what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

The first time I saw this I kinda glanced at it and kept moving in a counterclockwise direction around the cute little lobby gallery at the HENRY with its quirky acquisitions. The second time I saw it, I took a moment to read the wall text and I said FUCKIN A+. The third time I saw it was on this day we call today, I took a picture to make it last longer, as you can see that’s me reflecting off the glass in the 20 ⅜” x 16 ⅜” x ¾” frame. I have been known to talk some shit about Kenny G but I believe they should rename Franklin High School——>Kenny G High and UW music should obviously be known as the University of Washington Kenny G School of Music. All that being said, this piece of artwork speaks to me on a 7 layer dip level. The artist is my age and cassette tapes were in our wheelhouses in our formative auto-reverse mix tape loop to loop years. And even though I’m just a square white kid from Spokane that played the violin in 3rd & 4th grade I hear what Jennie C Jones is saying…   ...and I admire the way she's saying it.

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Yes.

Sent this day to a friend-his reply: “ I ever tell ya my Kenny G story? Me and lil’ lady were on vacation in Santa Monica. Wanted to go to Malibu and spend the day on Zuma beach, below Point Dume. Anyhow, we stopped in that shopping mall in Malibu at a CVS to buy su screen. We were browsing the isle looking for sun screen. Amani is OCD, so she takes her full time when buying or ordering things. So, as she is patiently reading bottle of sunscreen, another customer rudely reaches past her- having never politely asked- and grabs a bottle of Banana Boat sunscreen. He huffs under his breath, clearly irritated at our speed of choice, and storms to the front. The dude was about 110 lbs of stringy hair and mismatched cloths. It was Kenny G. I stared at the satan of elevator music as he ruddily violated my wife’s space in his rush to get Banana Boat. I laughed for a week after explaining to my confused wife who that slimy little asshole was.

110 lbs of stringy hair... ...Franklin's finest FUCKIN A+

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