Tada! Here is some evidence...

...of the artistic ability that I wrote about in my last post. It's practice art inspired by the children's book, "Indian in the Cupboard".

It was one of my early attempts at watercolors, which I think turned out okay. :) I've also conceptualized, written, and am illustrating a children's book. My goal is to donate some of the proceeds to help save the environment, but I won't go into the details just yet. ;D

I read a post by another blogger tonight...

...whose name I won't share (I didn't get her permission). She wrote about how her art teacher told her, "Tell yourself that you are an artist until you believe it". I remembered what another very famous artist said, "[...] whatever you believe about yourself is what you will become." Truer words were never spoken.

I chuckled to myself when I read the blogger's post because I reminisced back to the 10th grade. I was the new kid in art class. My new art teacher asked me, "Why are you in this class?" To which I answered confidently and as if to say, Duh! , "Because I'm an artist." Now, as I look back, I realize that at the moment, even though he had no proof to the contrary, that he didn't believe me. Huh! But I have grown as an artist though the years and have even taken on Graphic Design, which I love. I will post some evidence in the near future. But I have never let anyone convince me that I am not an artist. I can't remember a time when I wasn't.

However, there was a time when I had an art professor - photography - who tried to tell me otherwise.
He said that there was immaturity in my work. It infuriated me. Now, looking at what kind of art I like to make the most, I know that the immaturity was to my advantage. I wish I had recognized at the time what God had been trying to show me for years -- through other people's comments and suggestions.

My big sister had even told me when I was in college that I should try to make up children's stories. I didn't get the message. Fantasy! Fairy Tales! Wow! Interesting how it all manifested through the years and then I ended up working on a children's project of my own complete with illustrations in watercolor! My work was supposed to be immature for the immature. Wherez the fun in maturitee? Walt Disney said, after all, that, "Adults are children all grown up". Maturity in maturity's place.

Now, I wish that I had thought my professor's comment through. I may have fulfilled part of my calling by now. I told my baby sister about it and she laughed. If only ol' professor'd known what he was saying.

Back Again!

Hello Whoever's reading this (though it will most likely just be me),

I'm back for another blog entry, and in the middle of another book project. I recently posted my first poem to Writing.com and am enjoying the website immensely! I've also been reviewing other authors' writing. Last week I joined a group on the site called The Phoenix Aerie which is a sci fi fantasy writer's group. I haven't gotten a chance to review anyone on the site's work yet, but I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun, especially once I get to know some of the other writers. I can also post illustrations though I'm a little shy about that type of thing.

This new book project is very demanding not only of my time but of my imagination. It's presented a lot of challenges. I've never created anything so "big" before. I'm loving it.

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I joined the port raiders on Writing.com but I'm not sure how to raid anyone's port yet. It's a pretty tough site to figure out. Someday...maybe.

A bee photo I found

Here is a photo of a honeybee (hope I spelled that right) that I found on the National Geographic website.

Here is a link to an article I found on bees:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0527/p22s02-hfks.html

It tells which bees do what tasks in the hive.

Touching article I saw today

Today, as I was about to check my e-mail, I saw on article on Yahoo that an archived letter by Abraham Lincoln sold for 3.4 million dollars! It was a letter that he wrote as a response to a child's letter (I'm not sure if it was one child's letter or one written by a class) to free all of "the little slave children.

I'm back!

I had almost forgotten about this blog, but now I'm back. The goal is to post to my blog at least once a week and to add photographs, pictures, articles, links, and music.

~Later!