The Power of Words

Have you ever been told that you can't do something? Has anyone ever told you that you could do something? When I was younger my Dad used to tell me that if I really wanted something then I could have it. This was very confusing to me when I younger. But he explained to me that if I want something and I work hard enough to get it, then I will get it. Then later on in my life I met a woman who told me that it was too late for me to graduate high school because I had goofed off too much. Both of what was said to me stuck out in my memory and I will always carry them with me. But also when I younger, my Dad used to tell me that my art was very good and if I kept practicing that one day my work might even be good enough to sell and make commission off of. But I would frequently forget that and often times I stopped my art all together. It is not because I didn't believe him or because I didn't enjoy creating art. Because well, if you know me, then you know that one day I really do wish that I could be an artist. Later on in my life, much more previously than earlier statements I met someone who did not consider me an artist because my work was not what he considered to be real art. And I suppose that is what he was taught that art was. But that stuck with me almost as much as my fathers words did. (When he told me I can get/do anything I want). I think about it all the time so much to the point where I have changed my views on my artistic expressions, now I feel like nothing I do is good enough. All the things I used to be able to draw look pathetic. Except my cartoons,... but that is not art, that is just doodling.

So how powerful can words be? What determines their importance to us. Why do we choose to focus on some statements no matter how insignificant as opposed to others that have so much more value? Is it our insecurities taking charge? Is it our subconscious letting us know that what is being said is truth or fiction, or is that something we decide?

Again, if you know me then  you will also know that I think we choose our destiny and make our lives what they are,... in every aspect. So why do I build on some statements and let others brake me? Well, from this point on,... I choose not to. I will create my art! No matter how unprofessional (or even sometimes ugly) it may be!

So the next time your letting what someone said bring you down, ask yourself "why?!". Unless of course you are letting it effect you in a positive manner!

So goodnight, and good health!

Expression

I feel so frustrated when it comes to drawing, no matter what I decide to draw with, charcoal, graphite, ink, colored pencil, anything I feel as though I can't get what is in mind on to the the paper. How I am suppose to express myself when nothing comes out the way it is in my head?! idk I am very frustrated. I seem to be doing the best in charcoal though... I was going to draw some fall leaves that I took a picture of while visiting some dear friends out of state, however it was looking very bad and I just don't have the energy for it. Ever since school started all I can think about homework, but in a good way.

I like home work it keeps my brain in shape,... I suppose if I keep drawing it will make me better with that too. hmpf,... well I did do another charcoal contour drawing of my chihuahua today:

Still looks kinda like a fox, and I could use a little practice on proportions, but all in all, I think i see a tiny bit of improvement.

A really good friend of mine told me that she received some great advice for charcoal drawing, she told me that her teacher suggested to focus on the negative colors, like the shadows when drawing. Its sounds logical and very helpful i just don't know if it's working for me. I just want the talent back that i used to have when i was a kid. Maybe i wasn't that good, maybe a just had confidence,... maybe that's what made me better? I guess being more confident couldn't hurt, and it would definitely make me feel better. That and some practice,... it's worth a try, don't you think?!

Well, I am off to study. Hope you all enjoy your night. And may you all work hard at your resolutions!

Energized, and ready to go!

Life is very short, we should spend time with the people we love. Before we know it years have gone by and we haven't seen our family or friends in what feel like ages.

Today, so far has been a good day. I feel rejuvenated and energetic. A good day for productivity,... and maybe I can throw in some FPS (first person shooter) video games! :p But, work before play! I have been doing laundry since I've been up. And soon it will be time for my homework! I really don't look at it as work though, it is almost fun for me to do these things sometimes. I find myself thinking about all the good that comes from my chores and homework: We get to wear nice clean clothes and they are ready for whatever occasion may pop up, and when I do my homework I am getting that much closer to an "A" and that much closer to my AA Degree. (I plan to get my degree in Business and own my own Bakery one day!) Of course there are those days when you feel like your getting nowhere, but they soon pass and your back to normal, closer than ever to your goals!

