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Fire Warmth

Do you ever get this warm sensation when all the lights are down, and only firelight or christmas lights surround you?  Do you ever feel that everything is right and good in the world when you see that small flame in a candle? Do you ever wish, you could freeze those moments of pure warmth and coziness in your heart? I find myself never wanting to leave the room or go to bed, just because the warm lights sooth me and my thoughts. I remember the good times, and the present time that I have.  So much seems possible and peaceful when everything is lit by flame or christmas lights.  So even though I must leave the peaceful feeling every night, I look forward to many more moments like this.

This song could not get any better

No matter what, everything keeps coming back to me.  I guess that is life though - otherwise how else are we supposed to learn?  I have been thinking a lot today and in the past week, as what usually happens around Christmas time. I co uld not be the me I am today witho ut the help of every person I have met. And  even though a lot is in the pas t, I will always have that time I spe nt, and it will be mine and theirs to remem ber.  So dream on I say. I have finally been able to m ove on, when suddenly, the unexp ected happens. Now I am not so sure again. But my mind says it will be okay, to keep moving forward because things could not be any better than they are rig ht now. I have realized this Chr istmas exactly how lucky I am and ha ve been in my life. And I don't want to ruin that. So though part of me has been left behind, I feel fully recovered in almost all ways possible. Now it is time to move on and r each toward m y go

Life as we know it

Life:   lessons   moments   relationships   past   present   future   neverending   constant   freeze frame   replay   decisions   consequences   laughter   happiness   tears   anger   nostalgia   presence Now this is probably a boring post, but I think it summarizes everything right now.  By the way... Merry Christmas!!  Enjoy life.

The World Spins Madly On

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Most random of photos here, but I felt the need to update.  And if you haven't already, you should really check out this link. I'm really looking forward to this holiday... :)

Falling Leaves

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Art within art

Photography article: I believe that, through the act of living, the discovery of oneself is made concurrently with the discovery of the world around us, which can mold us, but which can also be affected by us.  A balance must be established between these two worlds-the one inside us and the one outside us.  As the result of a constant reciprocal process, both these worlds come to form a single one.  And it is this world that we must communicate. "But it wasn't enough. It wasn't the world."       The sad part is that it cannot be the world.  Only a small corner of it. http://books.google.com/books?id=wv7hF95xwAoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=corner+of+the+universe&source=bl&ots=o0g81OQqxj&sig=VWcWaVLq9wKNTkqmAtYQnHJjXDs&hl=en&ei=MLHoTJWgBcPPngf4_rGxDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q&f=false

Links of Not So Craziness

"There a very few moments in life that you get to sit back notice people’s genuine love of certain weather. Yes, everyone has a favorite season they love to chat about; but it’s very rare to find someone actually in love with a season. To be quite honest I still haven’t had that experience. I did, however, meet someone who made a convincing argument that perhaps it is better not to waste love on a season. They told me that loving a season is like loving a holiday, in the end you’ll find yourself chasing after something that happens regardless of your schedule and can’t care enough to come when you want or need it. They basically told me truly loving a season is like staying in a bad relationship because you’re afraid of being alone." http://lifesadventurousjourney.blogspot.com/2010/11/fun.html  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9lDEL0RQHw  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAWsP7pf0YI  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww8VNOjBjvM&feature=related "say goo

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The streetlight shines through the window, spilling small fragments of light into the room Soft music plays in the background, spilling into the ears of sleeping bodies My eyelids begin to droop as my mind actively wanders.......

Explosions in the Sky

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Told You So

I am in that peaceful and happy state where I never really want to leave.  Even though today's weather was cold, my heart and smile were warm.  There have been lots of rough times, but for every hard day, God has still provided a good day.  I cannot be thankful enough.  Sometimes I wish I would just realize it sooner.   The lights are off and the shine from the moon and decorative lights are the only things which light up the house.  Everything is peaceful and quiet.  This is one place I love being.  Almost in eternal bliss. It is the calm at the end of the day, but just enough of the right light to make you feel home and cozy.  And also somewhat artistic.  So I listen to beautiful music which I have provided for you in the link.  Good music for this moment right now.  So I will leave you with your own thoughts.  Feel free to let your mind wander and calm itself.  Relish the moment.  Told You So When the world is wide, wicked and wild and watching my every

