I just finished a "mini series" of He-Man & skeletor.I was asked by a fan how i had come up w/these particular ideas?The answer i had not fully thought out,it was a spontaneous execution on canvas & vinyl.While riding back home from the exhibition i saw something in passing that reminded me of my lil sis & i understood the motivation.Growing up my sis & i really only had each other as our parents were total hippies lost in their own world of music & drugs.We were born 1year,1month & 12days apart ,so we were as mentioned before close.In the summers of my youth my parents would "ship" us back east to our Oma & Opa in Indianapolis as they were touring w/whatever band & doing only God knows what,my sis & i would sit & play w/ our He-man & Sheera sets.Our grandparents spoiled us w/toys & we had em all.All the characters,the grey skull castle w/mote & my sis & her Sheera set.We would put He-man ,beastman,skeletor & whoever else on her my lil ponnies & have a convoy.It was pure child imagination & to this day i still possess my child-like imagination (thus the art)...In the end i miss my lil sis & as we both have gotten older we've grown apart (marriage & children will do that),but i had missed her & my subconscious was probably telling me that.We haven't spoken since shortly after i got married a year & a half ago & it's time i picked up the damn phone & called.Maybe we could somehow re-connect thru this crazy series,i don't know,but it would be nice to re-hash old memories w/someone i thought i would never lose.Right?We could talk about how He-man was a super gay character & how skeletor was always like W.T.F after his plans went south or how because of our parents we both suffer from huge abandonment issues (we all have em),but mostly i just want to say i love her & she'll always be my lil sis...I'll end w/ my favorite personal quote: "My art isn't for the young,it's for the young at heart..."
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