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Ché

“LET ME SAY, AT THE RISK OF SEEMING RIDICULOUS, THAT THE TRUE REVOLUTIONARY IS GUIDED BY GREAT FEELINGS OF LOVE" - Ernesto 'Ché' Guevara

I've been reading Ché's autobiography and frankly, I feel completely indifferent about the icon of the man. Probably because I only fight for peaceful revolutions while weaponless. If you lived in a country where social injustices were so incredibly outrageous, would you not accept and fight, accept it and flee, or accept it and remain where you are?

back to reality

We've come to the end of the road in my postcard themed Art House Co-op Sketchbook Library...sketchbook. You've seen my world, my nightmares, my dreams, and now dear friend, we are back in reality.

 
Sketchbook challenges are the best because I never make my own time to sketchbook, and yet the sketchbook will always [because it continuously has] save my career and sanity.

My littlest sister left this message for my Dad on a sticky note on his iPhone. The background is a drawing she made [and I appropriated]. I realized that I am part of a Creative Commons family. I am thankful that they don't expect All Rights Reserved. I hope you are enjoying your holidays + family + friends.

Greetings from your Dreams!

My book for Art House Co//Op's Sketchbook Library Project is almost done! My theme was postcard. I started my Moleskine off with a journey through my reality. Then we took a sad turn through my nightmares. Now we are at my dreams!

Dreams...things I need more of in my reality so I don't have nightmares. Such as love, healing, reiki, exploration outside of my studio and apartment, and connection.

By the way, according to Jeri Smith-Ready, my spirit animal is a wolf. My reaction to that: "oh HELL YEA!" What's your spirit animal?

OFF with her HEAD!

I'm part of a Moleskine Sketchbook Exchange [aka Moly X 70]. I made a banner for the blog.

I just finished my entry into Carolina Espinosa's Alice in Wonderland themed sketchbook. I had too many ideas but because the previous entries involved the Rose Garden, I settled on the Queen and King of Hearts. 

The King and Queen are always portrayed old, why not a young pair of royalty, too immature for their crowns? It also confused me in Sir John Tenniel's illustrations as to why the Queen and King were the only exception to not being cards. I like Edmund Dulac's interpretation much better because he combined the inanimate playing card and human qualities.

Ego Bruise, a 'Zine

Ego Bruise is a little 'zine by University of Florida design student Melanie Richards. I think it's adorable. My basic need is my family, a pen, and paper. Emotionally, I really have no need for anything else. Melanie will be in the new issue of Underground Art School...as soon as I finish designing it, that of which will be very very very very very very soon. With hope.

Food and shelter aside, what sre your basic needs?

Thanksgiving

Thursday and Friday I'll be giving my art to you. Right here. I'm feeling MUCH better just in time for the holidays. I am quite thankful for this. Plus, we're all a little broke right now. That shouldn't stop us from sharing and giving art. How are you going to pay it forward to someone else?

Hello from your Nightmares!

As I was previously telling you, I signed up for Art House Co//Op's Sketchbook Library Project. My theme was postcard. I started my Moleskine off with a journey through my reality. Now we've arrived at nightmares.  I was really sick, fresh from an E.R. visit when I started these pages. For me, this sketchbook has been an important form of medication for healing. Where antibiotics killed the physical pain, pen and paper killed the emotional torment.

The thing about nightmares are that they are so completely seductive. It's way too easy to be consumed by the fear of the moment than to accept and heal for the long term. Which, in my case, fear killed me in both the short and long term.

That's why I have dreams, which we'll be voyaging through next...

Welcome to Reality!

I'm participating in Art House Co//Op's Sketchbook Library Project. My theme is postcard. I started off with a bit of an introduction and then brought you to reality. My reality. Some of which you may have seen before.

 
  Next up we'll be traveling through my nightmares....

why bother?

I'm finally feeling better, but let's not create great expectations. I may never ever be cured. 

Thirty days and three medications later and I am able to really feel like creating. Which brings me here. During the past few weeks I had a lot of time to evaluate what's important. Is blogging important to me? Not really.

Let me re-phrase. Typical subjects artists blog about are not important for me to share. 80% of my day is spent trying to maintain health. What time I have left better have some value in it. And I feel like I don't offer much value here. 

I either have to quit blogging or figure out how to offer you [and myself] value for the time it takes to read [and write] on this blog.