Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Life...
What is life? its a question im sure everyone of us ponders at some point or another as we go from day to day... one that is on the mind of every man, woman and child throughout time and probably will continue to do so...

Its also a question I have been pondering a lot recently, I dont know whether its stress, insomnia, facing changes in the future... whatever the reason I find my self whittling away the early hours of the day watching the sun rise and contemplating it all.

What is life? do I have an answer out of all this, out of my incescent ponderings? well yes and no... I have many answers, some which make sense, some which dont, some that speak, others that creep up on you silently... I think you get the idea.

The irony in trying to find the meaning of life is it mimics life so well without ever reaching an answer.. its awkward, clumsy, painful to contemplate somtimes... complicated, ever changing to meet a new situation or challenge...

Then, a few days ago, a friend showed me somthing, he showed me a photoalbum, holiday snaps, nothing more nothing less... yet as I looked through them an epiphany struck.

Make of it what you will but its as close to a real answer I have. Life, to me, is a series of events, of moments captured in your mind, like photographs in an album, or spread out on a table... its these moments that define both our past and present and determine where our future will lead... out memories govern our life, these pictures dictate who we were and guide us into who we become. In essence life... its your own personal exhibition, a gallery of portraits dedicated to you, defining the moments of your life that form who you are...

As I said earlier make of that answer what you will but to me, at the moment, I feel its a pretty good answer and it makes sense in my mind. On an art related note it is this exact pondering that lead to the initial idea that became my latest submission, paws crossed it is up by the time you read this.

Until next time my friends

Peace ^^
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Monday, May 14, 2007

Everyone should take a moment....
Ever had one of those amazing days when somthing unexpected happens and just blows you away, today was one of those days for me...

Ok sitting comfortably? heres the whole story.

I woke up this morning and felt like crap, on top of that I got up late because my phone has died on me *sigh*, I'm hoping I can figure out whats up with it soon but it wont turn on, I may need a new battery

Anyhow thats beside the point, the point is I felt rubbish but the sun was shining today so I went out and I thought you know what, I'm not going to just walk around the town today so I hopped in the car and took a drive, just to see where I ended up and damn, what I found was amazing.

I found this steep hill that, when I reached the top, I could see over the entire county... it was breath taking, I must have stood there for over 2 hours just watching, listening to the rythem of nature and the earth around me, breathing the fresh air in deep, I swear if I could I would have howled, the wolf in me was growling like anything, I felt so wonderful, I even took off my shoes to feel the grass beneath my... well I wanna say paws hehe ^^

So yes, as you can see it was one heck of a day, and on an art related note its what inspired the picture I posted up today. Or at least it should be up by now.

By now you might be thinking "thats a nice story but why are you telling me this?" well if you havent already guessed theres a message behind this for everyone. There is a lot of beauty out in the world still and its all free for anyone to enjoy. This is your earth, your planet, take a moment, travel the unknown road. Stop, listen, watch the world roll by and feel lucky you are alive to witness its splendour.

There's a lot of wonder out there if you just take a moment to see it, peace ^^.
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Monday, March 12, 2007

We meet again old friend....
Ok so the title is a bit over the top but still, dang its been a long time since I last graced otaku land, to the delight of the comunity im sure, only joking.

Well I'm back, dont know for how long or how regularily but I made 3 art submissions today so keep an eye open for 'em ^^

Main reasons I've been away so long I hear you ask. Well it can be summed up in one 3 letter word, Uni. Had work all over the place and countless deadlines leaving me with little time for anything else sadly. Still I have been able to get some pictures done and with the work pile deminishing I've more time to myself and more time to draw, horray ^^... did I just hear somone scream "noooooooo...." :P

However no rant for today, well unless I were to complain about the amount of uni work I had but I do that far to much on a daily basis with classmates anyway.

Guess theres only one thing left to say. Peace ^^
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Thursday, December 7, 2006

Feeling Emo?
Accuse me of being emo if you must, I do not care, but if you knew what im going through you'd understand.

Still I cant blame you, how can you form an opinion on that which you dont know, or at least not a fair one.

For an answer as to why I said those last two paragraphs look out for my latest submission within the next two days when it should have got through theotaku's screening process.

Still to the subject of todays rant, I feel the tag of "Emo" is one I feel is thrown around far to much these days, almose as a means of rapidly explaining and hence resolving people from any form of responsibility or duty to others when they are feeling depressed.

For those who didnt understand that last paragraph, and I dont blame you, I have a poor writing style, let me see if I can make it clearer with an example, hypothetical of course.

One person is feeling depressed for whatever reason that may be, they talk with another person about it, talking about how down they feel, what happened, maybe even bringing up past depresing events on top of all that.

This goes on for quite some time and this is when the other person accused the depressed of being emo. In that singular statment they have said a multitude of things.

"Things arent that bad" "move on" "get over it" "attention seeker" and so on, in addition by saying this they have essentialy stated that they are not going to listen to or help anymore.

Now I know thats not a fool proof example but for all intents and purposes it will do. Also I know that this is not true to all situations, in some cases the party is just being "emo", seeking attention and drawing on the bad for the sake of it. However my point is that there is a difference between acting "emo" and somone in real depression and in need of a friend.

So before you next cast somone who is depressed off as being an emo attention seeker take the time to think and be there for them. The emo tag is not an all encompassing solution in dealing with a depressed person.

Ok you can relax now, breathe a sigh of relief as the rant closes for today.

Peace.
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Tuesday, December 5, 2006

A quick...
...edit in response to a few PM's I got, I knew what I meant by my last comment on my thanksies pic but obviously some people didnt, I guess thats due to my writing style. By older pack sister I meant I am the elder and she is my pack sister, as my profile states I am male, hope that clears that up and i'll be more careful next time, sorry for the confusion everyone

Peace ^^
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