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creative desert

Have you been there?  I am there right now.  I know I should be creating things, but I don’t seem to be able to.  I have ideas of grandeur, but even picking up a pencil seems like too much effort.

Something in me really wants to paint and draw, but I sabotage my own efforts by [...]

my first white hair

Yahoo!!!  Yesterday, I discovered my first white hair.  And I cheered and showed everyone.

I am thrilled.  I can’t believe it took this long.  I know other people are thinking I am crazy, but I think white hair is cool!

Fabio and my sister, who are both younger than me have several whites, so I’ve been somewhat [...]

an interesting list

While reading another artist’s blog, D’Blogala, I came across this list.  I thought I would check and see what I’ve done so far.  Those are in bold.  I’ve done 44 of this 100 list.

If you feel so inclined, take your own inventory, and make your own post.  Link back here, so I can go read [...]

when friendship happens…

When you make a friend, it’s amazing what it does to make you feel at home.

That’s my experience here.  These last few months have been somewhat difficult, because makign friends has been difficult.

Oh, believe me, I’ve tried.  But the culture of life here means people are in their cars more. Even dropping Phoenix to school, [...]

how to make a journal of your life

I’ve been reading a tiny book with that title, by Danny Price.

I’d been wanting it for some time, and I finally got it last week.   There’s not much to read.  It’s lots of sketchy drawings which the artist drew over the course of years, I’m guessing, and put them in the book, along with tips [...]

self-analysis

The month of November is over,  and I thought I’d discuss my thoughts over the evnts of this month…

At the beginning of this month I’d decided to have a bit of an internet fast, and embark on an art project.

The internet “fast” consisted of me staying away from facebook,( I was spending way too much [...]

internet fast

My internet fast, as it were is not a complete fast, as much as a winnowing of too much time spent.

I have not gone on facebook or spent time surfing.

I have posted to my blog, read comments, read/written emails, followed a few art-related links, and mostly just saved them to my bookmarks.  I have posted [...]

making friends

Once I had a discussion with a college friend about the hardship related to making friends after college.  It seems like up to that point in your life, you’re free to do whatever, you are still figuring out what you’re all about, and you get to spend a lot of time with the same people [...]

30 places – In my head

A looser interpretation, this is “the place in my head” idea. It’s also a delayed post, cause I was tired and finished it in the middle of the night, with a slight touch-up this afternoon.  I need to work on the next one..

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I’m not thrilled with the execution.  I didn’t bother to look in the [...]

30 Places – Honeymoon in Venice

Yes, the first day is over, and I survived.

I checked my email a couple times, and logged into this blog, to check my comments, but other than checking for a recipe conversion, not only did I stay away from the internet, I stayed mostly away from my computer, except to upload some pictures.

It was weird [...]