You can make anything out of them or imagine.'Imagine there's no heaven.' So, I think John was highly influenced during that period. But I think what took over was Yoko's conceptual art, which is conceptual, which means that it's in the head. He was a great cartoonist when he was a little boy and of course he was a great cartoonist when he produced his crazy cartoons with himself and Yoko. When we were at art college, I think he was more interested in the music than he was in the art. Whatever that was, I'm not sure you could call it art.Ī - Well, the sad thing about John, well not sad really, there were a lot of sad things about John's life, I think what happened when he met Yoko, his real creative juices were through music and writing. It seemed like it was a send-up or a put-on. Q - Here, in this beautiful, modern museum, John put his old pair of shoes on a pedestal for display. Q - Did you hear about John and Yoko's art exhibit at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York in October, 1971?

But full-time work, I haven't really done. But, that was when I was a student during holidays. The work I had as a student was working in Woolworths. Then I became pregnant and following that The Beatles and everything else that happened. I became pregnant before I could finish my teaching. (laughs) Considering there were so many books about my life, etc, etc.

Q - Did you ever have a job where you utilized what you learned in art school?Ī - No. I went into more or less commercial art illustration, whereas John went into painting eventually. You do the foundation year and then you choose what is your potential. Q - When you were in art school, what did you study? Oil painting? Sculpture?Ī - Well, you go to art school and you try everything out first. But at the moment it's lovely because I'm at home and nothing is happening and I can relax. Q - You have an office in Spain in which you work on what?Ī - I paint. I enjoy new cultures and new surroundings. I think the reason that I'm here is that Julian was here. And before that I spent many, many years traveling around France and staying in a motor home.

Before I came to Spain I was living in Normandy, France. I have moved out many, many times in my life. Q - Cynthia, why are you living in Spain? Why not England?Ī - Well, I think I was born a bit of a gypsy. She knew him from Art School and saw the rise of The Beatles from the very, very beginning.Ĭynthia Lennon has told her story in two books she's authored: A Twist Of Lennon and John. Cynthia of course was married to John Lennon. Gary James' Interview With Cynthia LennonĪs Beatles 'Insiders' go, Cynthia Lennon is one of the top few.

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