"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place."

~ Unknown

A Cluster of Cups

This is charcoal drawing that I completed recently, it's not amazing but I am trying :).

As of late things have been very hectic, little to money, school starts tomorrow, some of my roomies are acting like cheap pricks, and a good friend of mine is asking me to borrow money from someone who I am not that close to so she can pay her car payment. *sigh*... It's fine though, I have expressed my stresses to my boyfriend and he is helping me. He tells me to focus on one thing at a time. I am constantly trying to "multi-task" and in doing so over work myself and get extremely stressed out. So far it's working.

I used to think that in order to stay on track and get where you want to go that you had to multi-task, and work on ever area at once to get things done quicker. That may work for some people, but apparently not me. I am glad he suggested for me to focus on one thing at a time. It presented me with a challenge to try things differently.  After all, I am always telling the friend of mine mentioned above that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.... It is funny how much sense that makes but so many people are guilty of doing it. Have you ever been so hungry and had nothing to eat in the fridge but you continue to keep going back to the fridge to look in it, as if something might be there that wasn't there before? YOU'RE INSANE!!! no, lol I'm just kidding, that doesn't make you insane. :)


You know, idk if it's been stress lately or what but I had a very weird dream last night. Before I went to sleep I was telling myself over and over in my head that I was a smart student. (It's a form of psychology I do on myself,) and when I finally fell asleep I dreamed that I was visiting a friend and her family. Her parents had just had a baby and had given it to my friend to mother and take care of, because they saw themselves as too old to do it or something. I was helping her take care of it for a while and then when it was time for me to go, her parents got angry and where trying to keep me there. So (in my dreams I can always fly, it's just what I do...) I crawled out my friends bedroom window and started to fly off. Not even two seconds after climbing out the window her parents came outside looking for me. I tried to fly around the house to avoid them but I knew sooner or later they would find me. So finally I just flew to the opening where they could see me and shouted good bye to them, very politely might i add. They expressed their distress at me leaving and I begged their pardon but said there where things I needed to take care of. But they kept following me. I could not get away, ever direction I turned to fly there was a forest that had been burned down. I could not fly over them because in addition to the still raising smoke but no flames, there was something very wrong about it, something very scary. but, only scary and threatening to me, they seemed to be completely oblivious to the harm that could be done.... And then I woke up.

Sometimes I can go back to dreams that I have dreamed, if I think about the dream and every detail about it right before I fall asleep. Which seems weird that I would have this dream considering the message I was relaying to myself before I went to sleep.

But I am not worried about it, if it means something it will work itself out. If it doesn't then there is no need to worry anyway. I am just going to stay focussed on school and work for the time being,... but mostly school. That's the most important thing.

You know, I love painting. There are a lot of things I love...., like cooking and baking, and sewing, and taking pictures. I always try to do the things I love, it keeps me happy and content. However, I am not painting, or doing any kind of art on similar mediums. I always bake and cook, my sister just got me a sewing machine for Christmas, and before that I sewed by hand, and you all know I take pictures. Why don't I do more art on mediums such as canvas or paper?

My Grandfather is a wonderful artist, he has picked it up in the past years and is pretty talented I might add. His work is very interesting. He finds time to write, paint and take pictures. He lives a pretty healthy lifestyle and it shows in his work. You can tell he works out cognitively and he even mentions getting out and doing physical work as well, like hiking and biking, and I even think he lifts weights sometimes! His lifestyle and good habits are portrayed in all his work. And to see such drive, happiness, and determination is very inspirational. Every time I look at his work weather it be just writing, or if he posts pictures taken earlier that day of whats gone on during that day, or if he up loads a painting he has finished.

Maybe I should start getting more involved in that hobby as well the others. Sooo,.... You may start to see some of my own work posted up (besides my photographs).

