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My Brightest Diamond, "Pressure"
from the LP "This Is My Hand" 
Available on CD /Vinyl / Digital 
September 16, 2014
from Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Lyrics:
mountain on top a fire below 
the pressure grows pressure
I feel the weight of a billion years 
come down on me come down
I tried to do it all right I went down down down
workin' hard little delight I forgot the sound of
diamonds

so bright I cannot hide 'em
so heavy I cannot mine 'em
all of this pressure's makin' diamonds
so wild I cannot tame 'em
so shiny I cannot name 'em
all of this pressure's makin' diamonds
disperse the white light

dancing on top the glitter glow
the pressure slows pressure
I feel the blade the cutting edge move out out out
I tried to do it all right I went down down down
workin' hard little delight I forgot the sound of
diamonds

pink purple green red yellow blue
I am in that mood indigo
pink purple green red yellow blue
I am in that mood for diamonds

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9/19/14 Detroit, Michigan
9/20/14 Toronto, Ontario
9/22/14 Cambridge, Massachusetts
9/23/14 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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My Brightest Diamond, "Pressure"

I have loved music my entire life and I first fell in love with the guitar in 1972 when I became a life-time fan of the late Jim Croce. During that year I literally begged my dad for a guitar daily until he finally gave in and bought my first guitar. I played at it for a while until a failed elementary school talent show audition followed by the death of Jim Croce in a plane crash and broken strings ended my brief romance with the guitar. Fast forward 40 years to August 9, 2013 and I found myself finally taking my first formal lesson with my second guitar in hand… one I bought myself.

The major goal I set for myself was to write, arrange, and record an original song within the first 12 months of my beginning to play. This song 'Summer Day' is the manifestation of my goal. I hope you enjoy it.

Although I have often wished that I had taken up music decades ago, I feel incredibly blessed to have discovered the magic embodied within this passion at this time in my life, somehow it seems perfect. In addition to enriching my enjoyment of music has been one valuable reward, the others have been the friends I have made within the music community and the expansion music has already provided to my life.

Summer Day (DEMO)

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Summer Day

Helen Frankenthaler, artist, in conversation with Ruth Fine, curator of modern prints and drawings, National Gallery of Art. Helen Frankenthaler’s use of radiant color and her capacity to manipulate a rich variety of materials and print processes have been widely admired throughout her career. Helen Frankenthaler: Prints, a survey exhibition on view at the National Gallery of Art from April 18 to September 6, 1993, consisted of 77 prints and related drawings from the Gallery’s holdings, and loans from the artist's archive and other collections. The exhibition started with Frankenthaler’s very first print (1961), composed of calligraphic marks on an open field, and it closed with one of her most recent works (1992), an expansive composition of densely layered forms. In honor of the exhibition, Helen Frankenthaler discusses the distinctive nature of her working process with Ruth Fine in this conversation recorded on May 16, 1993.

Conversations with Artists: Helen Frankenthaler

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A panel discussion exploring Frankenthaler’s life, work, and legacy. Contributors included the art historian Briony Fer, the artist and Chairman of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Clifford Ross, and the curator and Executive Director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Elizabeth Smith. The discussion was chaired by Mark Godfrey, Senior Curator of International Art at Tate Modern.

Image: Helen Frankenthaler, "Vessel" 1961, oil on canvas, 100 x 94 inches, Collection Tate Modern, London © 2019 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Summer Day

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