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Top Countries:
United States- 211,
Canada-16,
United Kingdom-8,
Morocco-4,
Australia-3,
United Arab Emirates-1
Colombia-1,
Egypt-1,
Spain-1,
Malaysia-1,
New Zealand-1,
Poland-1,
South Africa-1,

That is really humbling. See the list here too: [link]

Give a shout out from your country too, even if it's already on the list, if you're a fan of my art! thanks!

~andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/28285967/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/28285967/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:27:35 PST It's is truly amazing that through the years, had it not been for the men and women of our country, countless people would not enjoy the freedom they have.
~andrew

on another topic,
you should check out and buy Switchfoot's new record, Hello Hurricane:
[link]
you can also buy it on itunes or zune with additonal songs Mess of Me (acoustic), Always (acoustic), and Stitches.

listen to the album here: [link]

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/28246410/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/28246410/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:40:31 PST
Got some new stuff from this year up for you guys. Hope you enjoy!
Also, if you haven't added/checked em out. Give the social networks a peek:

Myspace: [link]
Facebook: [link]
Twitter: [link]

~andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/28144003/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/28144003/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:15:31 PST
I'm hoping to bring the myspace back to life with a new art series due out this December. Not sure what the theme will be yet. But I hope you guys will like it if I can get it out there amid the craziness of senior year of high school. Sorry for being so inactive! It'd be awesome if you could promote my page in preparation for the new art series.

Also, as you may know based on my top friends, I love the band Switchfoot...please please do promote, discuss, and support their new music video for "Mess of Me" which can be found here: [link]

~andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/23786378/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/23786378/ Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:03:50 PDT

A couple of updates....they're really old updates, but new for you guys...since I unfortunately don't get on here as much as I use to. That will change this summer, I promise! I need to clean out my gallery of old stuff (no worries, I'm just deleting old photography and comics...none of my narrative art)

The myspace has been updated with a new look and new feel:
[link]

the new andrew c. artwork promo video is out with all its 6 minutes of artwork and credits, you can view it as it autostarts on the myspace, or you can view it here, at youtube:
[link]

a quick story about perseverance. an example that one person can do anything, if you go about the right way of doing it:
the new art promo video was completed late jan/early feb 2009. It contained the songs "Daylight" and "We're Turning On The Lights," respectively preformed by Remedy Drive ([link]) and Sanctus Real ([link]). Remedy Drive's label, the large record company, Warner Music Group (WMG) tagged my video, saying they owned the material in the video (Daylight) and that I did not have permission. My video was uploaded 3 times and taken off of youtube 3 times by WMG (Not Remedy Drive! but their label!) I then proceeded to message Remedy Drive on myspace, formally asking them for permission to post the video on youtube, providing the link to the video that was on facebook already. David of Remedy Drive replied, "You have our permission, rock on!" I then uploaded the video a fourth time....and was tagged by WMG again. I then filled out a claim form online (what is it called again) and submitted it to youtube. I claimed that they (Remedy Drive) had given me permission. (all during this Sanctus Real hadn't replied to the permission message i sent them...and they still haven't, but the video was never tagged by EMI/Sparrow) A week later, my video was still up, but no longer tagged and the audio no longer muted! So when you watch that video, remember a lot of effort not only went into making it, but a lot of effort went into posting it!
there's my story for the month.

if you wish to view last year's promo video, in all it's embarrassingly crude qualities: (the link's disabled, just put the letter's back together...no spaces. a smilely kept coming up when the link was together)
[link] b 1Jb YqxarY



also, if you know who, or looked up on the links and found out that you like Remedy Drive's music...vote for them as the New Best Artist of the Year for the 40th annual Dove Awards. You can do that here:
[link]

Lastly, thanks for all the faves and watches! I really wish I had time to thank you all for them. Maybe I'll get around to it. I really hope so. Also we've got some catching up to do! How has everyone been doing?

Have an awesome weekend
cheers,
~andrew

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Time keeps moving on
Through the sunshine and the storm
And my dreams are set in stone
And someday I’ll be who I want to be
For now I’ll wait
For the sun to shine again
And for now I’ll wait
For the rain to pass away

And I’m looking for the brighter days
When all my hurts seem to fade away
I’m looking for the brighter days to come my way

Faces come and faces go
But none seem to look my way
And walls have stood and walls have fallen
But my heart seems to wait
For now I’ll sit at the end of the road
And for now I’ll wait
At the end of the pathway

I’ll see the sun one day shine upon me
I’ll see the sun one day
And watch the nighttime turn to morning
But for now it all comes back around
-leeland [link]

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/23102739/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/23102739/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:28:43 PST [link]

and get me some points for socialvibe!

also sign up for sv by clicking my badges (the join button)
~andrew

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Year in review for Andrew C. Artwork

Stats on [link] :

"andrewtheartist has 2,075 pageviews total and his 302 deviations were viewed 6,823 times. He watches 37 people, while 35 people watch him.

Overall, his deviations received 583 comments and were added to deviants' favourites 276 times, while he commented 1,083 times, making about 2.86 comments per day since he joined DA. This means that he gave 19 comments for every 10 that he received."

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Stats on facebook ([link] )

-87 fans

-an estimated 200+ comments on individual pieces

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Stats on myspace

(www.myspace.com/andrewcoxtheartist)

-Currently 1547 friends (Jan 1st, 2009)

-5,242 page views

-1,057 page comments

-227 individual comments on artwork and poetry

-18 blog posts, with 19 comments, 1,003 views, and 12 kudos.

