“Maybe Next Time” (2018)
by Barbara Kacicek (1957-)
6×8 in., oil on cradled panel
Coppola Collection

Unrequited love… here the two players are both linked by their “heart line” and yet wholly separated and moving as yin-yang opposites.

Near the end of the “Firefly” series, Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion’s character) makes the blanket declaration that “All Love is Unrequited.”

In giving the title, I drew from three sources that all have a combination of melancholy and hopeless optimism.

There is a great and mournful old guitar piece called “Maybe The Next Time” (“Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal”) (1981) by Rainbow, as well as a 1991 ballad by Sue Medley titled “Maybe The Next Time.”

I hybridized these titles with a terrific musical number from “Cabaret” called “Maybe This Time” (which did not appear in the original 1966 musical, but was integrated into the stage play after its inclusion in the 1972 movie version; it was not written for the musical, it is a song that existed)… it’s Sally’s last desperate plea for a second (third, fourth…) chance before things turn dark and she self-destructs (again).

so… maybe next time

This gives me a trifecta of these stone pieces.

“Heartline” (2018)
by Barbara Kacicek (1957-)
6×24 in., oil on 2 in. cradled panel
Coppola Collection

“Stone Circle” (2014)
by Barbara Kacicek (1957-)
8×8 in., oil on cradled panel
Coppola Collection