"Hearts in the Highland" oil on canvas 2013. This is an homage to Bob Dylan thanks to his longest song "Highlands" being pushed on me at random. In all the years of using music to trigger my emotions to make art, I honestly like it when a song triggers me at random. Art is what I got from a long song that's hard to hit repeat on but plays at random enough. I feel this song as an outsider perspective, it reminds me of the times I would be in artist mentality looking at the world. I see myself looking out the window to the dream place in my heart and I'm growing my bleeding hearts like I'm making art. It's the peace doves in life that take them to where they'll heal someone else. I do believe this is what one does when you are constantly bleeding your hope for this chaotic world. I tend to lock myself in a cage until I bleed my heart out. What I got from Dylan is that this is a lonely harsh road of living and loving. But the rebel and the woman in me wonders how much of this road can I bear to take? For the woman I am knows staying true can only last so long without true love at tangibility. The artist in me will continue to let the peace doves pluck at my bleeding heart but sooner or later must give the ultimate away. Now when a Dylan song plays at random I listen carefully for every one of his songs gives me a better clue at how to win at this battle of the bleeding heart. You kinda have to give it your all and hope maybe all the pieces you gave away will grow like seeds. What I've learned on this harsh long road of living is that they do come back to you. People love however they wanna love, I chose to chase my dreams. I've been fortunate that all the love I've given this world still surrounds me with love in return. Every time I hear the sadness in a Bob Dylan song about the ugliness in this world I remember where I placed my heart. I smile for I haven't given the ultimate away quite yet. Like a good song at random, I'll wait this out until love triggers my emotion. I just know my heart isn't so far in the highlands that it's out of reach.