-2 responses from indie rock band Switchfoot, and a response from the organization To Write Love On Her Arms.

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Total, year in review

-7,317 page views (Myspace/Deviantart)

-an estimated 1,000 comments on artwork and poetry (facebook/myspace/deviantart)

-1,671 fans/friends/watches (facebook/myspace/deviantart)

-about 150 pieces of artwork produced, excluding poetry and writings. 60 of these were commissioned (only four ever charged, however) caricatures or portraits.

-Participation in a Clemmons, NC art show, selling several pieces of work.

-Two 12-16 piece art series, "Rebirth," and "Ignorance," released in June and December.

-A youtube ad released on June 15th, received 928 views.

-"A Classy Tip of the Hat," an art tribute mini series to the indie rock band Switchfoot released in August.

-Andrew C. Artwork turned 1 year old on November 30th.

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Thanks for everything. For watching, looking, reading and listening. All of you are amazing. Thank you again! Looking forward to a prosperous 2009!

~andrew
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ps-thanks for all the favs from the devartists here!

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/22033043/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/22033043/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:44:55 PST
sorry I don't really have time to fave and thank for faves, but I know all of your artwork is amazing.


here's an update from the myspace (www.myspace.com/andrewcoxtheartist)
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Oye! Amigos.


Long time...I've been busy!


The release date is almost here for the "Ignorance was Wishing I were In Love" series ( December 27th ).


As you might or might not now, the last series "Rebirth" (June) was accompanied by captions/stories that supplemented or explained each individual piece.


Myspace doesn't allow enough room for the entire caption, and posting it in a blog is inefficient.

So here's what is going down:
You can have the entire series sent to you on the 27th, via myspace message, with each picture in order, with the caption below, at your leisure to read and take in (at not cost either, of course.
lol)

to have the 'Ignorance' Series sent to you, via a myspace message, including the new TWLOHA piece, comment on this blog/bulliten, saying you want it to be sent to you.


-if you are a top friend, it will be sent unless you ask it to not be.


this is new idea, and I still apreciate comments on the pieces in the album when it comes out

thanks for all of you and your support and comments.


see you the 27th
and Merry Christmas!
~andrew

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A sneak peek at one of the pieces captions:

“Beyond Me.
”
Acrylic paint, pen and ink, watercolor pencil, and chalk pastel.

9/16/08

You are beyond me. How I truly should live is beyond me. My life is shattered, broken and torn, when I am looking at the ground. When I am told that I can’t do it, when I don’t believe myself, when I don’t believe you.


This shell found it’s way around me. This shell enclosed me, prevented me from living. I was suffocating.


But the light breaks through anything, seeking me out, it broke through a small hole in the clouds and reached my eyes. I lifted my head and saw the light fighting to break through the clouds.


There, there I began to find what is beyond me. I can’t live walking through life seeing the cracked mud and dying grass beneath my feet. All this time, all this time before, I was letting the light reach my eyes, but with my head down, and I was not letting the light reach past my eyes so it could glow outwardly from within me and the world see it.


Then the rain falls hard from the dark clouds, the last pain before renaissance, the confession, and it comes swiftly and is not dwelled upon.


Next the wind blows, the stars cast the dark clouds from the sky, the grass turns green again, and flowers rise up and bloom out of the cracked mud.


Now I see my dreams up in the night sky, up in the heavens. Every time the ground grows dry again, I look back to the sky; the rain comes again and again whenever I need it, and brings everything back to life again and again. You have given me these dreams worth fighting for. You have given me the tools to give my life to you, to give my life to bigger things. Without any of this, I would crumble, for I am weak.


But you, you and these dreams are beyond me.

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/21359215/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/21359215/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:07:08 PST
aca turns one year old this November 30th.

ignorance was wishing I were in love
a 12-16 piece (possibly 20) art series
COMES OUT DECEMBER 27TH! yup. be excited. if you like what you've been seeing recently, be excited.

I hope to get around to replying to faves and returning faves. so thanks for the faves guys! I'm personally do it ASAP (which doesn't mean quickly, just soon as i find time.)

other stuff:

call and response: a great, great organization that came out with a rockumentary (a documentary fused with rock and other amazing music...featuring talents of switchfoot, cold war kids, moby...and many others.)

to see the trailer- [link]

call and response is raising awareness about the 27 million dirtiest secrets of the world: global slavery and human trafficking still exists.

see the trailer here: [link]
see the website here, and RESPOND!
be angry, be disgusted...people still enslave, people sell 2.2. million children into the sexslave trade every year. last year, slave traders made $37 billion, that's more than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined! RESPOND! see the website: [link]
see the myspace: [link]
facebookers, search 'call and response' it is in the causes pages.

I showed the 'call and response' piece (over facebook) that i did to joel day, one of the folks behind the orginization, he showed it to the
director (of call and response, released in Hollywood and select theaters, find listings on the website), the director said he loved it, so that made my day for a Hollywood director (who is changing the world and fighting for lives) to compliment my art.

please, support c + r (call and response)

thanks.

i believe that is all.

I look forward to getting back to talking to you guys during christmas break (basically the only time I'll have time)

andrew is out! good night and good luck.
~andrew
andrew c. artwork
[link]





DISCLAIMER-sorry for any grammar errors or misspellings. or awkward sentences. i didn't proofread.

