Heaven
Heaven is a bar where nothing ever happens. Wen I went to heaven, I sat at the bar with Gandhi, Einstein, Picasso, and Buddy Holly. No one spoke. Our glasses were empty.
Everyone is trying to get to the bar.
The name of the bar, the bar is called Heaven.
The band in Heaven plays my favorite song.
They play it once again, they play it all night long.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
There is a party, everyone is there.
Everyone will leave at exactly the same time.
Its hard to imagine that nothing at all
could be so exciting, and so much fun.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
When this kiss is over it will start again.
It will not be any different, it will be exactly the same.
It's hard to imagine that nothing at all
could be so exciting, could be so much fun.
Heaven is a place where nothing every happens.
Heaven is a place where nothing every happens.
25 comments:
Great illo Mike! I loooooove it! Love its theme, love the song, love the looks on all of you lot faces! Rock on!
As all your illustrations...I love it!...but this one even more, i love the concept and the expressions...WAO!...super!
oh, bayyyykkkerr. heaven CAN'T be just a place filled with silent smiling geniuses and holy dudes (i love you added buddy holly!) i mean, where do you think the "rock the boat" humans go? you know the ones...the crazies, the too louds, the um, will farrells ethel merman's of life? those guys (and gals) will be up there, too. can't stay quiet and uneventful for long, right? i kind of hope heaven is a lot like down here, except much less work, and glasses are always full and we can just wear flip flops and go bowling whenever we want. i mean, dontcha think it will be so cool to stride right past a vision questing jim morrison, and go chat and have a beer with johnny cash or mel blanc, eat a hoagie with john belushi or arm wrestle katherine hepburn? (she was an INCREDIBLY athletic woman - she'd throw me to the floor, i'm sure.) legends are prolly just happy patrons, like us, up in heaven. easy to talk to and get in trouble with. i hope (anddd pleazzee forgive this sign-off!) heaven is "hoppin."
oy. that was really awful.
nice drawing, mike. this is a cool concept. contrary to what I did in my drawing, i think when you die, you die.
nooo!!!! that can't be! if that's ALL there is, just dirt and dark and weevils, then why do we have to wait so long for it? (involuntarily, speaking, of course.) but do you really feel that way, josh? i mean, what if we DID go somewhere...and in EVERY room, there were BOXES full of prismacolors....and they never went dry and they were FREE instead of 6bucks a marker. and alll the walls were white. and you could just doodle and create all day and never worry abut paying for cable. and you could "undo" what your hands do, just like in the 'puter. you'd just think "undo" and the bad line or mistake would just blip away.
i can't think there's just end and dirt. not for artists...there must be something else after. there must be. ( :(
I didn't want this to become a life-after-death debate. your concept sounds like a lot of work. my concept sounds like an earth-job well done.
it's not a debate, i mean, i don't "think" i was debating...not intentionally, anyway. ;)
but since you equate your drawing with work, that would lead me to believe that it IS your work, to some extent and that drawing up there would just be a pain in the butt for you...right? you'd much rather zoom over the schyukill or go ice skating at the wissahickon rink. :)
or just finally rest. ahhh. i get it now.
nice take on heaven - love how you captured einstein especially!
mike.... sorry for using your illustration for a totally non-related conversation.
Ms Froggie, the "philadelphia landmark" references caught my attention. did i mention that i am in philadelphia....?
please email me so we don't take up mike's comments... joshpincusiscrying@yahoo.com
What a great piece (although Picasso in Heaven?!! even tho I am a fan of his, still I wonder???) I have to tell you I'm still laughing at yours and Emila comments on my little "artist". Two of the best comments ever.
woops! so sorry mike, but GOOD art SHOULD get people talking and questioning. i think that's what makes it good. ty, josh! :)
Thanks, everyone! Just a quick idea, illustrating (sort of) a song I like. :)
As for my personal view of heaven (Ms. Froggie, Josh), I have one but sharing it would probably start even more of a debate. Heaven, the heaven defined as a place of afterlife, is a matter of individual faith. It is defined deferently in every religion or belief and envisioned differently by every person. Even choosing not to believe is a belief as just because science cannot measure something it doesn't prove it doesn't exist (string theory and multi-dimensions are popular in science right now and could make "heaven" of a sort scientifically possible, but even this is subject to debate). Bottome line, the question of "heaven" is a personal one and can only stand on faith - where some give faith little value and some give faith ultimate value, the debate will never end.
As for heaven on earth, nothing beats love. My heaven is my family.
The drawing of your family is cool. Your wife and child look happy in what they are involved in. You look irritated. Ah, the struggle of the artist. The world will never understand our constant battles! ;)
JPiC
Ha! Thanks, Josh. I often contort my face while I draw, mirroring the expressions of what I'm drawing - I'm probably drawing Batman.
heyyyy...where is this drawing? i want to witness your offspring and imprisoned spouse. :) sorry! sangria night. :) getting a bit smart-alecky already.
ahhh the link! the little blue link "my family" - iiii seee.
this is awesome but why do you look like burt ward? and all grumpy?
your daughter is CLEARLY a big inspiration in your work, baker...the little flowers, the flip of a hair bow. very very sweeet. :):)
the book...with your wife. is she a writer? a teacher? a prof? :)
Which one is Buddy Holly? :) And if Picasso is there, can Jackson Pollock be far behind? Cool!
Buddy Holly is the guy behind me with curly hair. Yes, Jackson Pollock is behind us sitting at a table with Stravinski. :)
Ms. FROOOOOOOOGIIIIIE! I mentioned why I look like that. "I often contort my face while I draw, mirroring the expressions of what I'm drawing - I'm probably drawing Batman." :)
And, yes, my wife is a teacher.
aha!!! thought so! :)
batman? you said that...err, but, isn't burt ward robin? perhaps you were channeling robin, then? he always looked grumpy. and what's up with the same orange shirt? even KOOKY ARTISTS change their shirts, baker. bwahahahahaha!!!
That is a new shirt! I change my shirts often. Take a look at my closet!
now, that's just weird. 8-\
Comedy isn't pretty, lady!
Jeez, things can get pretty stirred up here I see. That means your art really speaks to people Mike! Excellent, conceptual illo!
It looks like Seth Brundle's closet in "The Fly"
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