It is odd how our minds work, we can be so compassionate one minute, and so selfish the next.

I remember when I was younger, I used to spend the night at my best friends house pretty often. We would spend the whole night locked up in her room. We would play with these high fashion dolls and plan out how our future would be. (We would live next door to each other and our children would grow up together. One of us would have a hot tub on their back patio and the would have a bar on theirs. We planned trips that we would go on road trips to reach the intended destination. We would be each others maid of honor. We would get drunk for the first time together on our 21st birthday.

Nowadays we are lucky to talk once or twice a month. She got engaged to a preacher in another country and moved down to live with him. Leaving everything behind. I should be happy for her, but all I can think of is much i miss the friend I used to have.

It's not just the distance between us either. We have grown to be very different people. Sometimes I think that she just stopped moving forward and took a few steps backwards. But I wont ever have that relationship with anyone, and maybe never again with us. We don't even think alike anymore.


What are we suppose to do in situations like these? How do we grow and turn it into a learning experience? For me, I've started talking to other people more. I try and socialize even though sometimes it proves to be difficult. I would be most comfortable to stay locked up in my room where I don't need to get used to anyone.

I am getting quite good at "conversating" (One of my bosses made that up) :], and sometimes I notice that my style will get a tad bit better.

My friend and I will always remain friends, I am just concerned one day we may not hold each other in the same regards as we used to.

Keeping Up

Today the time seems to go by so fast, not just today but all days... it just seems that they all blend together whirring right by you. Keeping up a blog, keeping up with friends and family. It becomes kind of tedious. It seems as if you look the other way for just a minute, or if you take the shortest of breaks that not only do you miss out on so much,... but you also grow further apart from your loved ones.

Sometimes, even if you are able to keep up with those around you, it seems that they change so drastically that it is almost not the way things are suppose to happen. What do you do when you have so many people changing in so many opposite ways, tearing at you from both sides. They all need a different side of you, they all need to be treated a different way. And, you know? I am starting feel like I am so different from them that I sometimes cannot relate. But I love them all so much that I hate the thought of not being around them... even if at times I don't understand them and they may even drive me into utter confusion with their actions, feelings, and logic. Is this normal? Is this the way adult relationships work? Do we only deal with people until we feel that we can no longer be around them and then take a break until we feel refreshed and able to deal with the confusion again?

So often I find myself becoming more of a hermit, concealing myself further away from the hustle and bustle of the everyday drama of people and their needs and emotions. I don't really mind being alone. All I have to look out for is me, I don't have to rack my brain thinking of new ways to help someone else and then sometimes my advice, thoughts, or opinions are just thrown to the side, as if they had or have a better solution. Yet they still seem to be unhappy with things and they still talk about it all the time.

When I was younger even up until a few years ago, I used to be an incredibly stubborn girl. I always had to learn things my way, the hard way, the trail and error way. I got myself into trouble a countless number of times. I played with dangerous things I never even should have been introduced to in the first place. And why, all because I THOUGHT that I would be sooo wise if I was able to try every experience I could. Yes, experiences make you wiser, but is it really that wise to go looking for trouble or to ignore the solutions of other people who have gone the same thing, if not very similar situations. Is it wise to toss around your health and own well being because you want to do things by yourself, and on your own? Sometimes, that is what I feel like some of the people in my life are doing.

I really just wish things could be as simple as they once were. I have come to the realization that you cannot control other people and that you cannot take care of everyone no matter how much you love them. But it is tiring to remember and when someone asks for my help or my opinion I give it to them and I always will. I just think that maybe one day my voice will be heard and I might be able to help someone I might be able to save someone from making a big mistake, or I might help them reach a solution or have an epiphany.

All I really want is to better understand people and connect better with them.

I do not have a picture for this post.

Caught in Headlights

A dear caught in headlights. Usually when this term is used it refers to people or animals being caught off guard. That is exactly how I feel right now, and lately it seems as if I am stuck in these headlights. Everything is catching me off guard, and I don't know how to react. I just stand here in shock not knowing what to do next.