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It is our story, our song. Our story of realizing our brokenness, realizing that it is not just we that matter, but everyone else. Everyone else needs us. We need them. Love can break a war apart, love can heal the scars left by brokenness, but we will remain a broken people, a broken people with stories, stories of hope to shine into the darkest corners, the loneliest alleyways, the lost and tired sidewalks. This hope will shine so bright that it will break into the cracks, reach past the bars of imprisonment, and it will bring us up out of destruction and into redemption and reconstruction.




The point of this artwork is not to impress, it's to tell this story, our story. When I sit down, and I compose a piece…I don't think of it being mine, my own, something I alone can do. I think of it as something more, belonging to something bigger, it is very much yours, and belongs entirely to the one that gave me the talent.




I did not do my artwork on my own. You gave me strength and reason, and the God above me guided my hand and voice. This journey continues down his road, to his gate, to his arms, and this journey contains his words in the form of my voice.




My hands are simply a tool to write something, to draw something, someone bigger than myself and what I have to say, something he wants you to know, something he wants to tell you, something he wants to tell me, us, because he loves me, and he loves you, he loves us.




But we don't always think like this, and our lack of interest in our spiritual needs lead to severe ignorance, which leads to pride.


My pride made me think I was important, my pride is what makes my heart break over and over again, when I failed to find someone, someone to share a heart, a smile.




Ignorance was wishing I were in love, the devil was wishing I were in candlelight love…ignorance was wishing I'd trip and fall over something small and break down, the devil was hoping I'd break down and give up on hope on something I couldn't find. Something I didn't realize would happen on its own.





It seems most people think falling in love is the macro concept of life, finding someone to live with and die with. Someone to hold in your arms, someone to be held by…we spend to much time over worrying over this, I've spent to much time worrying about this, that the brokenness, the important things, people who need us, are all walked past and ignored.




We walk down this broken sidewalk that we think is whole. The leaves we ignore crunch under our feet. We see these dead looking, ugly brown leaves as hopeless…but we never turn the other side. We never look to see, if in fact there is life, there is something more, something to love, real love, unifying love, redeeming love, saving love, unconditional love…love that does not sleep, love that does not die, love that lives all year around.




There is something beautiful on the other side of that leaf.


This ignorance, this looking for someone to 'love' you, to find you, is in vain. It happens, you stumble over that person. You don't find them solely on your own efforts; someone placed them on your side of the sidewalk, walking towards you. It's just a matter of time that you walk into them.




Let this love, this candlelight love find itself, don't worry about it. You'll find it, but it is not your soul's one hope. The hole, the emptiness you feel; something bigger, more important goes there. This is real love to fill the void, unifying love, redeeming love, saving love, unconditional love, love so strong that it could only come from someone who died so you can feel its warmth. It is love that does not sleep.




Ignorance was wishing I were in love.

And sometimes, when we forget, we are reminded of the stars, sometimes reminded by those who are more faithful, those who look at the stars, and know they feel like themselves, those who look at the stars and see somebody else. These people help us find the strength and faith, identify the something more, and put it to work, put our lives to it, and rebuild.




There is a real love that wants to fill the void in your heart, your soul. This is unifying love, redeeming love, saving love, unconditional love, love so strong that it could only come from someone who had nails driven through his hands, just so you could feel its warmth, its sav... ]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/20672099/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/20672099/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:13:35 PDT that the lining is silver.
isn't nice to know?
that we're golden.
yeah we're golden! Oh!

I found a love in me.
I somehow knew it exsisted.
it just needed to be set free.
Bon voyage.

Isn't nice to know?

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/20585137/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/20585137/ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:44:45 PDT

Hey guys,

Upon the upcoming first birthday of andrew c. artwork, I'm planning on making a new promo video...but this time, I want YOU in it.

I will be choosing comments I have recieved from YOU! if you've commented in the past year and posting them in the video, along with your photo.

Your comment will be followed by your photo in the video.

I WILL NOT post any one's name or picture w/o your permmission.

So PLEASE reply to this, so I can complete this video, and if your under 18, PLEASE ask your parents for permission to post your photo, and if your real name is in your display name, ask if that's okay.

If your over 18 then it's fine, just tell me if I have permission.

Your FIRST name will ONLY be posted to give credit for your quote, if and only if it's in your display name on myspace, facebook, or deviantart.

Deviantartists need not supply photos, only if they wish to do so. (send by email)

that's pretty much it...

so please reply! I'd like at least 20 replies please and I may not use everyones' comments and photos.

Video comes out NOV 30th.

if you did not see the orginal video: [link]b1JbYqxarY

You guys rock!

~andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/20265900/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/20265900/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:38:26 PDT This town makes so much noise now
Are you dead or asleep
Either way you're worthless to me now
Someone wake up
That someone should be me
I'm so tired of losing
I'm so tired of everything

Pack your bags
Hitch a ride
Cause the moon can't hide tonight
Where we go, where we been
I'm ready to leave town again

I'm not going nowhere
Take me as I am
I'm better off by your side
Some thoughts paralyze me
Look up baby, I'm off my knees
Take me as I am
I'm better off by your side

Pack your bags
Hitch a ride
Cause the moon can't hide tonight
Where we go, where we been
I'm ready to leave town again

Now I'm walking forever
Forever seems way too near
Hallelujah sings the choir
Raise the dead with the sound of a song
My lips taste like fire
My eyes see no end in sight
When I speak of your glory
My tongue is useless
Just a broken sound

Pack your bags
Hitch a ride
Cause the moon can't hide tonight
Where we go, where we been
I'm ready to leave town again

Pack your bags
Hitch a ride
Cause the moon can't hide tonight
Where we go, where we been
I'm ready to leave town again
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
No no no no no
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

-Paralyze-gasoline heart

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series after switchfoot series
Current mood: awake


updates:

a classy tip of the hat ( a switchfoot tribute art series) releases on myspace, facebook, and deviantart on August 10th, unless stated otherwise.

pieces to be included in the switchfoot series is TBA. but most are completed. (finishing touches and pieces are being introduced).

the next regular full series title was originaly titled "rebuilding my pain and ressurecting my hope" but very likely will be changed to "ignorance is wishing i'm in love." or something of the variation.

you can expect the pieces to be close along with the theme of the title.

