Yes... I can definitely paint a song
and
Gerald Richard Ingley can SING a painting
Chance Encounters
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| Elaine Weiner-Reed - Chance Encounters |
I don't believe in coincidence, but
rather believe everything happens for a reason. True, we might not realize the
rationale or meaning of any chance encounter at that moment... We might never
understand it. It might not even register with us as anything significant.
Regardless, it could have made some impact, possibly making us grow, go in
another direction... Perhaps we learned a lesson from it, or that chance
encounter led to a future job, partner, or new friend. What about the other
party in the chance encounter? Another possibility could be they met us for a
specific reason to lead them to or away from something or someone.
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Listen to My Painting CHANCE ENCOUNTERS
Hear How It Sounds to One Musician
Some chance encounters might inspire
us to create or serve as a source of inspiration or provide a new idea,
whispering to us like a Muse... That has happened to and for me. Experiences
and encounters have influenced and benefited my art. Some encounters (good or
bad) have become the focus of paintings as I sought resolution and sometimes
more. Negative or positive, chance encounters are intriguing and should not be
ignored.
I try to pay attention to chance
encounters. In fact, that is the title I gave to an abstract figurative
painting in which I featured my son sitting at a table in a pub. That first
painting I had painted of him in over 15 years, Chance Encounters, is based
on memories and photos of our 2016 trip to Ireland. As you can imagine, the
painting is very personal and means a lot to me.
Introducing...
Jerry - Gerald Richard Ingley
So
I find it more than just a coincidence that "Chance Encounters"
reconnected me to a past chance encounter - one that happened in the
1980's. I met singer/songwriter Gerald Richard Ingley ("Jerry") by
chance back then, and through the years a friendship developed and lasts to
this day.
So,
early this year, I reached out to Jerry while trying to arrange and coordinate
a list of musicians and poets for creative collaboration events planned for my
joint May-June exhibition "Portraits of Life
-The Art of Storytelling" with April M Rimpo. From a selection of our
painting images for the show, Jerry selected one each of my and April's
paintings...and the one of mine he chose was "Chance Encounters." At
the time, he had no idea of the painting's story or what it meant to me, but he
chose it because it intrigued him, set his imagination rolling...
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| Gerald Richard Ingley (Jerry) and me - May 2019 A reunion of friends some 35 years after we had met...by chance. |
Gerald Richard Ingley (Jerry) found
inspiration for his song “Don’t Want To See You Anymore” in Elaine
Weiner-Reed’s painting "Chance Encounters."
About what he saw in the painting
that inspired his song, Jerry writes:
“I saw a club or restaurant, a guy at a table with two glasses, and a woman in the foreground with her back to the table. I took the position of the woman and built a story of her not wanting to see him anymore, but too often seeing him and remembering him, and how she tried to get over him... the encounter in the club is the basis for the final verse.”
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Listen to Jerry Singing a Painting
The title of the original song by Gerald Richard Ingley is
Don't Want To Love You Anymore
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Thank you for your interest.
I hope you like what you heard and saw...
Yours in Art,
Elaine
“Don’t Want To See You Anymore” -
Original Lyrics and Music
© 2019 Lyrics and Music - Gerald Richard
Ingley - All Rights Reserved
- Published by EWR with GRI’s permission.
© 2019 Elaine Weiner-Reed (Article, Art, Content)
