Hashtag #zzzpop means I am having a dream. Look it up on Twitter X.

I just had this weird dream.

I was in the 台山 and I was in the peoples liberation army in full military uniform with a small platoon at night time near the river. We were chanting 我們一起要解放台灣！ I was issued a small handheld mortar launcher, with one round of mortar rocket which was small and made of plastic. When we were by the river, I was ordered to load the mortar and fire it. It's just so happened that there was a boatload of peoples liberation army in it. The round exploded, but it did not do any harm because it was just like a firecracker. After that, I was questioning my superiors what was the purpose of our mission. No one seems to have an explanation.

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I finally turned on my SAD light. I've been feeling blue.

But I shouldn't complain... I did pretty well at the Silverbells crafts faire. Sold over $1500 mostly my doodles.

Of course being in pain from my osteoarthritis is a drag. I guest. It's all karma I guess… For all the bad karma from the pain I am awarded with good karma for my art.

It's weird so many things in art are happening for me right now. I currently have an exhibit called now and then at NJAHS Gallery along with Leon and Rich. Ros paid us a $500 stipend too!

We're all a bunch of old farts now. Rich is 79 , Leon is 77 and I am 72.

The three amigos

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my matt cutter looks like this

I've got my art up at Taisho restaurant. Darryl finally hung up some of my art. I try to go there and do a live painting session on Fridays.

At Taisho

Shit I'm missing my matte cutter!
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Hidden Dragon,
4' x 4''

I've got an upcoming exhibition with the Edge on the Square gallery called Hidden Dragons. That's some times in March.

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I have a 18 day exhibition at the Blue Stream gallery on Grant Avenue towards the end of the year. It's a huge gallery and gonna be a one man show. I'm naming it Out of the Blue.

Because of the massive size Gallery, I plan to fill it up with large paintings. Which I must paint now on the spot.

Seems like my pain in my osteoarthritic hip is getting worse and it's been hurting. It takes a while for me to stand up in every move his pain. I am afraid it may get to a point where I cannot walk at all and I will really be wheelchair bound And homebound.

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It is winter time and the days or shorter and the nights are longer which can give me the winter blues. Usually, I pull up my light box and sit in front of it every day during the winter so that I will not get so depressed. But I have not been doing that this time around. I find myself sleeping for a long time and losing track of daytime and night time.

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Recently, I have not been drawing as much. Is that a sign of depression? Art is all I have left in my life. I can no longer do any screen printing because it requires standing up and being able to carry things. I have sold my Screen Print equipment for a real cheap. I cannot do photography neither because it requires being able to run around which I cannot do now due to the osteoarthritis.