I'll provide a list of possible-pieces-to-be-included when the series is near completion. (kind of like music artists do.)

the series will most likely be released late 2008 or early 2009. No set date until completed or near completion.

Hope you enjoy the a classy tip of the hat. series.!

God bless,

and thanks for the support

~andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/19595498/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/19595498/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:24:11 PDT ------------------------
giving back (please, please read.)
Yesterday at 10:30pmMonday, July 21, 2008

giving back


SHOUTOUT FOR THESE AMAZING PEOPLE/ORGINIZATIONS:

This is my way to give back after taking in so much.

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please take a moment to check out the people I am inspired by. The people that are making a difference, people who are doing something with they're lives. People that deserve recognition. This is what this is for. This is my shoutout for you.

Please check out their websites, add their myspaces, and check out their youtubes. If you have better knowledge of a listed webadress is not right, notify me. If you woud like your orginization, cause, etc. listed here, if you support one of these listed, message me or email at standalonechangetheworld@hotmail.com

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LOWERCASE PEOPLE (www.lowercasepeople.com), (www.myspace.com/lowercasepeople)

TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS (www.towriteloveonherarms.com), (www.myspace.com/towriteloveonherarms.com)

LAND OF BROKEN HEARTS (a Switchfoot fansite) (www.landofbrokenhearts.org), (www.myspace.com/landofbrokenhearts), (www.youtube.com/landofbrokenhearts)

LAND OF BROKEN HEARTS TEAM (they're just simply amazing)

INVISIBLE CHILDREN (www.invisiblechildren.com) , (www.myspace.com/invisiblechildren)

BOUND4LIFE INTERNATIONAL (www.bound4life.com), (www.myspace.com/redwarriors)

SAVE DARFUR COALITION (www.savedarfur.org), (www.myspace.com/savedarfurcoalition)

LIVE OFFENSIVELY FOR GOD (www.liveoffensively.com), (www.myspace.com/liveoffensivley)

DOSOMETHING.ORG (www.dosomething.org), (www.myspace.com/dosomething)

BELLA MOVIE (www.bellamoviesite.com/), (www.myspace.com/bellathemovie)

HOPE IN DARKNESS (www.myspace.com/hid_the_revolution_777)

YOUNGLIFE ([link])

SWITCHFOOT (www.switchfoot.com), (www.myspace.com/switchfoot), (www.youtube.com/switchfootpodcast)

JON FOREMAN (www.jonforeman.com), (www.myspace.com/jonforeman)

JON SATURDAY (www.myspace.com/jonsaturday)

SWITCHFOOT FRIDAY (simply check out any switchfoot site or switchfoot supporter site)

BREAKING POINT ([link])

THESE LOVE NOTES ([link])

ART FEEDS ([link])

LAUREL RIDGE (www.laurelridge.org)

LAUREL RIDGE M-STAFF (go to laurel ridge in laurel springs, NC!)

I ONCE WAS THE WINE RECORDS AND PROMOTIONS (www.myspace.com/iwasoncethewinerecords)

JRU ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY ( [link])

JENNA-BETH PHOTOGRAPHY AND COPY ([link])

KATELYN ELIZABETH PHOTOGRAPHY ([link])

SIMPLY ART (PHOTOGRAPHY) ([link])

QOMT (JEANNA) TRIBUTE. ([link])

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Again. Please add them. Check out their sites. Support their causes. All of them are easy to love. And all of them give back.

God bless,

~andrew


(should anything be added to the list, this message will be sent again, with a * by it's name to indicate it's new.)

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/19508139/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/19508139/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:45:20 PDT
From my myspace:

Sunday, July 20, 2008

mountians, websites, more artwork, childish memories, dylan and the foremans


a couple of updates and writings.

I just got back from church camp at Laurel Ridge, in Laurel Springs, NC. If your Moravian, don't overlook the chance to go there, and even if you're not Moravian. The theme was meaning. The camp definately changed me, and this is the third time I've been for summer camp. Searching for meaning, finding out what matters, what doesn't matter, faith, inspiration and joy. Defining these changed my faith and me forever. Expect my artwork to mature further.

The people I met are amazing and beautifal. The staff and counclers are wonderful and strong in what they do. I love all of them, and miss them dearly. Coming off that mountain is like taking training wheels off. When your up there, it's tangiable, the memories and the time there is something you can see and feel, and your faith is tangiable, you can feel it stirring again in your soul and heart.

You know that God is up there when you look up into the stars, it hits you and overcomes you, and you know when you leave and take this back, you have to spread what you've found and share it with the world and the people you love, which would be you and you and you. Once off the mountain, I must glide on my faith alone, learn to use God's strenght he has given me, and be self-sucficent through him, and Laurel Ridge has renewed that again for me, and does that each time I go. Laurel Ridge helps you find God so you can truly cleanse your soul.