Time

Always so many things going on.  Taking time to relax is always good. Luckily, one of the ways for me to relax is doing art.  So I could theoretically also be productive while still relaxing... Wish I could enjoy time more, or go back to make it pass more slowly. This is one of those times were i feel inspired and just really calm.  In a thoughtful mood. Like a watching P.S. I Love You mood A good music and sad movie. So much to say and so much to do, but if not today, tomorrow will come.  Before we know it, our whole life is gone.  Best enjoy it while we can.  Go out and live; live to do good and live to be happy. Stop fretting the small stuff,  it will soon pass before you even notice. So sip the coffee or hot chocolate  and watch the sunrise :D 

Zooming away

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One Important Thing

One thing I learned this past week:  to let the problems and challenges spark the creativity in you.   Don't get too caught up in the concept and the idea of being an original.   To be original is to be yourself.   So let your process be your guide. Get involved in the prcess and let the medium take you away. To that place you know well. The rhythem of the brush or pencil.  Running over the canvas.  Taking your idea. For the rest of the world to see.  My process has begun.

On Your Porch

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Art Animation Design Thought Process  

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I was sitting in an ampitheatre today  and I realized how happy I was.  I've been thinking a lot, and not all of it was good.  But then I realized, it shouldn't matter anymore.  I am still dealing with it and moving on, but that doesn't mean I can't be happy.   I was sitting next to a friend, in the middle of listening to good music, with theatre tickets in my bag, people walking around taking videos and pictures, and people off to the side dancing.  And this is what I love.  This in the moment, art appreciation and pure enjoyment of the arts.  I felt so inspired and creative at that moment, as if I could never be more inspired before.  I want more of those moments.  And I think that is what I am truly working toward in the end.  To love life and be happy.   I can't express in words the feelings of inspiration I had (at least not yet), but I hope that will be able to sense this newfound place too. So enjoy life, and express your creativity. The world ne

Lighthouse

There is always time for inspiration.  You just have to look out there.  No matter what is going on Do it, be aware and be ready for it.   Be willing to accept the change and the heightened excitement that comes with it.  Those butterfiles in your stomach are a good thing.   Love it, cherish it, and then actually put it into action.  Those ideas flying around in everyone's head.  Write them down Act on it, You won't be disappointed.   Because if anything, (at worst) you can say you tried and failed. But failing is not bad,  It's just another step to be had.  New York was an inspiration and realization for me.  Now I just have to put my skills to work Never ever let go of those dreams

Long Awaited Pictures

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So let's see.. first two pictures are from Boonshoft Museum of Discovery-awesome? I think so. The next two are pictures of my house that I was busy painting on and off for about ...4 weeks!  Yeah, but it is done now, and blinds are up, and it looks really nice. The fifth one is the smallest jigsaw puzzle in the world I guess. Built it in about 1 hour and 15 minutes (though there were two pieces missing.. oops) You can also see the small pink tweezers it came with. Those definitely helped.  And the last one finally is one of the pictures I took of the moon. It was really bright that night, and I was able to kinda work with the lighting and such a lot, so that was fun. 

Accomplishment

So I feel like I haven't done much of anything for a long time. But in fact, I have been getting farther along with many things, but too slowly for me to really realize it until after I'm done.  I have crossed about 5 things off my summer list, and I feel much better. Haha! It's crazy what just the feeling of accomplishment can do for you. Though I also still have a list of things I need to do and a list of things I want to do. Never ending it is...  But hey, I'll be off work for a couple of weeks in about 3 days, and life at school will be starting again. So once I can get wifi and settle down some, there will hopefully be more blog posts to read and pictures to see of everything that has been going on.  Right now, I'm hoping to just give you some words of encouragement/happiness, or at least good quotes before I head to bed... We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious.....And curiosity keeps lead

Modern Nature

So I'm very lacking on updating. Trust me, things have been busy. And when I finally realized that we start school again in about 3 weeks, I realized how much I still haven't done!! Though painting the house has been more than a side detail the past two weekends, so it's been occupying me. But when it's finished I'll put pictures up on facebook.  Anyway... I've started on some monologue ideas, and then I realized that they're supposed to be about gender issues.. so here are the ones I started with just to get ideas going. ..hah! Feel free to take any ideas and run with them for anything else! These are just for fun reading and thinking if you would like to do so... At least one point in our lives, we all wish that we could be cloned to help deal with everything that goes on in our crazy lives.  Or like Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes), just want to a clone (or many clones) to go to school and do our chores for us.  Shopping seems to becoming more of a h

More than your average everyday painting...

