Everything is funny as long as it happens
to somebody else.
Will Rogers
Billie Holiday’s signature gardenias in the hair inspired this Goddess’ portraits. (I, too, had a thing for pretty flowers in my hair until the big hair chop.) Lady Day’s classic tunes include “Good Morning Heartache,” “What A Little Moonlight Can Do,” and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do.” While her love affairs were numerous and complicated, pain and loss inspired her song writing–plus strength of character grown from not being beholden to another:
There ain’t nothing I can’t do
or nothing I can say
that folks don’t criticize me.
But I’m going to do
just as I want to anyway
And don’t care just what people say.
If I should take a notion
to jump into the ocean
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do.
If I go to church on Sunday
then cabaret all day on Monday
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do.
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© Sharon Birke
Text 201 697 1947
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