The Conversation Chair, Singleton Hippie Art

Sometimes,
you just need to be still.
Very, very still.

And pray for peace.

Recycled chair splattered with simple thoughts from peaceful times. Artwork © Singleton.  Ready for Display at Deland Indie Market, November 29th, 2015, Artisan Alley. 

Let the Spirits in, Let the Spirits out....

"The Spirits Fall in,
Fall out, Dancing all about...
hiding in the attic, playing little games,
spinning vinyl static,
They never go by their names.

Listen very quietly,
Listen with your heart,
Their voices are woven into and out of the Art...
     String singing in the wind,
     The dusty dance of butterflies as they spin...

The Spirits fill the beginning,
The Spirits fill the end...."

©Singleton Artwork and poetry

A simple little Spirit house to nest the restless souls that flitter about, tugging on our heartstrings, hanging in our pasts....a simple little place for them to coexist with now and tomorrow, to join us as one....in the beginning, and the end.....



Created with peace and love and believing, and being shown on November 29th, at the Deland Indie Market Holiday Edition.  Much Peace!

Justgivemepeace takes to the streets!

Sooo looking forward to hanging out at the Deland Indie Market at Artisan Alley Again this fall!  October 11th, basking in the sunshine and all our hippie-ness!  Goodstuff!  To visit the Festival, check them out on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/DelandIndieMarketatArtisanAlley

Peace, Love, and a New Sewing Machine

Peace,Love Stories, and a teeny tiny Sewing Machine....

Our Little Campaign

We live in a teensy little vintage travel trailer,
parked on the side of a deep and dark and winding river...
This is where we met,
fell in love,
and sometime in our story,
Married.....

In the spirit of our little Hippie Kingdom here....
on the day we said "I do"...
we flew prayer flags and made wishes in the wind....
We scribbled I love you's everywhere...
and we held hands and
twirled until we ended up where we always belonged in the first place....

In each other's arms....

Now....comes the really cool part!  We've whipped up a hippie Wedding for Everyone Else to  get married and party to! .... Prayer flags with My artwork on it,  Handfasting braids,  coloring pages for Lovers!
And we're doing it all as part of Etsy's FundonEtsy program, A crowdfunding program to support Artisan's and their endeavors!  So very, very cool!

And for us.....we just wanna raise enough money to park another little sewing machine on the counter, so we can both hum along to Todd Rundgren, Stevie Wonder, Carole King....and whip out flags....and other cool stuff....Together!

Click on "Our Little Campaign" just below the Title to visit our our Video and all that wonderful wedding hoo-hah!

She's always There, Watching ...... Singleton Hippie Peace Angel

(C) Singleton, All rights protected

I see her everywhere...
on the tea stained wings of  fallen butterflies...
in the empty clam shells on the shoreline, houses long abandoned...
in the bath powder clouds patted across the skies...

I hear her
in the music of old bamboo chimes, telling stories in the wind...
on the scratchy vinyl spinning in our living room,
in the sound of the laughter,
of babies and strangers and maybe, even ghosts..

She's here.

Watching...
Protecting...

Keeping her promise. 

Peace.
It's everywhere we find it....

Words and artwork copyright Singleton
May not be reproduced without express permission.

I'm so Glad you Found Me.... Singleton Hippie Art on found wood

I'm so glad you Found me.....
Words and Artwork
(c) Singleton

I was,
swishing, pushing,
trying to hold my breath long enough
to rise up again,
to swim up...
when I found Peace at
the sandy bottom....
where all the dreams are tossed
to sink,
abandoned,
traded for another day...

And there in the dark...
I heard you...
barely making a splash...
diving
deeper,
hoping to find your own answers...

I'm so Glad you Found me, instead.....

Singleton Hippie Art on Found plywood, painted in a rain storm.  All works copyright Singleton. 

Please do not reproduce my Art on your stuff without express permission....it pisses off the Karma faeries, makes this old Hippie really mad, and fills our Attorney's pockets with your pennies...

Just Give Me Peace takes to the Streets....

We've come a long way since this first little show....

And our Journey continues.....

We're so excited to be joining the folks at Deland Indie Market at Artisan Alley on Sunday, May 24th!  The Weather is supposed to be rockin' glorious and good food, good folk, good vibes will be everywhere!

Ray and I have turned our little vintage hippie camper inside out getting ready for this one.... We've got prayer flags flying free, cardboard stories everywhere, and we're covered in paint....  Just countin' the days!  Stop by and see us!

https://www.facebook.com/DelandIndieMarketatArtisanAlley

Touching Sirena, Singleton Hippie Art on hand drum

TOUCHING SIRENA
(c) Singleton
Hippie Art on Giant Gourd Hand Drum


"The dirty sands shifted,
ever so slightly,
and sunlight scattered through the darkness....
instant fireflies falling in the rheumy river....

She reached up and touched one....
two...
caught another...
building a candelabra
from the shattered rays
to light her way....
As
the currents crawled,
trickled, tripped,
snaked
through the woods....
running north, north east...
clinging to the thick earth,
sloshing past alligator eyes...
and banjos
until
Sirena,
swimming amongst the Manatee,
reached the salty sea.....
and the waters made brackish love to each other....

Here,
she became whole again...
The free spirited  Hippie Princess of the River,
and Mermaid of the Sea...
Sweet Sirena...
Mother of it all....

Words and Artwork (c) Copyright Singleton 2015

Be Cool  (Sounds like Karma) and please don't reproduce this Old Hippie's Artwork without express permission and licensing. 

We Circled the Moon, Singleton Hippie Art

We Circled The Moon
(c) Singleton, Hippie Art and Words

I watched your fingers...palms...
dancing,
falling,
catching themselves again in a tribal dance of weightlessness....
drumming....

Your blue eyes,
endless tidal pools,
swirling in the warm waters of new and old....
clashing,
crashing,
splashing together...

And listened to your spirit,
singing in a thousand tongues...
a love language that only we understood...

We circled the moon,
and scattered the stars....
Psychedelic confetti for another day......."

Words and Artwork copyright Singleton.


Be Cool.  Be Good. And respect this old Hippie's rights. 
Please do not reproduce my artwork without express permission and licensing. 

Arjana Rising...

ARJANA RISING
(c) Singleton 2015

"The night fell off her shoulders,
a silky vintage nightgown
slipping to the floor,
sliding down the banks into the blue river...

And he embraced her.
Ran his fingers across her lips,
and began to drum quietly on her flesh,
to paint her with the  rhythm of
his dreams...
to lift her up....
to watch her
Dance....
into the new day rising....

Paradise at his fingertips...."

Words and Artwork copyright Singleton. 
Respect Me, Folks.
Not to be reproduced without  my Express permission.

Singleton Hippie Artwork on  African Calabash Gourd Hand Drum