"Empire of Car Tires and Chicken Wire"
Inspired by the song, "Swan Dive"
by Ani DiFranco. (see below)
30" X 30"
Acrylic and Mixed Media
Rusted Steel Square, Discarded Tire Tread,
Coils from a Catalytic Converter (?), Found Bailing
Wire, and Pages from the Bible (found in a mud puddle while walking the dog.)
by Suzanne Cooper Morris
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"and i teeter between tired
and really, really tired
i'm wiped and i'm wired
but i guess its just as well
because i built my own empire
out of car tires and chicken wire
and i'm queen of my own compost heap
and i'm getting used to the smell"
It's a really beautiful song.