A Happy Tune
Like most people, I have a theme song (you do have one don’t you?) I’ve carried it around with me for years, since I was a kid, actually.
My theme song isn’t something you’d recognize, although I imagine some of those close to me (Leslie my wife, for instance) think it’s “Theme from Shaft”. Actually it’s quite heraldic…something you’d hear in an old Robin Hood movie.
I will never hum it for anyone simply because I have a lousy voice, can’t carry a tune and have a tin ear. Although it satisfies my need for a theme song, it’s not “music” in the truest sense because my musical talent is zippo.
A long time back, I figured if I had to channel my artistic energy, I needed to do it with a brush on canvas or some other surface. In a nutshell, that’s why I paint and don’t wait in line at the America Idol tryouts.
