a week in review

i found my father's moldy college yearbook.   every time i opened 

the pages my nose would run and my eyes watered.  this is not a good thing. 

i tore a few dry pages out to save and painted this teabag from one of 

the images.  the year book brought back memories of my father

studying late at night after he returned from his job of stacking 

produce at the downtown los angeles market.  he had just started college

when world war II broke out.  my father and his family were interned 

for four years.  when he returned to resume his life.   i never understood 

why he was always tired  and always busy.  now i know

 that he was trying to better himself to support his family. 

i took a charcoal drawing class with kara bullock. 

here is what i drew over the weekend. 

this is mary nomura.

she  was known as the songbird of manzanar.  she was 14 when she and her 

family were interned  into a camp in manzanar, californiana.  her singing 

brought enjoyment and entertainment to the  10,000 japanese americans

 in the camp.  mary has loved to sing since she was a child.   

to mary, a day without singing is not worth living.  

i attended a screening of the documentary, a songbird of 

manzanar by cody edison at the la louvre gallery in venice, california.  

the filmmaker and mary were present for a moving, inspiring and 

uplifting evening in which i saw mary as a spunky, lively, honest, charming 

and elegant woman.  can you believe she is over 90? she sang two songs, 

one of them was embraceable you  from the movie.   the song is embedded below 

for your pleasure.  you will get a sense of this lovely woman as she introduces the piece. 

Embracable You

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