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So you may be wondering about my latest adventure...   Well, it was a very interesting one indeed. Painting the body is as easy as it sounds! I even looked up precautions of what to do before painting yourself.  ...But that was the easy part. I was prepared for everything except the cleaning up stage.  I had never really had much problem with acrylic paint before, besides that little stubborn bit that never leaves the sides of your fingernails.  But apparently it is somewhat difficult to clean off, especially the more hair you have. As I have now learned, it is not all fun and games when it comes down to removing the paint from your skin. So take heed and learn! And gosh darn, do some more research before doing it! hah!  (Hence the link...that is only the beginning of the other story). But we are all good and clean now, one with maybe a few memory pain scars. Either way it was all good and fun, and we were able to get some pictures with a few random people we met while walking

Random Assortments

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Some fun music to listen to while chilling on the computer. (I swear it is NOT country either even though the beginning instrumental sounds like it).  Hopefully more fun pictures and updates to hit soon! This past weekend was busy and this coming weekend looks busy as well...  Hope you are enjoying yourselves wherever you may be and that the cloudy days bring lots of good reading. 

QC quotes

So finally giving you some awesome quotes from an awesome webcomic! (They are from older ones, haven't updated too much... oops. But I hope you enjoy them all the same, or at least get addicted to the comic yourself!)   * Quick, placate the other patrons with your rosy cookie gases!-#73 * I just imagined you with a white-trash ‘stache and it made me very very sad. -#76 * Flavors of the day: latte with bourbon-flavored syrup, fried egg mocha, shot of espresso and a punch in the mouth. -#82 * Vodkoffee! latte of DOOM -#101 * “In Soviet Russia, cake mixes you!” -#145 * Damn, either my lie-dar isn’t working or Dora has been replaced by her alternate universe twin, who is also a nun.   An entire alternate universe of nuns! The Nuniverse! -#230 * Our culture doesn’t get smarter, it just finds new ways of being retarded. -#239 * When talking about human experience, it all comes back around to poopin’ eventually. -#270 * I’m a m

I'm a big nerd

So today at work, as I re-shelved books, I stumbled upon about 200+ Greek and Latin books.  These included dictionaries and just about anything about the language! I thought that was awesome! And those were only the books in the "linguistic" section of the library! I know we have tons more. So now I'm tempted to look through them and see how much I can read. Haha!  Also, one of the books in particular which I thought was funny is shown in the link. Yeah, that's right. So epic. 

What you have all been waiting for...

A lot of thoughts have p        a        s         s         e       d by  while the days blur together, memories are made and held on to. Past experiences are conflicting with present day wanderings And the mind bursts with flames of all different colors, never picking a favorite - which is okay for now.  But worries and hopes and prayers are lost together outside  the realm of reality.  They float and fly with little cares  for future destinations.  Hah! How are we able to decide anything in this world? Except to decide what to hold on to and what to let go of? Will we all move on or will we be stuck in what is a lie just to make ourselves feel better? Can we distinguish the lies from the truth? Or does it even really matter in the end? What really matters isn't how you are alike. It's how you are not.  Because we have something worth fighting for.

Stonemill

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So here it finally is!! This is the art project I have been working on for our house next year. They are all wood with acrylic paint. The first one is about 20" x 2" and the rest are about 8" x 8".  All of them have lyrics from different songs on them (Hence, the songs you picked out). I thought it would be cool for each of us to have one, and then it can be just another thing to decorate the house! I hope I didn't keep you waiting for too long.  (Can you match the lyrics and song with the person??) [Btw, I laughed hysterically about the musical when I first read about it. And I thought you might enjoy it as well. Because I still don't know why they would ever make this a musical. But anywho, I'd probably still go see it].