The Halloween Party

A good time was had by all at last night's Halloween Party. My traveling partner and I went as Picasso and His Blue Period. She was the tried and true good sport, attaching blue-stained feminine products to her sweatshirt, dressed all in blue, with blue nail polish, blue lipstick, blue hat, etc. I was simply dressed as I was all day: khaki pants, blue stained oxford shirt, holding a couple of paintbrushes, some canvas sneakers. Of course I am 20 years older than Picasso was when he was in his Blue Period, but that's ok. The costume pairing was an abstraction.

The party comprised a good number of people in less conventional relationship structures: mfm triads, fmf triads, polyamarous mf couples, ff and mm couples. Everyone seemingly content and at peace with themselves (at least at the party). I am a little jealous of their contentment. I got to talk about novel-writing and egg creams with one lovely lady, got to see a friend who has gotten together with me to talk about polyamory and who wrote some kind words about me when I ran for office. Toward midnight, I simply got tired and started to zone on a couch, but never once did I not enjoy myself.

So, onward into the next week. A painting break today...perhaps some sketching on the canvas of the next phase...a bed with a covered up form of the Redheaded woman. For someone who hasn't touched a paintbrush in many years, I am quite content with my progress and my patience.