How to Get Along with Other Women

How To Get Along With Other Women
(or Gossip)
mixed media painting and poem by Teena Marie Fancey

Born of boredom, bitter words
Are formed with lipsticked mouths
Through smiling, whitened, perfect teeth
They carelessly pour out
Chins wagging, bragging, nasty news
Heartlessly sung with poisoned tongues
Telling the secrets belonging to you
No thought about the damage done

The trouble they breed, like evil seeds
Take root in pious hearts
Spreading misery like thorny weeds
Their stinging messages impart
To eager ears that relish to hear
Of lies and tarnished names
And ugly, spiteful, hurtful words
Spit out to injure and defame

Harsh remarks mistakenly
Believed they equal power
But rumours leave an aftertaste
That leaves the stomach sour
And so it goes on down the line
For wicked tongues won’t rest
What goes around will come around
No doubt that they are next

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Lumiere round up

 Lumiere 2011 was a huge success. Not bad for it's inaugural year, I must say. That was thanks to the fab organizers and artists who participated and made it so great. And for residents of CB and surrounding areas for coming out despite the rain!

Katherine Scott and I worked very hard on making our project happen and it really paid off. We had a very popular and well attended installation.
We transformed a squash court at the YMCA into an underwater world of plastics. We made jellyfish from plastic bottles and food containers and hung them on a fishing net, then projected their shadows on the walls of the court. Also projected was a message that started with a haiku and then listed the materials used in creating our underwater world. The list included plastic shotgun shells, plastic bottles, bottle caps, containers, and bait bags, lobster bands, nylon rope and other plastic refuse collected on local beaches. As well as a few startling facts about the peril of marine life and our planet's consumption and careless disposal of plastics.

The public was invited in to walk around the space which was filled with music that felt a bit funereal and evoked the sounds one might hear if submerged underwater. Then they could take their time and read the message and look at all the materials transformed to make creatures and corals.

We got a lot of positive comments from adults and kids alike. We hope all enjoyed and that we helped to not only pass on a message, but that we made art fun and approachable for all.

Thank you to all who supported us and came out to enjoy Lumiere 2011. Hope to see you next year!!!
*photographs by Robert Doublett from the album Lumiere on the CBC Cape Breton-Mainstreet Facebook site. Thanks also to CBC Cape Breton for your coverage and support! Cheers Wendy et al!