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Mean Voices in My Head — Transition Sector pg33

a colorful companion to my memoir The Incompetent Psychic

Mernie Buchanan
2 min readNov 3, 2020

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Low Gravity series c1988

We again join my committee of spirit guides…

Fauna ignored her and continued, “This horoscope is a doozy. All these planets in water at birth are perfect for achieving creative mastery. But all those emotions if she’s damaged…”

“When she’s damaged,” interrupted Gamdi.

“Okay, when,” Fauna continued. “See here? The compensation transit of House ten…”

Rose interrupted this time, “ This chart is like 3D chess and you’re speaking in crop circles again. How about a summary for dummies?”

“Early damage will lead to an emotionally unbalanced personality and subsequent addiction. Mernie’s intelligence and abilities won’t be able to overcome an outward perception that she is an unpredictable, over-beveraged lunatic in her formative years,” Fauna concluded. “She’ll need more strident guidance than I can offer.” — from Chapter 1

I painted what ended up being called the ‘Low Gravity’ series off and on over ten years between 1982–1992. Several of these imagined, abstracted plant forms were done on large canvases with airbrushed acrylic when my moods were good. Others were splattered ink, gouache and colored pencil on paper…

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Mernie Buchanan
Mernie Buchanan

Written by Mernie Buchanan

Seeking sunnier landscapes I left Woodstock NY for Tucson where I'll teach painting & finish a scifi novel. Images are my originals. Links at mernie.com

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