Person one chanted:
Left foot, left foot
Left foot, left foot
Left foot, left foot
(long pause)
Left foot, left foot
Left foot, left foot
Left foot, left foot
and then person two punctuated that sequence by adding
Right right foot.
The routine went on from there, with entertaining repetitions and additions as well as a terrific, catchy beat.
That's the background ditty playing through my mind as I work on this painting, except the words transpose to
Left brain, left brain
Left brain, left brain
Left brain, left brain
(long pause)
Left brain, left brain
Left brain, left brain
Left brain, left brain
Right right brain!
I've given my more logical, analytical, and objective left brain instructions to hang out other than in my studio, and I'm encouraging my more intuitive, thoughtful, and subjective right brain to play to her heart's content without supervision.
Left brain forgets periodically, showing up and interrupting, but I send her off again.
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| free canvas #1 16x20" work in progress |



