Art to Celebrate

Art. Drawing. Painting.
I'm not much of an artist but I took art class my senior year in high school. It was a great change in pace from my usual classes! I learned a bit more about myself and how to draw of course lol
Art for me is an outlet, a way to relax, concentrate on something productive and have it be momentously rewarding after I finish it tho, there is always room for improvement according to my ending ocd when it comes to painting haha
I am a painter. I suck at drawing. Sculpting with clay is great too, just not drawing. I am horrible at drawing. Odd aren't i?
hahah


<---The first painting of mine is of a picture that i took when i went to visit a very special person of mine name Maria F. Murillo in London, Ontario Canada. The weather was something out of this world to me. It was snow unlike any that ive ever seen in georgia! actually snow not like the ice mush or hail we occasionally get here in atlanta, but actually SNOW! that might not mean much to some people but to me and a great number of other southerners, snow like canada or the upper northern states is actually really differnt!
The name of this is "Through the Tree, In the Snow"


My second artwork that I created was also for art class. I took the picture of what i was going to draw on a drive home at night. It was about to storm and a ominous cloud was looming nearby. I did the logical thing any art person would do...stop the car in the middle of the road and took a few pictures with the camera on my phone! resolution wasnt all that great but was usable. I used water color to paint it and water color is probably my favorite thing to paint with now. O, and during the production of what i call "Storm in the Forecast", i was being an idiot during class and hit someone's paintbrush that had BLUE paint on it....
bad bad bad...but i just spread it around and hoped for the best lol
the owner of this artwork is my wonderful friend simply and creatively known as Chay. She kept things lively for me in art class, along with Brandon. As a end of the year and "ill never see you again" present, i gave this to her :D i hope she still has it! lmao




My latest and hopefully not the last painting is something that is more special than the others. I started what i haven't a name for yet during the summer of 2009. My awesome friend that i love extremely much, Maria Fernanda Murillo (mafe to some), who was going to turn 19 on sepember 13 and i wanted to make her a special gift that money couldn't buy. So what do i do? I go and take a picture that she took of her favourite season (fall) and turn it into something that is better than any present (or at least i hope she thinks so too lol) that you can buy!
I used water colour to paint this. It took me roughly a month and a half, trying to be perfect lol
It was a lot of fun to do, something to do at night and a fun surprise present for her which arrived a week later than it was suppose to be due thanks to UPS failing.


All of these are special to me. The only one in my possession, "Through the Tree, Past the Snow" but its all good because theyre in good hands so no worries!
and hopefully more artwork to come!

How do you escape from "all of it"?

There are many things that cause me stress. School. Family. Friends. Hormones. So what do you do when you need a place to get away from it all, a place where you can clear your mind and just forget about the world for a few hours or even simply a few minutes? Here are some guidelines on what to do!
It should be something you are truly happy doing. Be it listening to music, watching a movie, chillin with friends, reading, or for those strange few, doing homework. Just go out and have some "me" time!
Actually...that is the only guideline lol...
but isnt this the best guideline and to be of the greatest?!
Me time doesn't have to be elaborate or lengthy. Like I said, it can be just a few minutes of meditation (which I highly recommend and will explain how later on in my post) or some hours getting sweaty, bruised and tired from playing soccer (thats my escape as you've probably already guessed lol). whatever you do, be happy and forget your worries and troubles. Clear your mind, and just go with the flow! unless it is highly illegal such as killing someone but i doubt anyone reading this is a serial murderer so no problems there! right?...
well, thats about it for this post, hope i helped anyone out there and that people actually read my blogs

assignment for the day: get some me time (of course)!


O yea, meditation. easy. 3 steps to success!

1. Find a quiet place where you can be alone.
2. Get in a comfortable position (the crossing of legs is recommended cause it adds to the ambiance but probably works as well as laying in the bed)
3. Close your eyes, clear your mind and just relax.

There is no set time limit to this, just keep at it until you feel good and able to think more clearly =) and there you go, easy as that!

Who do you lean to?

Throughout my life, I've met and lost many people, friends, acquaintances. Some, I build strong friendships with, others, I create and strive for the unbreakable love. Yet, no matter how hard I try, one way or another, I lose a part of me as this person leaves my side. Whether it be by distance or just making mistakes as I do, I find it hard to always forget. Me, a person able to tell you how our first day was, at the Bio Table in Mrs. Thors class or that one memorable day of nervous history class. This is a habit of mine, a way of life of mine. I hold onto who I find to be of the greatest meaning to me. Why have a million friends when you can have 10 of the greatest people on earth? I'm easy to talk to, my large pupils is the reason says a certain friend of mine (lol). Possibly the coolest asian you'll ever meet! hahah but really, I'm just another guy, getting through life with dumb mistakes and even worse, mistakes that hurt those I care about the most.

As I work through this world, I find pain, love being the anesthetic. Love of a girl, love of a friend, love of a family, someone whom you can lean on and depend on. Pain is the reason why I keep wondering and love is the answer to my wondering. So who do I lean on when the pain has become so great, possibly to make me want to quit out on what I call as life?
I lean to My family, My cousin Minh, Maria Maiya, Christian, Kyle, Kayla, Laura. If you weren't named, there is a reason, not because I don't value you, its because you are a special type of category, the category I call "Bits of Joy"!

These people are like the small candy pieces you get during Halloween. Mini Snickers, Smarties, Hersheys, and all the other great sugary delights! Who are in this category? New College friends, thats for sure. The new indoor soccer friends, History, the one girl next to me who keeps me from banging my head in IT (a reason why I started this blog page), people who I don't know your names who play table tennis in the Rec Center, Astronomy and people who randomly decide to talk to me for odd reasons...hahha but yea, you guys and dudettes make up quite a large portion of my day!

So this is why for my first post, I dedicate this to all my friends, without friends, I'd be in one shit hole hahah
my heart goes out to y'all