Bandana Twirl | Bandana Memories: Unbuttoned

“Leave room for pleasure in an ordinary week.
Wear the colour you were saving.
Play the song from the beginning.
Stay long enough to dance to it.”
— Shawn Ashman, Fifty Lines of Wisdom

I wore my Jamaican bandana with pride when I represented Jamaica. In Bandana Twirl, I bring that fabric into my art to celebrate the joy we can make room for on an ordinary day. At fifty, I’m learning to wear the colour I’ve been saving, play the song I love and give myself time to dance.

Bandana Twirl is one of eleven original mixed-media artworks in Bandana Memories: Unbuttoned, a collection pairing Jamaican bandana fabric with poetry about turning fifty.

Artist: Shawn Ashman
Collection: Bandana Memories: Unbuttoned
Medium: Mixed media with Jamaican bandana fabric
Artwork type: Original artwork
Framed: Yes
Artwork size: 14″ × 14″