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Yochy Lapidot Menachem defines her artwork and life with color. Vibrant, joyous and optimistic. These are the words that describe Yochy Lapidot Menachem’s “De-Neo-Impressionistic,” contemporary oil and soft pastel abstracts, landscapes and figurative painting. They also portray the Israeli-born artist herself, who overcame a stroke in her 30’s that paralyzed the right side of her body, but not her courageous and indomitable spirit. *Artist Statement* A conductor takes a seemingly random arrangement of notes and blends it into a magnificent performance with heartbreaking melodies and uplifting crescendos. A painter does much the same, particularly one who uses the French method of pointillism. I am one of these artists. I take random assortments of paints and pigments and arrange them into an infinite number of dots on a bare canvas. This creates a vibrant, shimmering and elegant effect in which awe-inspiring shapes and figures emerge mysteriously in harmony.	Senator Lieberman, former canidate for presidency, Manny, and Yochy
	The viewer's eye absorbs this wealth of color and the illusion reveals a spectacular richness that cannot be duplicated. Some of my pieces inspire images of waves crashing down on the beach and one could almost swear that they have smelled salt in the air. Others suggest horses thundering down the plain or the gentle rustling of leaves and trees swaying in the breeze. My goal with each painting is to exude a vivacity that awakens the senses of its audience while elevating their spirits like the finale of a great symphony.
*A helicopter ride with Brooke* Just to get away last weekend to clear my head from the pressure of waiting to hear from the Holocaust Museum we got sick and tired from not only the snow, but the freezing cold wind chill (-15c) we went to the Nevada desert. There was a very high-tech electronic convention-we joined Avi, Harriett and the kids. Bill Gates spoke at the convention center but I missed him by 3 days because we forgot to check our schedules. I am positive I will meet him down the road. It was 18c and a sunny perfect day. We were in the real Wild Wild West Las Vegas, and one of my dreams came true. We were finally able to take a helicopter flight! Let me just tell you that getting into a helicopter is more challenging than one would imagine. There are only two steps, but in order to climb these two steps you have to do some "acrobatics". We did a 3 hour tour through the Grand Canyon.It's the widest and the deepest canyon at 4000 feet-haval al ha-zman! When we flew down the canyon all 5 people in the helicopter were scared to death. We were soo close to the walls of the canyon that we could have seriously crashed, but it felt so good. I have always said I would climb mountains, but I didn't' say how I'd do it! But I did it! We got an exclusive landing on the roof of the canyon. Mashee-who!
	We passed through Nevada, Arizona and Colorado, and flew over the Colorado River, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, the Bowl of Fire and the Mojave Desert. From the air we could see such majestic views. There were a million shades of reds and browns. We also flew above an inactive Volcano. It hasn't been active for over 8,000 years, thank God! There were 180 different types of birds, a mountain of mines, but i learned that horses can't survive in the area because theres isn't enough water or even a shade of a bush. mamash midbar We saw Celine Dion's and Andre Agassi's magnificent mansions and also got to see where they shot the infamous last jump scene of "Thelma and Louise". The scene from "Mars" in the Star Trek movie was actually shot in this desert too! I saw breath-taking Hoover dam views, which is one of the 7 wonders of the world. We taped the whole tour. Even Brook the helicopter pilot took a picture with us. It was out of this world gorgeous!!! Everyone should take a trip in the helicopter at least once in their lifetime.
	Actress Gila Almgor, winner of the prestigious Israeli Award, and Yochy