The Rise and Fall of Batman Steve....

For the last 18months our breakfast room

which is the fancy room for the useless bit tacked onto our kitchen

has been graced by a rather oversized blackboard

which is testament to the fact that my dear husband, Sinus

does nothing by halves

and while it is impressive in size... the room is not

and it has had the disturbing effect of making the end wall

appear to suck all the light out of the room

sort of like having our very own black hole

and to make it worse it has become the repository of dead formulas

Dear Phantom , bless her science and maths loving heart,

seems to think that the blackboard was put there 

so she could torture her parents 

by explaining different maths and science concepts to us

now I am sure in her heart of hearts she is trying to help

but the reality is I have bugger all interest in Japanese script, 

or matrices, or refraction theory

which might make me a bad parent

but I just don't give a toss

but I have sat dutifully and concentrated on my eyes not glazing over

as she has attempted to enlighten me

but joy of all joys

this morning it was time to paint it over

and I suggested to Phantom that she might like to take the opportunity 

to do a bit of cathartic graffiti

which ties in with an attempt to get her to be more messy

inspired by Lisa and the Messy Book Group

this is what she did...

a freakin bat signal

an almost 16 year old is given a black wall and a pot of paint 

and she does a bat signal

and not even a huge bat signal

a very neat and contained bat signal

it just isn't natural

and the Mess message is just not sinking in

but wait

 it gets more surreal

the bat signal became Batman Steve

and then 

Batman Steve with a crown

which I assume represents the King part of her name

so given the chance to paint anything at all

in the whole world on a wall

she paints this...

So Batman Steve huh...

not Phantom Steve

did I miss something ????

not really she says

just couldn't remember how to paint Phantom

and anyway thought you would like Batman cause Clooney played him

and now I kind of like it, and there was no purple paint

So it appeared Batman Steve King was the new name...

and even though Sinus has painted in over

in preparation for the gorgeous colour I have chosen

I was a bit disappointed because I have come to love Phantom Steve

and it was doubly disappointing because Jenn

has dedicated this week's Artist Play Room Challenge 

to one Phantom Steve, or P.Steve as she calls her

which is kind of cool in that P. Diddy kind of way

and B. Steve is just not as fun

but before we all go into mourning,

 it seems in the face of such coolness 

Batman Steve was in fact, 

as short lived in life

as it was on the wall

and the Phantom Steve I know and love is still with us

and Batman was just a temporary blip in her long history of name changes

and it really was just a case of couldn't paint a Phantom and no purple paint

 no clue why she couldn't just write Phantom like she did Steve

the teenage brain is indeed a mystery...

All of this rise and fall of names has meant a somewhat distracted morning

and the two drawings I had hoped to have finished for Sunday Sketches

are unfinished

the zine page is still half complete

no surprise there I know

and my new cutlery drawing is just shadows and paint

but now that all is right with the world and Phantom is restored

I am thinking I can dedicate my afternoon to Sunday Sketch world

and being super ready for next week...xx

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