It is really an awful feeling to be caught off guard, especially when it is constant. I don't know if it's because my brain isn't working or what, though usually I feel so happy and full of life and optimism... but all I have been feeling lately is stuck, appalled, sad, and scared. I don't know what to expect next since everything has been happening so weirdly. Their is money draining from every pocket, their are arguments in important relationships, there are questions about the future. I just don't know where to go from here.

When I was little I spent the night at my Grandmothers house and right after bed time a thunder storm started. I remember hearing thunder boom and echo off the mountains, I saw lightening that seemed to be right outside the window. When I went to tell her I was afraid she told my to pull the covers over my head and close my eyes, and soon, before I knew it I would open my eyes and it would be morning and everything would be gone. How right she was. I keep wishing I could apply the same thing to what I am feeling now.

I wish I could pull the covers over my eyes and when I woke up it would be gone. But it doesn't work. Every time I wake up I keep finding myself caught in head lights. How many times can I be surprised? Am I getting surprised by the same things? Or, are they even similar. Can I change things or fix them? I don't know. I guess all I can do is wait and analyze things until some kind of solution comes up. I just really really hate this feeling.

Moving Along

I once lived in Lake Tahoe, on the state border of Nevada and California. It was truly beautiful. My backyard was mountains and hiking trails that lead to the lake (Lake Tahoe.) I remember riding bikes along the trails and jumping in the cool refreshing lake, I remember the cattails that my sister and I used to whack on the tree stumps in attempt to get the fuzz to fly everywhere. Up north really is as beautiful and interesting and as fun as people make it seem. When I first moved to F.L., it was a little difficult to adapt to all the changes.  The scenery the weather, the people. I often thought about moving up north again when I was of age.


Now I have really come to terms with F.L. and started appreciating her for what she was/is worth. Relaxing hot summer days, the smell of salt in the air when your near the ocean, the gentle cooing and cawing of the water birds. There is so much to love! 


Humans are creatures of adaption, that is our strong point. There is no other species that can adapt as fast as us. And, I have really come to love that about ourselves. I no longer dream of leaving F.L.. However I do still love the mountains and everything they offer. I do wish I could have it all. In fact one day when I win the lottery I will buy a house up north and here in the south,... maybe even some houses in other countries! I love the earth, i love different climates and atmosphere's and cultures. The world has so much to offer us, I wish I could take it all. I have such a deep hunger for it. Such a longing to see all I can see. 

But for now,... I am content where I am at! I love my life, I love the beach. The feel of the sun beating against your skin, the bare clean sky lines of the beaches with tall city buildings dabbled here and there. I really could not be displeased with what I have been given. Moving has been an overall wonderful experience! I have learned so much I might not have learned had I stayed in the same place my entire life. :)

A Flash of Light

Sometimes good people come into our lives, other times we are not so fortunate. At some point or another, we might take these people for granted, taking advantage of them, not taking their thoughts or feelings into consideration. These are some of the more difficult or serious relationships we may find ourselves engaged in. How do you know when enough is enough without a guilty feeling that you've thrown in the towel too early? What if all you are hoping for is acceptance and caring in the person who should be most willing. These are questions I think run through a lot of our minds. Especially people who feel they have been abandoned, wrongly judged, or just plain neglected. There are so many variables causing these questions to jump around in your minds everywhere. You might feel like you can't wait until things aren't so difficult, if it could even get easier. Is every ones life like this; always trying so hard and worrying all the time that your not doing it "right". I guess the way you know when enough is enough is when you realize that these people (no matter how much we love them, or want to make the relationship work) aren't learning from their mistakes. When they continually make the same ones over, and over, and over again. When you realized that by trying to maintain a relationship with this person/s you are you doing more damage to yourself, that's when you know this person has got to go go go.

