A pretty girl is like a melody...

Maybe that's just the way I am - a song invokes pictures in my head. And sometimes visual art reminds me of a song.

This design was inspired by old-fashioned tattoo art. The beautiful girl with the long tresses and long legs, gazing dreamily at the sky. She's a country girl, down home and down to earth. She likes dressing casual, running barefoot, daydreaming. She's a Kentucky girl, and she's proud of it.

That's where the songs come in. One that comes to mind is Neil Diamond's tribute to a "Kentucky Woman." The other is from the same time period, an obscure but happy song by the Everly Brothers.

My junior high school years were spent in Kentucky. I attended a lab school at Western Kentucky University. Most of the students were "faculty brats" like me. Our parents were teachers or staff at the university. There were only around 40 kids in each grade, so you knew almost everyone in your class, at least by sight. And the same building on the hill housed all the classes, from kindergarten through the twelfth grade.

Western (WKU) is located in a small city named Bowling Green, between Louisville and Nashville. Coincidentally, the name of the Everly Brothers song is also "Bowling Green."

"Way down in Bowling Green, prettiest girls I've ever seen. A man in Kentucky sure is lucky to live down in Bowling Green."

I can still remember the slumber party at Michelle's house. Becky, another of our friends, played that song on her acoustic guitar while we sang along. Only we all knew that girls in Kentucky were lucky, too.

"Kentucky sunshine makes the heart unfold. It warms the body, and I know it touches the soul. Bluegrass is fine. Kentucky owns my mind...."

This design naturally says "A girl in Kentucky sure is lucky!" Wherever I go in my life, I'll carry that sunshine and the sweet smell of summer. Kentucky isn't just around me, it's in me. And now it'll be on me, as well.



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