Hi all! I am very slowly getting used to being a father. Most activities have increased in scope and intensity except for sleeping! I feel older now than ever before, yet there is also a freshness to the life experience that has truly grown since Abigail and Josh arrived on the scene on April 2nd.
It has been interesting to see my own twins in action during the last months and to ponder the phenomenology of “twindom” – I consider this performed work to be put to good use in this month’s Gemini blog.
As I write this post I am listening to old Prince music and truly there is no better musical communicator than his royal badness. His music and presentation are proficient and transcendent and he is a fantastic band leader and multi-instrumentalist. In a word, an amazing Gemini. The man is a million personas at any one time. So glad that he is still doing music. He and Miles Davis – double Geminian musical proficiency at its height.
So who or what is a Gemini? Well, supposedly this sign tends to manifest the very idea of twindom!There is a twoness to twins, obviously, and as far as my own twins go, I imagine that as they grow older they will be having to work on the problem of what is me and what is my sibling and, perhaps, what is us together. Already one can notice the definite complexity of the Gemini. Anyone who spends time with a Gemini native understands that there are many folks appearing from out of that one human body and mind. I have known many Geminis over the years and indeed they are communication specialists and seem forever youthful both in appearance and in demeanor. Often they are great talkers and tend to act as butterflies flying from one rapid social transaction to another. They also tend to forever be on the go.
This month I would like to simply feature a Geminian artist. She is the Vermont artist, Jennifer Countney Barr. Jennifer has been a friend of my wife’s and it has been a pleasure getting to know here and her husband, Rick. Jennifer works in a variety of mediums, but her favorites generally involve works on canvas. Jennifer captures the complexity of color and texture and always produces work that is rich in meaning and theme. She makes amazing collages.
So what makes Ms. Barr particularly Geminian? Well, there are a number of qualities that do. When Jennifer walks into a room she has a youthful appearance and cheeriness that is impossible not to be lifted up by.
It has been interesting to see my own twins in action during the last months and to ponder the phenomenology of “twindom” – I consider this performed work to be put to good use in this month’s Gemini blog.
As I write this post I am listening to old Prince music and truly there is no better musical communicator than his royal badness. His music and presentation are proficient and transcendent and he is a fantastic band leader and multi-instrumentalist. In a word, an amazing Gemini. The man is a million personas at any one time. So glad that he is still doing music. He and Miles Davis – double Geminian musical proficiency at its height.
So who or what is a Gemini? Well, supposedly this sign tends to manifest the very idea of twindom!There is a twoness to twins, obviously, and as far as my own twins go, I imagine that as they grow older they will be having to work on the problem of what is me and what is my sibling and, perhaps, what is us together. Already one can notice the definite complexity of the Gemini. Anyone who spends time with a Gemini native understands that there are many folks appearing from out of that one human body and mind. I have known many Geminis over the years and indeed they are communication specialists and seem forever youthful both in appearance and in demeanor. Often they are great talkers and tend to act as butterflies flying from one rapid social transaction to another. They also tend to forever be on the go.
This month I would like to simply feature a Geminian artist. She is the Vermont artist, Jennifer Countney Barr. Jennifer has been a friend of my wife’s and it has been a pleasure getting to know here and her husband, Rick. Jennifer works in a variety of mediums, but her favorites generally involve works on canvas. Jennifer captures the complexity of color and texture and always produces work that is rich in meaning and theme. She makes amazing collages.
So what makes Ms. Barr particularly Geminian? Well, there are a number of qualities that do. When Jennifer walks into a room she has a youthful appearance and cheeriness that is impossible not to be lifted up by.
Her art is as complex as she is. Best of all, Jennifer is ever changing as is her artwork! The Geminian is forever fascinating.
Behold, then, my Cancerian wife at left and the Geminian artist on the right.
Happy Twinning!
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