It may seem like after a short amount of time has gone by that they have forgotten all about you, like you were never that important. BUT YOU ARE!!! You see, no matter how you got through this and everything else previously, you held your head high and continued to push forward seeking what you knew you deserved! It takes some people a life time to see that they themselves are worthy people. Worthy of love, health, peace of mind, and respect. It is these people who try to bring us down. They do not know that they are worthy of these things, so why should anyone else be worthy of such beautiful gifts? So, subconsciously they bring us down by whatever means necessary lying, cheating, be-belittling, imposing guilt on others etc..

It is important that we are aware of these amazing things that we are entitled to. I feel truly sorry for the people who don't realize it. Our lives are short and getting shorter, to live a life constantly denying yourself and others of such great pleasures is a very sad life indeed. Our lives flash by before us, bold and beautiful but quickly gone. Why sentence yourself to such agony. Instead, take everything in equally. Surround yourself with healthy relationships that leave you yearning for more! Don't ever doubt your value, don't ever question your worth. The more you push your horizons and continue to love learning and improving, the more you are worth. The more you say your worth, the more you actually are. ... Just don't go over board and get to big for your britches. Then, you just look silly.

I chose this picture because I feel it accurately depicts our lives shining bright and beautifully. But seeing as this is an action shot, it is all too clear that this light will soon be absent, as will we. Shine while we can, be the best people we can possibly be! Never take the ones you love for granted, no matter how easy it is to pick up the behaviors of the ones that we loved who did it to us. Do NOT follow in their footsteps. Be who you are and stand up for what you believe to be good, and true, and worthy. Never let your light fade. If you can give yourself happiness then you are set for life, no matter what it throws your way!

I'mmmm baaaack...

I guess you could say I took a summer break from the blogging. Here in FL it is so easy to get sidetracked, there is so much to do and never a dull moment, I can honestly say that, there is never a dull moment.

However, I cannot honestly say that I spent the entirety of my time at the beach or doing fun things. Though I did do a lot of fun things, I have also been working a lot and trying to save up money for a car. Just when we (my boyfriend and I) thought we might have enough money for a car,... we have an unfortunate emergency room visit. I am however happy to announce that he made a quick recovery and is very healthy. Nothing means more to me than that. However it seems with that aside, expenses keep building up and money keeps disappearing.

The reason I chose to post this picture is because no matter what happens and how stressed your everyday life makes you, it is important to just let go sometimes. Let go of your stress let go of your discipline and just relax and enjoy your self. Weather you enjoy it alone or with friends. However you should not let go to the point that you loose all control and spiral downward into destruction. It is a good practice to let go, we cannot always control every aspect of our lives. Eventually money will have to be spent despite our attempts to save, health problems will arise with no warnings, to have complete control over our lives is not possible and to try to accomplish that would be self destruction in a sense. You would only be stressing yourself out over the inevitable and stress can cause a variety of health problems as well as mental and emotional problems. So just let go. ^_^

I was alone when I took this picture. I decided to go to the beach by myself and just get some sun and fresh air. I thought it would do me some good to get away by myself for a while. And it did, I felt soo much better when I came back home. I packed myself a lunch, took some pictures, and relaxed. It was all very enjoyable and refreshing.

Warmth in the Cold

Sitting around the fire place
Sipping tea
Cuddled in a warm blanket
Windows frosted up
Jingle Bells playing far in the distance

Oh how I wish that we could experience this type of weather in FL without moving.

The weather Channel is hosting a Fall Photography contest. First place winner is the recipient of $2,500! I think I may enter it, though I have some odds working against me,... like the fact that I live in FL and it is still summer weather, and that we don't have many trees if any where the leaves change colors. So, that means I will have to find a way to use these "disadvantages" to my advantage! I want something that says this is what fall is like in FL, something that makes people feel like they want to be where my picture was taken, something that says "WINNER!!!" In order to do this I will need to take many pictures, and weed through them finding the best, I also, need to look at what I am up against; find their flaws and their strong points then I need to keep that in mind when I take my picture. Will I use a close up that seems to be my strength, or will I be daring and use a long shot? What will I incorporate in the picture? I need to focus on my strengths but I don't want the picture to be typical.

