Get Up

By Simone Frank

Loss is difficult. Working through the sadness associated with losing loved ones inspired me to write this piece. The loss of a parent, a friend or a child can seem small at first, but the as one matures, one realizes how much of an influence one person can have in one’s life. We wait to hear words of support, criticism and laughter. I often look at strangers and wonder what keeps them going despite adversity. After working on a film set in Toronto and being star struck by Lawrence Fishbourne, I wrote the second part of this piece.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simone Frank
• Release date: Sep 3, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301431731

Simone Frank

Simone Frank was born in Toronto, 1970. When she was three years old, her mother told her to draw the drapes. Her mother meant, of course, to close them. She did. She also took out her crayons and when her mother saw the illustration of the decorative floral drapes, she bought Simone and easel, brushes, palette and oil paints. She has a BAA in Fashion Design – Ryerson University, 1993, a Dean’s list Diploma in Graphic Design – George Brown College, 2009, a writing certificate – Humber College, 2003. Exhibiting since 1991 in solo and group exhibitions in the GTA, her work is part of the Chinese Canadian Business Association’s collection. She exhibited at BAND, A Space Windows and City Hall, Toronto. In St. Vincent, Caribbean, she had three solo exhibitions: Singer Gallery, Lambii’s Yatch Club and Frangipani Hotel – owned and operated by the Prime Minister’s daughter. Simone was interviewed twice on the radio while there. She also exhibited in Tokyo. She received three grants: Toronto Arts Council Exhibition Assistance 1994, 1997 and Ontario Arts Council Writer’s Reserve, 1997. Simone Frank taught private art classes from her studio called Soul Designs for a few years until she taught for the Toronto Board of Education’s ACE Program in 1988. That year she was also published in Litté Realité, then later in Word Magazine 2002, Anonymous Cheese 2006 (through the Mississauga Arts Council).

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Get Up

Simone Frank

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Copyright 2013 Simone Frank

Sometimes we flip through texts with tweezers. Sometimes we sit and stare at the water. Sometimes we fight. Sometimes we paint flowers in classrooms filled with strangers. Sometimes we walk for hours in search of our favorite, unhealthy snack. Sometimes we bear our hearts to strangers but we stopped crying years ago. Instead, we dream of peace when the world is at war.

Sometimes we read our fortunes. Sometimes we sit in despair, with candles lit waiting to share our sorrow with angels who disappear and pray for us to Jesus. Sometimes we make sand castles and expect them to always be there. Sometimes