Monsters are great fun to draw!
When things get tough I tend to fade off into the back of my mind.
Beach scenes, salsa music, barefeet, sand..... calm soothing salty sea air.
Alone to just breath.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday TidBits
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Today is daydreams, inspiring quotes, and monster drawings. Today is sunshine, music that reaches into the depths of my being and pulls, and hot chocolate. Quotes: One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. -- Henry Ford. I find this to be so amazingly true. All my life I've wanted to draw, and I never tried because I knew i'd just suck at it. A little over a year ago, a friend talked to me about - really he gave me the push i needed - so I started. I've been drawing ever since. It's a growing and learning process and i love every minute of it. I find that when I find something I cannot figure out, I refuse to give up until I DO figure it out.
MONSTERS:
QUOTES:
Every flower must grow through dirt. -- Anonymous
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. -- Anonymous
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. -- James Baldwin
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every calling is great when greatly pursued. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up. -- Vince Lombardi
That's all I've got.......
MONSTERS:
QUOTES:
Every flower must grow through dirt. -- Anonymous
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. -- Anonymous
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. -- James Baldwin
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every calling is great when greatly pursued. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up. -- Vince Lombardi
That's all I've got.......
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Beautiful Simplicity
It’s just finished raining, the sun is peaking out of the clouds and the wind is brisk.
I want so desperately to photograph the different shaped raindrops sliding down windows, pooling w/ car oil on the ground, lazily dripping off leaves….
Why is it that when I become inspired I am at a place and time that I cannot venture out and let inspiration take me? Why?
Yet when I have free time, time w/o a set schedule…. Nothing…….
I’m inspired to photograph; this is exciting as I haven’t photographed anything of interest in nearly a year. And now my fingers are itching to hold my camera, take aim and start snapping away.
I want to send out a thank you across the internet-waves to some folks I don’t know but do enjoy their blogs. I find them interesting, inspirational, filled w/ beautiful simplicity – the kind that just makes everything in life feel okay even when things suck at that point in time. Kind of like the feel of fleece on a cold night, the smell of autumn, a warm hug. Beautiful simplicity.
The two blogs that have inspired me are:
http://www.alkibeachwalks.blogspot.com
http://3191.visualblogging.com
*I have their first book – it’s beautiful and real*
*I cannot wait to get their second book*
I want so desperately to photograph the different shaped raindrops sliding down windows, pooling w/ car oil on the ground, lazily dripping off leaves….
Why is it that when I become inspired I am at a place and time that I cannot venture out and let inspiration take me? Why?
Yet when I have free time, time w/o a set schedule…. Nothing…….
I’m inspired to photograph; this is exciting as I haven’t photographed anything of interest in nearly a year. And now my fingers are itching to hold my camera, take aim and start snapping away.
I want to send out a thank you across the internet-waves to some folks I don’t know but do enjoy their blogs. I find them interesting, inspirational, filled w/ beautiful simplicity – the kind that just makes everything in life feel okay even when things suck at that point in time. Kind of like the feel of fleece on a cold night, the smell of autumn, a warm hug. Beautiful simplicity.
The two blogs that have inspired me are:
http://www.alkibeachwalks.blogspot.com
http://3191.visualblogging.com
*I have their first book – it’s beautiful and real*
*I cannot wait to get their second book*
Today is today....my mood and concentration are faltering though right now I"m blaming the temperature of my surroundings and the oh so chilly breeze outside.
I can't help but wonder if one might eventually get used to near numb hands day in and day out....so far I haven't......
I find that I have this specific set of lyrics running circles in my head from The Transplants 'Tall Cans in the Air': tall cans in the air/let me see em/f--k you!
Quite frankly it's how I feel..
I'm considering entering one of my drawings into this art contest I read about today.
Can't be any scarier than a first time poetry reading in front of a room full of strangers, right?
I can't help but be totally interested and curious and entranced w/ Picasso's Minotaur series. This series really has me a bit entranced, perhaps enough to really research and study.
That's it, that's all I've got.
Sincerely,
Me
I can't help but wonder if one might eventually get used to near numb hands day in and day out....so far I haven't......
I find that I have this specific set of lyrics running circles in my head from The Transplants 'Tall Cans in the Air': tall cans in the air/let me see em/f--k you!
Quite frankly it's how I feel..
I'm considering entering one of my drawings into this art contest I read about today.
Can't be any scarier than a first time poetry reading in front of a room full of strangers, right?
I can't help but be totally interested and curious and entranced w/ Picasso's Minotaur series. This series really has me a bit entranced, perhaps enough to really research and study.
That's it, that's all I've got.
Sincerely,
Me
Monday, April 26, 2010
Gone
Ever notice how incredibly much you miss something once it's really gone? Before it didn't matter, it was there forever or so one might assume.
So you don't say good bye or look at it one last time.
You don't say, hey you mean alot to me or i really enjoy talking to you, and then BAM it's gone. Communication cut and it's no more, nothing left but this pit in your stomach, wanting to talk to them, knowing you can't.
Maybe you tell yourself it's all for the best - for everyone. Almost all of your person believes that, yet it still feels...... empty and void.
So you don't say good bye or look at it one last time.
You don't say, hey you mean alot to me or i really enjoy talking to you, and then BAM it's gone. Communication cut and it's no more, nothing left but this pit in your stomach, wanting to talk to them, knowing you can't.
Maybe you tell yourself it's all for the best - for everyone. Almost all of your person believes that, yet it still feels...... empty and void.
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