If anyone would like to ask me about Laurel Ridge, or would like to learn more, either message me, or visit [link]

On another matter. I have added a member to the now ACA crew. Please welcome Dylan Parrish as the ACA promotions and web designer. You can view his 'artwork' in the photo album "dylan." You may see a freestanding website in the near future. Don't worry, however, should that happen, myspace will still be frequently visited by me. Dylan's promotions page I Once Was the Wine, is in my top friends.

A new project to entertain you amazing fams (yes I stole that from Switchfoot...hope you don't mind Jon, Tim, Chad, Jerome and Drew!)...the new project is for every few days in between the release for the Switchfoot series, I will post artwork from my 'early days' in the photo album "the early years." Five pieces are already up. Captions will be the years. Enjoy!

The status on the Switchfoot project:

Jon and Tim's pieces are complete. I finished Tim's first, then Jon's, both finished at camp. No set release date yet.

To announce the next name for the next full series project:

"Rebuilding My Pain and Ressurecting My Hope." The title is subject to change, and the pieces are already being worked on.

thanks for reading amigos! Keep in touch.

God bless,

~andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/19311915/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/19311915/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:54:22 PDT [link]

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Bon Jovi-complicated

Take a look around, this is what I see
Is there anybody else that feels like me?
You sweat, you sweat
You bleed, you bleed
What you get aint what you see
Up is down and black is white to me


I'm complicated
I get frustrated
Right or wrong, love or hate it
I'm complicated
Can't sudate it
I heard that song, but i won't play it
It's alright
It's okay
You wouldn't want me any other way
Momma, keep on praying, cause I aint changing
I'm complicated

Complicated, Yeah

I'm smart enough to know what I don't know
I'm fool enough to stay when I should go
You work, you work
You cry, you cry
You watch your whole life pass you by
Sometimes you gotta close your eyes to see



Is there anybody out there
Just like everybody out there
Just want somebody out there just like me



Is there anybody out there
Just like everybody out there
Just want somebody out there just like me [x2]

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/19237468/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/19237468/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:44:26 PDT -some dude and his acoustic at philmont closing camp fire.


Got home last night at 11ishpm. I'll reply to evertything as I get a chance!

I'll submit some philmont pics to share!

~andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18893000/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18893000/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:03:14 PDT
Switchfoot tribute project-Get involved!!!
Current mood: chill


Switchfoot has definately been my driving force in my artwork. And so now, I think I owe them a tribute project. I'm going to try to no longer ride training wheels, and begin to produce pieces without song help, I will still continue to be inspired by Switchfoot, and other music, and some of my art will still be inspired by a sole song. I just need to break free and produce a few pieces of my own free accord. However, no idea is 100% your own. If it was...then there would be no such thing as inspiration.

Don't worry. My artwork won't become totally different. It's still the same old, with a different tone.

So to give cred to SF who's done so much I'm going to release a Switchfoot Tribute (mini) series that will be at least six pieces. I will have at least one piece per band member, depicting one of their memorable or humourous switchfoot moments.

There will also be at least one complete tribute piece to the whole band. I think I owe this to them. And I think I'm going to have a blast with this project.

GET INVOLVED!:

So...here's where you can get involved. My time is 'limited' as most people's, so if you want to help, send me your favorite switchfoot band member pics, and switchfoot pics, and I'll give you credit if I use one of them!

My current default pic with drew is a 'review' to the series...although most or all of the mini series will be all fine and tradit. art.

This will be an intermission between the two series projects, (the rebirth series) and the next series project that I'm about to embark on.

No release date has been set for this project, so pay attention if you want to know. It's not anytime soon though, because I don't get back from Philmont (read my blog: "Please pray for others and I") till July 5.

The Tribute to Switchfoot mini series may turn out much different than expected or composed, but we'll see what happens.

So help me out! Send me your pictures.



God bless,

~Andrew

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PHILMONT!
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Hey,

This month starting June 19th, I will be leaving for New Mexico, with a crew of 8 scouts and 3 adults. We are hiking 71 miles and ten days through Philmont Scout Ranch. I'm looking forward to it. I please ask that you keep me and my crew in your prayers: that we make a safe trip to Phimont, are kept from harm on the trail, and make it safely back home. We will be returning on July 5th. Thank you.

It's going to be a blast. There's activites and programs at most campsites, and historic Baldy Town at the base of Mount Baldy, which is the tallest mountain out there, and we'll climbing it, and once up top, we will be up 12,400 ft-[link]

This is just some of the stuff we'll be doing there. Again I ask that you keep my crew and I in your prayers for a safe trip to, on the trail, and back home. Thank you.

Also, from June 19th to July 5th, I will not be on myspace or facebook, but I would greatly appreciate it if you left me tons of comments, messages, kudos, image comments, etc.! I promise I'll reply ASAP when I get back.

I look forward to getting back and posting more artwork!

Thank you so much. I owe everything to God, and a lot to you.

God bless,
~Andrew

*if you want to see what Philmont looks like, type "Philmont" in google images. However, this you may not necessarily see what I'm hiking...our crew is hiking a specific trek number, which off the top of my head I can't remember.
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EXICTING NEWS! (LOBH)


Hey all!

Everyone knows that I am a huge fan of Switchfoot, and obviously a lot my work is inspired by their music.

On my myspace a friend told me about a Switchfoot fansite
[link]
She was on staff for the fan site for the Bro-Am Switchfoot hosted concert benifiting orginizations such as Stand Up For Kids to report updates and events for the site.
-Also check out Land of Broken Hearts on youtube!

