Got through the bike trip on Friday, I wish I had taken the better camera, I would have pictures of three tunnels (inculding a "bad luck" tunnel #13 - there was a passenger train wreck just outside this tunnel in 1956 - when I can shoot the plaque I'll have the details for you), an abandoned church camp, numerous old houses, a couple bridges, other railroad relics, my idiot brother almost getting himself stung by wasps, and so much other fun stuff from the trail, but I took the crap camera and got 25 blurry pixelated shots of garbage so I won't waste time posting them.
Now I really have to finish that front sidewalk so I can completely devote my time to my art like I want to do, so I'll be sore all week, but at least I'll be going the right direction.
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Outlaw Melfina
That kind of thing happens, the internet should take a back seat to the more important things every time.
The questions were a little more complex than my presentation here, but by all means sit down and ask yourself those things, you'll be surprised at what you'll learn if you let yourself respond without inhibition. It's easier to get through life if you know where you're going, that much I know from experience.
My art is my passion, and I know I where I want to take it, so I'm going to make the time for it even if it means I'm doodling on napkins, I'll draw at least once a day so that I can mark my progress over time. That is one of my high priorities right now.
My brother wanted to bike a section of this 70 mile state park trail, so I was getting my biking legs back, turns out the bike is rustier than I am, but it got the job done. I don't have a bell on mine, I rarely ride on streets anyway, but I used to be able to work the horn that I had on a bike back when I was much younger.
I don't know why, but I'm a timid person, though my stint in the theatre did help me along a bit, I think I need another three years to help me along more, but I'm trying on my own. I write better than I speak, that's probably the biggest help for me online. I'm more expressive in the written word, and it's easier for me to explain misunderstood statements because I can see the context I put it in and not have to rebuild it from memory.
It's just a picture, I scanned it into my computer first so it's not like I don't have a reference of it, and it wasn't completely original anyway, but I didn't tell the ignorant that when I went
four hours out of my way to meet him to sign up for the art course. The best money I ever spent for art education was the near $30.00 on Art of Otaku, I'm still impressed with that product and I'm still working out the logistics of getting it to the international market. It's a great product that should reach out to all who want it. There may be a POD solution for it that I haven't investigated yet, it's worth a look.
I got lucky, my passion for art came after I got out of school, so I don't have to worry about that, but I do need to get another binder and more page protectors because my first one is full. I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to my art though, I do more damage to it than anything else, which is something else I'm going to change about me too.
Mamma Vash:
I'm terribly sorry for this bad joke, but at least I know they're happy cows. If that doesn't make any sense, there's a set of commercial spots out here (The Dairy Association or something like that puts them out) that end with the tagline "Happy cows come from California" or something like that. Anyway, I did say it was a bad joke, so I'll let it go now.
I asked Where are you now? Where do you see yourself in the future? And, how do you plan to get there? but I forgot to ask the fourth question which is very important, Where have you been? The past is an essential part of the future, where a person decides to go is based on where he's been, what he's accomplished that he's proud of, and the experiences he's been through that he'd rather not talk about. So in reflecting, don't forget to look back before looking ahead. I could touch on some of the material I missed from that area, but I think it's best left in the dark for now, most of my experiences for the past year are posted here anyway, so I don't really need to revisit them on my own yet.
In my teens I was just trying to make it through school, I wasn't social, and was a bit of a doormat type student so I wasn't really all chatty about what my dreams were at the time. In thinking back though, I was a dreamer in school, seeing not what was in front of me, but worlds of my own design, actually I was a lot like the kid Ginta from MÄR, only not so popular with others, and not so outgoing. I probably thought about creative writing of some sort, and did a few poems of my own through Junior High and High school. Back then I also dreamed of travelling the country, driving down the older highways and backroads just to see what's around the next corner Of course that was before I knew about my amaxophobia which put a stop to that dream really fast. The biggest irony of this conversation is that I was born in California, but I was too young to remember anything when we moved. As for West Virginia, I've lived here sixteen years and never really felt like I belong, or am welcome, here, so I'd leave her behind in a heartbeat if I could, just to go to that place where I'm not an outcast. That's a goal of mine, to get out of WV and find a more welcoming place for me to settle down and hopefully call home.
Art is extremely powerful, it can stop a person cold and make him think with just one look. It can motivate people to action, it ease people's fears, there's so much art can do with so little. I thought I was in a dry spell myself, but it turns out that even a dry spell can produce something worthwhile. Even if you don't feel like it, draw, take pictures, do whatever creative thing strikes your fancy, you will be surprised at your results. It's times when you don't feel like creating that your mind will create all the more. I think I'll actually sit down and do a complete sketch rather than my usual tap-dance over the fundamentals, in fact I'll make that my everyday assignment, do more thorough work.
Observing nature is a wonderful way to relax, my favorite natural spot has to be the ocean, but it's about ten hours away from me so I don't get there a whole lot. The experience of being at the beach, the smell of seaweed sand, salt, fish and seafood, the warm sun, the cool air, the sounds of gulls, waves, boats, buoys, and foghorns, the sight of the pale blue-gray water, waves capped with white foam, it's all too much to describe here, but the ocean is a place I feel comfortable, and at home.
I've taken the table down since it's kind of redundant now that I've finished the request project. It's not hard to pop into my portfolio and find the fanart submissions I've made from there. The space is better used for other things as needed anyway.
Anime Dreams!