So I guess I won't be posting pictures for a while, because even though I will be taking them I don't want anyone to steal my ideas. Although, I will post what I have chosen after it is submitted. Thank you guys for your support!!

Fall Festivities

Fall stirs up a lot of emotion in people it seems, The changing colors of the leaves, refreshing breezes, mounds of comfort food, and I think it may just be the only time of year before Thanksgiving that people act truly thankful, just about all of us love the change fall brings with her.

This year it started with a cold front in October. Everyone was so excited! And just as it ended Halloween came right around the corner. Soon, we (my boyfriend and I) will have some friends visiting from out of state, then it will be Thanksgivings turn to flash it's warm festive colors, and spread those comforting filling aromas that make as all kinda sleepy yet eager to be with family and friends at the same time!

This is a picture that I feel reflects my feelings for fall. Now, granted it is a photo from Halloween so it mostly reflects Halloween, but the colors scream fall!

However I have noticed that along with my lack of keeping up this "daily" blog, the majority of my photos are all close ups. I do enjoy close up because of the intimacy and the direct approach of the subject. Though I do think some more long distance shots of wider areas and sky lines might have a different but equal effect. So I will go out today and take a lot of shots and filter through them using each for a new blog.

Oh, and just a side note: "I would like to thank my followers, I now have two. Both of whom I love. My Dear Grandfather who has never let me down and continues to love me no matter what, and my wonderful supporting friend who never fails to show me a fun time and makes me feel worthy of, well, me I guess. Thanks a ton to both of you!"

Freedom

Today was an important day for me. I started out by eating a healthy breakfast with all the food groups invited. ^_^. And I had a math test, spent some time sharpening my video game skills, got into it with a close friend, complained about it to another, came home and read something very comforting that some one very great and wise and close to me wrote, to me. The reason today was so important is because I acknowledged a lot. First I realized that I am my own worst enemy, not math. Of course I already knew this, and I was aware that I often felt very anxious when it came to math, but, I really showed myself. I was able to calm myself for this math test even though I was unsure of knowing everything I needed to know. I helped myself to not get worked up and forget everything, I realized my strength! Secondly, Getting into with my friend also taught me something I am having a hard time grasping. I can lead a horse to water but I can't make it drink. I can tell someone what is unhealthy and I can tell some one how not to hurt themselves, but I can't make them better themselves or keep them from hurting themselves. But I do not have to sit there and let myself be used as a crutch. I do not need someone telling me to not get involved even though they know they are hurting themselves but then tell me to be there when they are hurting. I don't need to be used by the ones I love just because I love them. Lastly, sometimes when you think you have lost something so dear to you and you search and search and cannot seem to find it, when it pains you to even think about, sometimes you never lost it at all, it just wasn't what you thought it was. Well, it's what you thought it was but it isn't in the form you thought it was. I just want to say that I love my Grandpa. And I always will. I may realize I don't need other ppl or things that I thought I did, but I will always have my grandpa and I will always love him. Today was an important because I had a lot open up to me. I feel so free, like how your body feels when you are just floating, suspended in water. Kinda like your flying. That's why I posted this picture, it shows the sky which indicates freedom, but it also shows the road which indicates a path for you to follow. I feel like my work is cut out for me and in that I am free!

