Chapter 1: Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

Heidi Hardin, Chapter 1: Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Tune: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Tempera on Paper with Mixed Media Collage, 24” x 18"   Hello. My name is Heidi Hardin. Welcome to my bit of heaven on earth in this exhibit Lullabies and Gentle Screams. The title for my artwork, this sto­ryboard performance, is The I deal Point/Looking into the Event Horizon of My Deep South Life. I begin this tale with my painting, Chapter 1: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. Once upon a time, there was created A Declara­tion of Independence, It reads in part: The history of the present King of Great Brittan is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyran­ny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submit­ted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws till his Assent should be obtained. He has refused to pass Laws for the accommodation of large districts of peo­ple unless tho