Rise and Fall Video

This is me and other folks interacting with the sculptures in my exhibit at the Austin Peay State University Alumni Gallery.

Rise and Fall-A song for my grandpa

I set the video camera on the ledge of the window in the gallery on Friday morning after the opening of the show before the gallery was open for the day to take this video.

I wrote this song about my grandfather's funeral.

It felt right to play it in a gallery in Tennessee(the state he lived and died in) on a guitar that I painted Hank Williams Sr. on the back of.

Last Time I Saw You

the last time I saw you

you were all dressed up

for us to carry you down

your hair slicked back

your casket looked just like a cadillac

but you looked to old

you seemed to frail

even in your western cut suit

death was crampin' your style

but it all seemed wrong

it seemed so unfair

you used to be so strong

you looked weak lyin there

i said i wouldn't do it

i said i wouldn't walk right up

and take a good look at you

not with all that make-up

trying to hide what death had done to you

but i couldn't stay away

i guess i felt a pull

i felt weak for not resisting

until i saw your hands

your hands

they looked like a farmer's

your hands

they looked burley mean and rough

your hands

grandpa they still told your story

your hands

i could feel them steal my nose

written for my Grandpa Mitchell who died in 2005

lyrics copyright mikewindy 2005

Rise and Fall

"Avocado Pulley Head" from my upcoming show at Austin Peay State University Alumni Gallery. I found all of these cool little pulleys at Rochester Imports over in Palatka one day when Joey and I were cruising around over Christmas break. I bought 20 of them and I think I'm going to go get 20 more for the show. For anyone who's seen my "property line drawing" that is currently on display at Johnny's Kitchen in downtown Hastings I'm going to make a similar sculpture for the exhibit I'm just going to use pulleys instead of nails which will allow folks to pull one side down while raising the other side up,