The Rose

 

I'd like to begin by saying this post almost didn't happen.  About 11 p.m. Tuesday night, my computer died.  My wonderful computer I am so proud of.  I tried everything I knew, but the screen was frozen, the mouse didn't run around the screen, and the keyboard would come out of hibernation mode, but nothing happened.

I spent the entire day and most of the evening on Wednesday offline.  I finally figured out the problem about 9:45.  What you see below is what I was able to create, scan, and publish before midnight.  Seems the "wee" one, aka Squiggles, had been playing around behind the tower and had knocked a cable loose.  

In the meantime, I spent the rest of the day outside moving messes in the garden, planting veggies and flowers, and tearing out a tree in my front yard.  I will show photos tomorrow, because I didn't have time to take them today (Wednesday).  

For Thursday, I am once again joining Alison, aka Craftytrog, our host this month at Art Journal Journey, with a song for her Play it again, Sam theme.

This is apparently a famous movie as well as a song by the same name.

I hope you can read the lyrics, 

but I will share them again at the end of the post.

Once back online, I copied the lyrics to a used file folder, then added the staffs I found in a book of stencils.  Finally I added the rose napkin I fussy cut.  To add insult to injury to this day from Hades, I broke my fussy cutting scissors and the only other ones I have just chewed away at the roses. 

 

The Rose

 

Some say, "Love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed"
Some say, "Love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed"

Some say, "Love, it is a a hunger
An endless aching need"
I say, "Love, it is a flower
And you it's only seed"

It's the heart that fears breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream, afraid of waking
That never takes the chance

It's the one, who won't be taken
Who can not seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong

Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Life's the seed, that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose 

Although I have never seen this movie which includes the title song, it is apparently based on the life of Janis Joplin.  Bette Midler is The Rose, a rock star who has a drug and alcohol problem and is controlled by her ruthless and greedy manager.  Her one desire is to return to her hometown and play a concert there.  Lots of interesting things occur as she gets closer to her hometown.  She finally gets on stage, sings her signature song, The Rose, then collapses and dies of an overdose.

 

I hope your day was less stressful than mine (and apparently Rose's last day).  This is Day 21 of 22 and I recycled a used file folder and a portion of the napkin.  The gel pen was used, as was the stencil.

Thanks so very much for joining Bleubeard and me today.  We hope to also see you at Art Journal Journey with your own Play it again, Sam journal art.