They're a pretty professional and neat looking site, and they've got a fan art section. I'm emailed them some off my Switchfoot inspired stuff for the fan art section.

I recieved a enthusiastic reply and my artwork is going to be spread out over the next couple of weeks on the fanart section.
-[link]


Also: I please ask that you support this site. They represent a large portion of the backing of a great cause and band.


God bless,
~Andrew
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JUST AN IDEA SO FAR

Switchfoot Promotional piece!


Hey all!

I want to do two Switchfoot promotional pieces! I wanted to get SF fans involved by doing this:

-Send me your funny pictures of SF, either ones you've taken personally, or ones you've found online.

-Send me your serious/moving/inspirational pictures of SF, either ones you've taken personally, or ones you've found online.

I'll chose two, one from each category, and give cred to the person who provided the picture!

~Andrew

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Summer.

~Andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18780648/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18780648/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:59:50 PDT Starts to look underground. To go off and get him some peace.

I want to die a lot quicker than that. If it’s my only way out. I’ve been counting up the cost. Getting up on that cross. Wanting to know what this is all about.

Father time. Steals light days. Like a thief. There’s no price that I wouldn’t pay to get some relief. I’ve become an empty shell. I’m a man I don’t like so well. I am a living, breathing hell. C’mon and resurrect me.

I tried to dry the pain with a friend of mine. It didn’t seem to help. Ah, she’s got a pretty face with the wedding lace. But I’m still waking up with myself.

I know what it means. To choke it down. Driving till your legs get weak. Ah, I know what it’s like on a Saturday night to be alone in a crowded street.

Father time. Steals light days. Like a thief. There’s no price that I haven’t paid to get some relief. I’ve become the shell of a man. I can’t begin to even understand. Have I forgotten who I am? C’mon and resurrect me.

Resurrect me. Resurrect me. Resurrect me. Resurrect me. Resurrect me. C’mon and resurrect me."
resurrect me-jon foreman


PLEASE: visit his myspace or facebook, become a fan/friend!

[link]

[link]

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I'm a tired, searching-for-happy man
Today at 10:37pm
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"...I want to die a lot quicker than that. If it’s my only way out. I’ve been counting up the cost. Getting up on that cross. Wanting to know what this is all about.

Father time. Steals light days. Like a thief. There’s no price that I wouldn’t pay to get some relief. I’ve become an empty shell. I’m a man I don’t like so well. I am a living, breathing hell. C’mon and resurrect me.

Father time. Steals light days. Like a thief. There’s no price that I haven’t paid to get some relief. I’ve become the shell of a man. I can’t begin to even understand. Have I forgotten who I am? C’mon and resurrect me.

Resurrect me. Resurrect me. Resurrect me. Resurrect me. Resurrect me. C’mon and resurrect me."
-Resurrect Me-jon foreman
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Please read:

I’m thinking about how I’m going to finish up the Rebirth(ing) series (Jun 12). I’m still trying to decide which pieces to include, which to exclude, start or finish, put off…etc. But I’m going to do all in my power to fulfill the release date. Which on myspace (www.myspace.com/andrewcoxtheartist ) will hopefully be around 1:00pm or 2:00pm. There will be a blog entry with the captions corresponding to each piece, and the series will be in its own album, with the blog link in the description.

As for facebook. I’m going to submit the series in three places: The Rebirth(ing) Event ([link]), my page, ([link]) and my personal profile. The captions and songs that each picture was inspired by (if there is one) will be with the drawing/painting/picture or whatever material it may be. The submit time for facebook is 12:00pm. I’ll try to put them up at least 10 minutes before.

It’s going to definitely be far different than anything I’ve done. Most pictures will have a short writing about it or dealing with the thoughts surrounding it, unless the message is too personal or hard to explain with words. But most of the pieces will have a corresponding song. Some found their inspiration elsewhere and will not have a song lyric in the caption.

I’m going to spend tomorrow finishing up the series and packing for Philmont (which will be explained in another entry on myspace, and an update for those who don’t know on facebook)

Thoughts?

Also. Look for some random art possibly coming up soon. Caricatures should resume (from my facebook page) soon…maybe possibly if I get a chance this week or next. But most will be after Philmont.

Why does the summer have to be so…busy?

You have the whole summer!
You have your whole life!

What ever happened to now?

I think people take now for granted too much…and I’m just a guilty hypocrite with the rest.

So I’ll try and explain Philmont on my Myspace blog and facebook updates for those who don’t know, I’ll do that tomorrow.

So real quick before I finish this…

Some upcoming project ideas...

I’m thinking about uploading all my old stuff, as in stuff waaayyy back from middle school, manga and all that stupid jazz, so people can have a good laugh, eh?

Also! Since while away hiking at Philmont, I’m going to unfortunately miss my churches mission trip to MI. To make up for that, I think I’m going to do a mini-series, possibly dealing with relations to Habitat…we’ll see where that goes, and I’ll get back to you on that. I want to at least do some at home mission work. While I can’t raise money, or repair someone’s house sitting in my ‘art studio’, I can at least tell people how to do the things listed…

For those who don’t know…my art studio consists of my art table right beside my bed in my room…and whatever art supplies lying nearby and my zune…gotta have music.

Happy summer vacation to all ye Reagan students…and stay safe.

God bless,
~Andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18714976/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18714976/ Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:41:34 PDT thanks!

