Je’

Completed August 23, 2022. It’s signed. It has real gold leafing. It is 11 x 14 in. Portrait. The title is – Je’

This painting was on display at my Casa E since painting it. It is now May 16th, 2023. I have to chart my findings.

This painting was especially close to the staff bathroom and other mental health type displays on the wall. It blended in nicely. I suffered GERD. I brought this painting to my room.

The first thing I needed to do was to remove the work from the frame. It was a very tight fit in the frame; there was compression on the painting. It needs a professional frame; a loose fit.  My right hand ring finger felt numb.

There is a very small amount of adhesive used for the Gold Leafing. That glue came with a Prop 65 warning. But since I used a tiny amount I didn’t think it would be a problem. I didn’t keep the adhesive. This painting might not be appropriate as it may cause GERD from a tiny amount of adhesive for the Gold Leafing.

What could we do with a painting that is a “No?” Well, we could send it to France or we could give it to an Architect.

George experienced GERD. He defended his will valiantly. But when he discovered the painting was a problem he acted against it. George subtracted the Je’ painting. July 13th, 2024 was the last day of existence. I don’t get many paintings. This one was beautiful. We could have been more constructive.

I am suffering a loss. 

1994 – Introduction To MH

This is my accounting of the events after trying to make it in Napa. I should say that I couldn’t get by in Napa and thus I was taken into the Napa State Hospital; October 25, 1993.

Every intake question they asked I would think for some amount of seconds and then respond. By the time I got to my hospital bed I was threatening; a side effect from thinking. My cousin was pregnant with her first child.

My stay was short though, comparable to the regulars at the T-5 ward. I was sent on December 24, to Harbor Hills Hospital in Santa Cruz. This was a locked psychiatric facility.

I was out of time and needed to be competent before going back into the community. The person who helped me with that was Kimberley another patient at Harbor Hills. I thought we were getting married. My cousin had her baby.

I was ready to go back to Napa. I stayed in mental health. Napa was not the best place for me. I should have gone further North to Seattle, Washington. I might have gotten by there. 

Kimberley still lives in Santa Cruz. She is one of the ones that has Schizophrenia. I was Schizo-Affective. This was a time when I really accepted my mental Illness. I also got the Home Office ethic from Kim. I also had poisoning from Salmonella earlier in 1993.

There were nurturing staff in Napa and I was able to work and be independent with my mental illness. I would like to think I had some mystery achievements there. That I will have to share for another time.

Gun for Real Estate

You may have noted a gun mentioned in an earlier Blog post. I got the firing pin removed! Without the firing pin the gun won’t go boom. This disabled gun is perfect for Real Estate.

Imagine there is a gun at the listed property. A gun is placed at the location and during the listing, prospective buyers are impressed. They think the house has a degree. Or that the property speaks to them personally. It is the way the gun makes the buyer think. I’m asking staff to use the gun as a service for real estate agents in their listing.

This would be a service to the real estate agent to showcase a listed property? I think I know this because my mom was a real estate agent in the eighties. Do you think Staff could do this directive? I’ve needed to do this since 1988.

This is my plan for what to do with a gun.

Lithographic Limestone Printmaking

I have given this post a couple of Tags: Lithographic, Printmaking. There are five posts on this subject here at Gevluef. UC Santa Cruz has a lot of limestone for fine art printing. It is a major collection, and a reason to go to UC Santa Cruz – or not. They have a landfill.

Below are links to the other posts on this subject:

This list of posts has a directive. The main idea is to raise awareness of the UC Santa Cruz Printmaking Studio.

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