Bugs

Another Trip to Holy Hill

And on the rustic side roads where I wander

Beside the blacktop road

Grow little purple flowers

Sweet and low to the ground

The most perfect shade of violet.

Wildflowers & Almost Wildflowers . Digital Photo. May 2010.

Satellite for the Sun. Digital Photo. May 2010.

Remnants of Fall, Digital Photo, May 2010.

Blue Spike Peaking, Digital Photograph. May 2010.

Three Things & Summer Photography

Digital Photograph - Abandoned House & The Sunset - Summer 2009

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I have an idea. Here it is:

How many times do we say "I wish I did..." or "I wish I didn't..." when we consider our habits, health, and hobbies? I'm sure this has been pitched elsewhere, but I'd like to challenge myself with the following.

Every three months (take a calendar and pick your four, consider your work and school schedule and average your levels of business) one ought to deliberately instigate self growth by intentionally evaluating and changing ones behaviors. At the end of the three moths, we sit down and consider how it went. We may choose to continue the behavior sporadically, thus leaving it off the next list, or perhaps we'll see that this new habit is yet undeveloped and ought to be added to our 'to continue' list. This should not be about limiting oneself or creating unnecessary obligations. It ought to be about cultivating healthy living and providing a structure for our creativity, it's about freeing ourselves to be ourselves, rather than continuing on as a collective of adopted influences and ideas. It is said "act your way into right thinking," thus this is that I propose:

Pick three things to start doing:

Pick three things to quit doing:

Pick three things to continue/resume doing:

Post these up someplace accessible, make multiple copies, remind yourself daily, and pray for the strength and willingness to follow through. Here's what I'm thinking for right now:

Start doing:

1. Writing 700 words or more per day.

2. Start enunciating and being intentionally articulate.

3. Do one significant cleaning chore per day.

Continue Doing:

1. Continue connecting with people of Facebook.

2. Continue developing friendships made this spring.

3. Continue to meditate.

Stop doing:

1. Stop cursing.

2. Leaving projects, books, and items around the house.

3. Spending more than three hours/day on my computer.

Digital Photograph - Coneflower - Summer 2009

Digital Photograph - Bumblebee & Wildflower - Summer 2009

Digging through a semester

On Saturday I graduate. I give a big speech. I am done, finally, forever, with the chapter entitled "Six Years of Undergrad and A Lot of Mixed Emotion." Tonight I was preparing for a final presentation - I am graduating with a degree in Religious Studies, and a support in art. This will be my last college-level post, and then we'll be getting serious.

Orchid - Wacom Tablet - Digital Illustration

Volcano -- Some doodle web application & my wacom tablet - will find and link ASAP

Da Vinci Grotesque - Wacom Tablet - Digital Illustration (Study after a da Vinci Drawing)

Grotesque Old Woman - Digital Illustration from Photograph - Wacom Tablet

Dedication

I think I need to get serious about art.

Setting Goals

I think I am going to set some goals. Make X amount of art, X amount of craft, and X amount of creative writing.

Right now, I am painting a mural (another one). Pictures coming soon!

Merry Christmas and Murals

Simple paint, but look how the snow came out! Soon it shall be decorated with cute colored snowpeople, tree decorations, and doves as colored by the little ones at our library. Exciting! My first public art project.

Another view. I love the stars!

I led a simple printmaking workshop - here's what the kids made!

On the very same day I hosted an "art challenge," where kids got a bag of supplies which had to be used in their entirety to complete an art project. They received prizes! This one was a fantastic finished piece, and was complete before any of the others. Look at all that modge podge!

I am getting better at photography. Here is my crazy cat trying looking for food. She is like a houselion.