[link]

also, add me on myspace:

[link]

God bless,
~Andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18646421/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18646421/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:20:08 PDT My quick list on shuffle:

you wish you were..Meant to Live-switchfoot
most people think.. Those Words Are Not Enough-relient k
in your sleep you sing..Love Is The Movement-swithcfoot
they will play this song at your funeral.. This Dark Day- 12 stones
your best friend is like.. Much of You-steven curtis chapman
you feel.. Be My Escape-relient k
you hate.. Twenty-Four-Switchfoot
if only.. The Truth-relient k
you want to.. Take Me Out-everyday sunday
first thing you say when you wake up is..The Blues-swithcfoot
you like to eat.. My Girl’s Ex-Boyfriend-relient k
your school is like.. Something More-switchfoot
you are like.. Typical-mute math
you always say.. Surprise-jars of clay
why cant the world.. Wake Up! Wake Up!-everyday unday

Put mp3 player or ipod on shuffle and answer the following:
My whole zune on shuffle

you wish you were..All Star-smash mouth
most people think.. May the Horse Be with You-relient k
in your sleep you sing.. Let Your Love Be Strong-switchfoot
they will play this song at your funeral.. Leave out All the Rest-linkin park
your best friend is like.. Bounce-bon jovi
you feel..Can I Sit Next to You Girl- AC/DC
you hate.. Clarity-john mayer
if only.. A New Beginning-good charlotte
you want to.. Hang On-smash mouth
first thing you say when you wake up is..Virus Alert-“weird al” yankovic
you like to eat.. Yellow Submarine- the beatles
your school is like.. All Together Now- the beatles
you are like.. Happy-alyiesha woods
you always say.. When I’m Sixty-Four-the beatles
why cant the world.. Faint-linkin park
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(Breaking the mold of the 'scene and herd'

"So here it is:
It’s just me. A different drummer. But the same old theme.
It’s seems like everything’s gonna be just fine. Cause I’m having a good time.
As long as I’m staying true to myself. The out isn’t something I can’t sell. And I can sleep a night without your help. It’s fine.

Cause I'm having a good time.
Oh!
The scene and herd. Seem to make it all just a little bit worse. And I don't wanna go down that road. Oh no no! The scene and herd. I'll be the first to tell you: I'm worse. And I don't wanna go down that road. Oh no.

I'm going to say what I want. It might not be what you wanna hear."

The scene and herd. Look out at the sun. Like a flock of birds. I don’t want to go. I don’t wanna go."
-The Scene and Herd-relient k

"God's words/my voice"
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- [link]
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*Rebirth Series releases June 12th.

!
(Date changed, because I probably will need extra time to finish final pieces...I don't expect much to get done during exam week
Date is subject to change because of my need for packing to leave for New Mexico on the 19th...I'll be back on July 5th)
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"REBIRTH" SERIES.

The only thing you have to do to attend is check out the series when it's posted on the 12th.A 'series' in artwork can either be one piece, or in the terms I'm using it...its a series of pieces that all go along with one theme. This one is 'Rebirth.'

The series project is an experiment in tyring to create anticipation for artwork release, rather than scattered artwork uploaded randomly when finished. Also it lets people know when I will upload pieces.

The first series is called "Rebirth." It will be about 12 pieces or possibly more.

The "Rebirth" series is an personal attempt at trying to portray the total depression and death of the inner person which is shown through the stages of rebirth which is as follows: Death, Recognition, Humbling, and then Awakening. There will be smaller steps portrayed in pieces that affect the process.

Although the main message is personal, there will be some secular pieces dealing with worldly issues. With topics of love being destroyed by hate, and bringing the world back together. Other topics include the broken world, and the broken people who realize the chance to improve it.

Personal topics include the process of 'rebirthing' or being spritiually born again, humbling oneself to ones self-forgivness, looking for escape, pain and frustration.

As is, these are some of the songs that have inspired pieces that may or may not appear in the "Rebirth" series.

-"Awakening", "Easier Than Love", "Meant To L... ]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18630075/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18630075/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:35:47 PDT
Rebirthing on June 12th*
Category: Art and Photography

- [link]
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*Rebirth Series releases June 12th.

!


(Date changed, because I probably will need extra time to finish final pieces...I don't expect much to get done during exam week
Date is subject to change because of my need for packing to leave for New Mexico on the 19th...I'll be back on July 5th)

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"REBIRTH" SERIES.







The series project is an experiment in tyring to create anticipation for artwork release, rather than scattered artwork uploaded randomly when finished. Also it lets people know when I will upload pieces.







The first series is called "Rebirth." It will be about 12 pieces or possibly more.







The "Rebirth" series is an personal attempt at trying to portray the total depression and death of the inner person which is shown through the stages of rebirth which is as follows: Death, Recognition, Humbling, and then Awakening. There will be smaller steps portrayed in pieces that affect the process.







Although the main message is personal, there will be some secular pieces dealing with worldly issues. These will be the darkest of my pieces, with topics of love being destroyed by hate and a lustful society that forgets the real meaning of romantic love.







As is, these are some of the songs that have inspired pieces that may or may not appear in the "Rebirth" series.







-"Awakening", "Easier Than Love", "Meant To Live", by Switchfoot
-"World So Cold" by 12 Stones
-"Rebirthing" and "Comatose" by Skillet

These are just some of the songs off the top of my head, typing this. There's plenty more.






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I will try and post a preview to one of the captions to one of the pieces sometime soon...possibly. If anyone wants it that bad.


