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Spirit in the Sky, 19x15, 2003, prisma bronze & raisen noir, carbon ink.
My overdeveloped imagination nurtured countless nightmares as a child. I often slept on my parents' bedroom floor or sat at the top of the steps, anticipating daybreak. Prayers for dark dreams to elude me were routine. The Holy Ghost is described as a spiritual advisor in scripture. A child's imagination easily merges biblical narratives with fairytales and animated characters. Casper personifies the Holy Ghost as the boy petitions for peaceful slumber. Raggedy Ann and Andy venomously march across the lower portion of the drawing, ready to stir up trouble.
"Spirit in the Sky"
written by Norman Greenbaum.
"When I die and they lay me to rest, gonna go to the place that's the
best. When I lay me down to die, goin' up to the spirit in the sky
(chorus)
Goin' up to the spirit in the sky, that's where I'm gonna go when I die
When I die and they lay me to rest, Gonna go to the place that's the best.
Prepare yourself you know it's a must.
Got to have a friend in Jesus
So you know that when you die,
He's gonna recommend you to the spirit in the sky
(chorus)
Never been a sinner I never sinned, I got a friend in Jesus
So you know that when I die he's gonna set me up with the spirit in the
sky
Oh set me up with the spirit in the sky. That's where I'm gonna go when
I die.
When I die and they lay me to rest I'm gonna go to the place that's the
best (Repeat stanza)
(chorus)
Go to the place that's the best …"
