I thought of better titles like “soul illustration,” or “character composition;” nonetheless, my friend Chris the artist wants to paint one for me. If you haven’t checked out his site, you should do it now. No really…now!

Anyway, he told me to come up with a list of colors, objects, words I like, actions, and abstractions. From that information, he is going to paint me something that resembles who I am. I’m excited. Here is my list.

Earth tones: Green, blue, brown, gray. Purple in moderation. Rain, thunderstorms, water. rivers. dismantle, monkeywrench, resistance, ancient, sleeping, equality, love that does not imply pacifism, sustainability, authentic, dissent, intimacy (that is not sexual, although that is very nice too), DIY, gardening, fulcrums, punk rock, reading, writing, thinking, pine cones, wool blankets, root systems, dams failing, coffee, the moon, cellphone towers collapsing, wolves, I am an animal, community, responsibility, primitive, individuals taking the power back, nature taking the land back, mountains, potlucks, fists, solidarity, teaching (that is not so much telling people what is important, but reminding students what it is like to think and feel and react) music, monsters, dirt, seeds, sabotage, bikes!, bees, respect (not in a generic PC sense, but in an Aretha Franklin-I-matter-so-you-better-listen-respect), self-discovery, experience, friends you only meet once (like on a train or in a coffee shop), goodness, freedom (the real kind), spider webs, and recovery.

I’m thinking it will probably be a big green “A” with a circle around it. We’ll see.

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