGO.

Wonder what he'd say about 60 being the new 40? We kind of think Victor Hugo got it right. Turning 40 was much harder than turning 50.

6. ""NATURE GIVES YOU THE FACE YOU HAVE AT TWENTY; IT IS UP TO YOU TO MERIT THE FACE YOU HAVE AT FIFTY." -- COCO CHANEL.

Says it all.

7. "I DON'T BELIEVE ONE GROWS OLDER. I THINK THAT WHAT HAPPENS EARLY ON IN LIFE IS THAT AT A CERTAIN AGE ONE STANDS STILL AND STAGNATES." -- T. S. ELIOT.

Nothing ages you faster than complacency. It zaps your energy, rots your soul, and destroys you. End complacency by flipping the page. If today was your last day on Earth, would you be happy with how you spent it?

8. "ANYONE WHO STOPS LEARNING IS OLD, WHETHER AT 20 OR 80. ANYONE WHO KEEPS LEARNING STAYS YOUNG. THE GREATEST THING IN LIFE IS TO KEEP YOUR MIND YOUNG." -- HENRY FORD.

True in more ways than one. Keeping your brain active keeps it sharp.

9. “MOST PEOPLE DON'T GROW UP. MOST PEOPLE AGE. THEY FIND PARKING SPACES, HONOR THEIR CREDIT CARDS, GET MARRIED, HAVE CHILDREN, AND CALL THAT MATURITY. WHAT THAT IS, IS AGING.” -- MAYA ANGELOU.

Ba-boom!

10. "I WILL NEVER BE AN OLD MAN. TO ME, OLD AGE IS ALWAYS 15 YEARS OLDER THAN I AM. -- FRANCIS BACON.