Mermaids. Kaleidoscopes. 24x30 just like the ocean illuminates

just like the ocean illuminates the sky and the sky illuminates the ocean

That suffocating laughter that just doesn’t stop

Sometimes in my teeth chattering or like light coming out of my fingertips

As if a large block of swirling color will make sense of my thinking and lessen my anxiety

The kinds of memories that are more like prisms of light that illuminate this life experience than anything that actually physically took place

Mermaids. Kaleidoscopes. 24x30 just like the ocean illuminates24x30 Acrylic Canvas Resin Sometimes the ocean is playful. Light and brilliant aqua in the distance from the boardwalk. Beautiful young people play volleyball, everyone surfs, hipsters skate, and kids eat ice cream in a pink bayside park. A roller coaster rumbles in the distance. Palm trees are sky high, and the air smells like salt, sunscreen, weed, and sometimes cotton candy. When I skate the boardwalk its like flying through a dream. Getting into