Painting: Celeste Bergin, Untitled, oil on 6x6 gessoed hardboardWhat are the chances that a child will share a birthday with a parent? John Lennon, if he had lived, would be 70 today. October 9 is also his son's birthday. I like all this because I too shared my birthday with my Dad. It seems an unusual event... the chances of it are 1 in 365.
Today we attended a party for Hannah who turned 10. This is my favorite photo from the day, taken as Hannah's Mom asked how many wanted ice cream & cake.
Once there was a man who believed all you need is love. This man imagined all the people living life in peace and he said it’s easy if you try. This man is gone now, but people still hear his message and think ......one day the world will live as one. Happy birthday John and Sean.
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10 comments:
What a great post! I didn't know that you shared your dad's birthday! My son shares a birthday with my dad. That was a very special birthday, for sure, when Alex became my father's first grandchild.
Happy birthday, Hannah. Remembering John, too.
Beautiful post! Beautiful painting!
a lovely lovely painting, starting with the four values and ending with a Monet
and speaking of values, beautiful tribute to JL, Celeste. I think he knew about peace because he searched so hard for it in his own soul; he knew about love because it was hard to come by and when it did come his way, he drowned in it. I wish i could paint like he sings.
I like the immanence of the painting.
This painting resonates with me, too. I think it needs a title - Imagine?
Great painting. I realy like this style.
I was born on my grandfather's birthday and my pregnant daughter is scheduled for induction on her grandfather's birthday. Small world.
a beautiful painting for a wonderful post !
but when is your birthday ?
Happy Birthday, indeed! A lovely post and a beautiful painting!
I really like ArtSparker's choice of the word "immanence".
What a classically handsome guy John was.
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