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"The time when kindness falls like rain
It washes me away
And Anna begins to change my mind.
And every time she sneezes I believe it's love and,
Oh lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing."
-Counting Crows- ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/6393906/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/6393906/ Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:19:52 PDT
Here's the problem: I cannot write when I am happy. At least, anything I write ends up sounding like a Mariah Carey song to me. Add to that the fact that I am currently switching Universities and will be moving again very soon and you know why I've been too busy to edit the things I do write.

There will be poetry again. I just don't know when. Sorry. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/5827846/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/5827846/ Sun, 03 Jul 2005 09:35:10 PDT
I've been coming back more often lately, poking through the poetry section and feeling an urge to put myself back out there.
I was going through a crisis. I think I still am. But the point of art is to reinvent yourself, so maybe poetry will help me rather than hinder me.

I won't put up everything I have written since April. But I am going to post a few select pieces and I will from now on (hopefully) post my art again. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/4985387/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/4985387/ Sun, 03 Apr 2005 06:40:52 PDT
My leaving has nothing to do with DA itself. This place has given me a lot and I feel that my art has really improved since I started posting almost a year ago. I owe so much to the people who have given me comments and criticism for my work. Thank you all. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/4459845/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/4459845/ Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:18:20 PST
I've been more creative lately, which is nice. I've missed the writing, but the words are slowly coming back now.

And I bought new paint today. Tempera makes me giddy. The annoying part is that I can't get started today because I have an Exam tomorrow that I need to study for.

There is a small chance I'll be posting more often again now. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/4100413/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/4100413/ Sun, 19 Dec 2004 05:38:30 PST ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3809710/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3809710/ Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:43:07 PST
I had a hundred and something messages which I am slowly working my way through, so if you get a comment on a Deviation you posted a week ago, this is why. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3492489/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3492489/ Sat, 02 Oct 2004 02:25:50 PDT Don't be surprised if I end up being m.i.a. for another week or so. But after that I should hopefully have new impulses and more inspiration.

Sorries to all my watchers. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3370152/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3370152/ Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:56:49 PDT I discouraged critique on all of them. These pieces are old and I feel that they need to remain just the way they are. I just want to share them and I'd love some comments. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3293539/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3293539/ Sun, 05 Sep 2004 14:56:26 PDT I need a new subject for my poetry. The inspiration for my past few poems is making me wait ... again ... and I want/need emotional distance.
But maybe this is good timing. I need to concentrate on the application essay. I have an interview on the 13th that will basically decide the course of my entire future.
If I'm around less, it's because I have things to work on, and then I'll be in Germany for a few days, and then I'll (hopefully) be moving. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3264597/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3264597/ Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:37:53 PDT
I originally came to this page through friends of mine who use it to showcase their artwork. These people take their art seriously and have some real talent. So I signed up for an account of my own in hopes of getting some advice from other artists so that I could improve my work. And in truth, there are a few Deviants on this page who live and breathe their art and have some amazing talent. Unfortunatelely, those people appear to be the minority.

Everytime I come here, I refresh the front page a few times to see what has been submitted lately. And everytime I see everything from vacation pictures and pictures of Deviants and their best friends to yet another angsty poem about cutting writtten with astrocious grammar and mistakenly submitted into the 'Descriptions' box. And should I actually find something interesting and decide to comment, I will find that at least five other Deviants have already left such useful comments as 'wow! that's so cute' and 'rock on'.

And then tonight I browsed the website of the band 'Tegan and Sara' and saw a picture in their gallery that seemed vaguely familiar to me. It took me a few seconds, but then I remembered that I'd seem the exact same picture in the gallery of a Deviant on this page. This Deviant is on my watchlist, I have commented on other works by her. I can't express how disappointed I was.

Don't missunderstand me. I am not judging the quality of artwork or putting it in categories of 'good' and 'bad'. On this page, the actual quality of a submitted piece is secondary. What counts is the intent and motivation of the artist, how seriously they take their work and their willingness to accept critique and use it to improve their work. What I am condeming is those so-called artists who abuse this page to boost their own self-esteem and gain popularity.

This is a page for art, not for kids looking for something to do on the web, and not for people who show their blatant disrespect for art by stealing other people's work.

*breathes* ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3207604/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3207604/ Wed, 25 Aug 2004 04:21:40 PDT - ani difranco

I can't produce worthwhile art when I am happy. I tried to analyze this whole thing once. It's because when I am sad or upset or angry, I try to capture the emotion exactly, in attempt to purge myself of it. Almost like a catharsis. I literally try to squeeze the negative emotions through the pen onto the paper. But when I am happy, I have no desire to free myself of the emotion. So all my writing remains a pathetic attempt at describing it, without ever being able to capture it entirely.

So. Um. Basically, this means that you'll either have to wait till I am less happy, or put up with bad poetry until then. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3003724/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/3003724/ Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:17:23 PDT [link]

Check it out - Join - Bring a friend

A nice little internet community for debates, random-ness and advice. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/2972760/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/2972760/ Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:01:22 PDT
we'll see.

i am breaking down walls and building walls and trying to find myself in something other than confining labels and the very same stereotypes i've been trying to transcend. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/2925457/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/2925457/ Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:50:59 PDT
i can't write, i can't think, i can't sleep. right now, i just want a time-out. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/2879352/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/2879352/ Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:06:49 PDT
And I feel more like ripping paper apart than writing on it. Things are slipping out of focus and I'm trying not to lose grip.

Hopefully, there'll be something to add to my gallery soon. ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/2824648/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/2824648/ Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:48:20 PDT impatiently waiting
for saturday
for you
though you didn't make
any promises
you never do
but i wait anyway
i always do ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/2717686/ http://BlackEyedGirl.deviantart.com/journal/2717686/ Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:09:54 PDT
i'll be posting mostly poetry, short prose and some photography. there might be the occasional sketch.

lots of comments will be appreciated, as they'll help me figure out what i need to work on.

~joey ]]> ~BlackEyedGirl