Untitled

I love order,... like I was talking about in last nights post, sometimes things in life seem so chaotic. When things are in order, everything has it's special place, and you know just about every outcome of your decisions. Don't get me wrong, I love spontaneity as well. But some things in life are just better planned. For example, you cannot just up leave for vacation if you have work, school, kids, pets, or budgeted funds. You have to be able to afford to be spontaneous, otherwise you are just creating more work for yourself. And then everything will build up and you won't ever be able to finish. I really do love being spontaneous, in fact when I retire one day I hope that I will be able to do almost anything I want when I want. Or when I have kids, I don't want to have to tell them they can't go somewhere or do something because we can't afford it. Even short term, I would like to be able to say one week end, "Lets go to Disney!", and be able to do it. That's why I love organization, it helps you have fun! Idk, I like this photo because the posts in the fence create a unity with their continued repeating patterns, and then all of a sudden, BAM!!! Smooth fun curly, wavy, lines. The porch railing can afford to have interesting detail because it is consistent in it's function, form, and structure. Adding this bit of exciting detail allows the viewer and the home owner to enjoy it's presence.

Familiarity

Often times I find myself feeling anxious and annoyed, everything is scattered, unorganized, and hectic. This is when I take a moment and look over my budget, readjusting it, and write down my schedule organizing everything down to the last detail. It is times like this that I find comfort in traditional contemporary lines. I know I have already posted these pictures, although I am pleased with the diference of feeling you get by looking at the pictures put together on a plain, clean, simple background as opposed to looking at each individually.

Making me look.

I love how things sometimes seem as if they are something they are not. Of course you know I did not make this art piece in this picture but I needed to take a picture because it really hit a cord in me. To me this sculptor looks like a seal, and the colors make me think of seals balancing beach balls on their nose. I love when an artists work makes me stare!

Happy 21st to Me!!!

Yay! Yesterday was my twenty first birthday! I watched: "Where the Wild Things Are" and had came home to "chill" with some friends. We had a few shots of Patron Citronge and some Jack Daniels Watermelon Spike. I hate to disappoint some of you out there but no,... I did not get drunk, it's just not me. But I did have fun!! First time buying alcohol! But now I guess since I am 21 I have to start acting all grown up and official,..... screw that!! I am gonna stay a kid forever!!!! At least in my mind. I am just half kidding I know when I need to take things seriously, but if you don't always need to but do anyways,... your on a fast road long painfully boring OLD life. Come on ppl we have to stay young at heart otherwise there is nothing worth living for!!


Day to day in this stiff suit,
Through the jungle of tall glass and steel trees,
Danger lurking in every direction,
See the hungry man of immense size,
Watch closely how he tears into his prey...,
The donut once at peace now fears for his life,
He can see this ginormous creature tearing into the rest of the colony,
Watch as he gulps down the coffee dribbling onto his chin and down his shirt,
See the news paper scattered on the ground, torn and abused,
It once had a nice life,
People cared for it and loved it,
They printed their stories on his body using gentle precision for each new letter,

See the pointy woman,
Her shoulders and nose seem to point at everyone,
Accusing them of failure,
She pounds the key board connected to the mother ship,
Sending commands and orders to every peon,
Her shadow lurks eerily in your direction,
Move away so you are not pinned in her path to be the next one fallen,

But wait,...
What is that,
Over in the shadows,
There do you see the outline,
It is soft, and comforting,
Silky petals reaching upwards towards the sky,
It seems so strong,
Yet at the same time so weak,
It grows rapidly and unnoticed,
Perhaps the brightest thing in this hard grey jungle of steel, glass, and stone,
It seems to be from ancient times,
Never before have I seen such beauty and strength at once,

Maybe a new era is coming,
Maybe life as we know it is changing,
Will we not have to worry about the man of immense size,
Or the woman with her pointy lurking shadow,
It seems that possibly things are going back to how you thought they once were,
How it seemed when you were young,
The circle of life is now taking control.....

I love this picture, whenever I look at it I am comforted by the asymmetrical balance the fish swimming at the bottom balance out the lotus flower at the top as do the shine of the coins at the bottom and the white on the flower. Not to mention this is probably one of the best picture I have taken!

Morning Wood

I was walking through the neighborhood and I was this in someones back yard it was soo cute so I just had to take a picture, I hope you all enjoy it!!