#1 Lilly Bye of Birdland

Post date: Aug 28, 2015 10:38:34 PM

Have just completed a 5 piece art series titled Lilly Bye Of Birdland. Had some small female figures in my art stash and couldn't figure out what to do with them. Fortunately, got a call from an old friend​ from our bar tending days back in Kansas City at Sammy's. Naturally the topic of conversation eventually came around to the chicks/ladies/female pleasure seekers who came in there to cast their spells and entice the males, most there innocently imbibing in their brews, and to take these simple swine on an unforgettable carpet ride. One such siren we just called Bird Legs. Don't remember if anyone knew her real name. Just know some of the guys also referred to her as Peanut Butter Legs, so easy to spread if you had some jelly to make the perfect sandwich. Being in our 70's and needing to rely on doctor recommended Viagra, we could only wonder where she and her ilks were at and what they were up to. As we mused to the possibilities, to our disdain, we finally realized that she, like most of her bra less sisters of that bygone era, had become one of those moral preaching grandmothers chastising the younger, as well as their sinful elders, for their decadent involvement in the Seven Deadly Sins. We both had a lot of good laughs, imagining some of those ladies today and wondered what their reactions might be if called and exposed on the carpet to explain their behavior in the past.

Where, when and how one's morals, ethos and credos change, I am not sure. However, Bird Legs in my mind soon became Lilly Bye and spent quite a bit of her time cloistered in Birdland with her feathered sisters reassessing her values and convictions. These new beliefs/tenets she would carry with her when reentering the actual world and would expound on them to the newer generations and the many hopeless lost souls. Perhaps with age, we ponder the thoughts of life/death and heaven/hell a bit more. We know we can't undo our past, but hopefully we can absolve our past actions and provide better road maps/guide lines for those who follow and procure for ourselves the most positive fate/destiny in the end.

Will be sending you each a new piece, one at a time, over the next several days. Hope you enjoy them and as usual, would appreciate your comments and feedback.

This first piece I am sending is titled and inscribed on the bottom as follows: "#1 Lilly Bye of Birdland......learned to have no fear for her guardian angel was always there to look out for her." The piece is 10 1/2" long x 4" wide x 5 1/2" high.

Ta ta all !

John Michael

(To see photos of the above art piece go to https://sites.google.com/site/jmdodigartphotos )