well ive been painting
and exploring the art scene here
in this art town
i must say i have encountered a lot of female artists who own their own gallery
who act as though they would very much like to be the only female artist who owns their art gallery in this town
i never understood that
glass ceilings for women provided by ta daa women
a pal of mine works in a huge multi million dollar company
and my pal well she's a master saleswoman
and the owner of this company is a woman
and yet everytime my pal sells something this owner
tries to take the credit herself
she owns the damn company but cant stand to have another woman in the company show sales ability that rivals her own?!
ive got another gal pal who is the feature editor of a major NYC newspaper
shes been an editor for as long as ive known her
and shes been careful to do nothing for my career as a writer for as long as ive known her
ill never forget when she introduced me to a room full of big time writers and editors and introduced as "this is my friend rossi the caterer"
she wants me to be a chef not a writer
because me as a writer threatens her turf
and yet all of the above babes will give every possible opportunity to men
the owner of the kazillion dollar company
well its widely known in her company that if you want your salary to exceed
80 grand you need to grow a penis
there are exceptions of course kazillions of them
and this is where i mention the great
T.J. Walton in provincetown of the T.J. Walton gallery on Commercial Street
who told me yesterday
"If you want to own your own gallery or produce your own shows don't let anyone stop you. They'll tell you it can't be done, that you'll lose your money. Don't listen to them. You've got nothing to lose. Even if you don't make any money it will be worth it for the experience and everything you will learn."
With that she reached out and took my hand and added, "Just go for it!!!"
Now there's a sister I can sink my teeth into...i mean in a good, way darlings and her art is gorgeous too!
but i digress
havent you noticed this
sisters are doing it for themselves but no other sisters
honeys
haven't you learned anything in this world?
we are stronger together then apart
is it because some women feel so insecure about their place in the world
that they want no other babe to rock the boat?
is it because some women have been taught that men are better than women and just believe it?
well miss mamas you're wrong on all counts
i have a different attitude
i have two maitre d's in my company
and they run all my events
and when stuck up old money people
ask where are the male maitre d's
i say i only use women
because women can take more pain then men
and you know it does seem to be true
i mean hello
put your average guy through one full fledged heavy menstral cycle
and he'll be throwing in the white sanitary pad
yet we suffer this every month for more than half our life
anyway
i guess i just want to say
to all you sisters out there
listen the world clearly thinks men are better then women
and if you haven't been noticing
the moslem countries think women are little more than the property of men
so if you do find yourself in a position to help, encourage, guide, support or just plain stay out of the way of a woman
do it
you can bet all the boys in the world are sticking together
and yeah
well probably never have total equality when it comes to power, money
jobs
but we can come pretty damn close
but only
dear sisters
only if we stick together
meanwhile i just finished my painting
in it is a woman
naked to the world and powerful
with her arms raised out and up to the sky
her legs spread in a powerful stance
her breasts flapping in the wind
and the caption around her reads
"TRY AND STOP ME"