[link]



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Thanks for the support,
have an awesome Sunday,
and God bless,
~Andrew Cox

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"Give me a reason for life and for death.


And a reason for drowning while I try to hold my breath.


Something to laugh at. And a reason to cry.


Everyone hopeless and hoping for something to hope for.

"
-Life And Love And Why-switchfoot

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"The troubled and broken people are the people who realize this world is flawed...and they try to somehow change that."


"Our hearts...are the mirrors in which we view ourselves."

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please ask if you wish to quote any of my quotes. thanks.

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"Fumbling his confidence. And wondering why the world has passed him by. Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments and failed attempts to fly."
-Meant to live-switchfoot

"But the soul is always aching. For the heart to start taking. A chance. By letting go. So let go! Let go...Cause when you're trying to sleep and all your doubts and faith don't agree. It's because sometimes the hardest thing to believe is the truth."
-The Truth-relient k

"Cause I know. No one. Will be content. With the way things are. Or with what they've got. So now I've given up. And now I'm just indifferent."
-Apathetic Way to Be-relient k

"Convince me. Cause I really need your help. So convince me. Cause I can't see this for myself."
-The Truth-relient k

"And possibly the remedy.
Is a dose of apathy."
-Apathetic Way to Be- relient k

"But how long should it take somebody? To be someone?"
-Typical-mute math






"Wonder if she knows
The way I saw her soul
Light up my life
Wonder if she knows
of the pain I feel tonight"
-Might Have Ben Hur-switchfoot







"When will all the failures rise? When will all the failures rise? Rise!
Happy is a yuppie word. Nothing in the world could fail me now. It's empty as an argument. I'm running down a life that won't cash out. Happy is a yuppie word. Blessed is the man who's lost it all. Happie is a yuppie word. Word.
Looking for an orphanage.
I'm looking for a bridge I can't burn down.
I don't believe the emptiness.


I'm looking for the kingdom coming down.


Everything is meaningless.

I want more than. Simple cash. Goodbye.

Happy is a yuppie word. Happy is a yuppie word. Happy is a yuppie word. Happy is a....

Nothing is sound! Nothing is sound! Nothing is sound! Nothing is sound! Nothing is sound! Nothing is sound! Nothing is sound!!
Happy is a yuppie word. Nothing in the world could fail me now. Happy is a yuppie word. Word.

So calm down! Yea! So calm down Yea!

So calm down yea!"
-Happy is a Yuppie Word-switchfoot

"Is there nothing left, now? Nothing left to sing. Are there any left who haven't kissed the enemy. Is this the new year?

Or just another desperation?

Does justice ever find you?

Do the wicked never lose?



Is there any honest song. To sing. Besides these blues?

And nothing.
Is okay.
Until the world caves in. 'till the world caves in. 'till the world caves in.

Until the world caves in.

Until the world caves in!

till the world caves in. till the world caves in. till the world caves in..."
-The Blues-switchfoot

"Love is wild for reasons. And hope though short in sight. Might be the only thing that wakes you by suprise. For a moment I thought I saw your eyelids rise."
-Suprise-jars of clay

"I've given up on doing this alone now. Cause I've failed. And I'm ready to be shown how."
-Be My Escape-relient k



"I'm not sure why it always goes downhill. Why broken cisterns could never stay filled. I've spent ten years. Singing gravity away.
But the water keeps on falling from the sky. I'm here tonight. While the stars are blacking out. With every hope and dream I've had in doubt. I've spent ten years trying to sing these doubts away. But the water keeps on falling. From my eyes. And heaven knows. Heaven knows. I try to find a cure for the pain. Oh, my lord. To suffer like you do. It would be a lie to run away."
-The Cure for Pain- jon foreman
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the quotes that most affect me are
-Might Have Ben Hur
-The Blues
-The Cure for Pain
-Happy is a Yuppie Word.


Insight?

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18532172/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18532172/ Tue, 27 May 2008 18:00:08 PDT Break the spell! Of the typical! Break the spell! Of the typical. I'm just the typical. I'm just the typical."
-"Typical"-Mute Math

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18506128/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18506128/ Mon, 26 May 2008 07:07:31 PDT The signs of the times are omens
You're starting the day in
No man's land again

Who are you gonna be?
When you're on your knees, who do you believe?
Fear is a lonely man
You've been given innocence
You've been given innocence again"
-"Innocence Again"-Switchfoot


"I’ve spent 10 years, trying to sing these doubts away. But the water keeps on falling from my eyes. And heaven knows, heaven knows, I try to find a cure for pain. Oh my lord! to suffer like you do
It would be a lie to run away."

-"The Cure for Pain"-Jon Foreman


Pain never goes away. Running away numbs the pain. But the pain is always ahead of you, the regret stays close by. Pain clouds your vision. Grace can not be found. Where do you turn? When you've fallen again, will you still be you? Or will you just be numb?

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18437220/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18437220/ Wed, 21 May 2008 19:20:08 PDT
“I’ve got my eyes wide. It’s not over yet. We’re miracles. And we’re not alone.”
-This is home by Switchfoot

Just wanted to thank everyone for all the comments and insight provided by you all on my “TWLOHA-Love is the Movement” piece. It’s people with beautiful thoughts like you that keep me doing what I do.

Again here is my words along with a few helping quotes, for those who did not read: [link]

I very much enjoyed the support for the TWLOHA piece on facebook, myspace, and deviantart. I was very happy to find deep insight and other people’s thoughts, not only on the piece itself, but also on what TWLOHA represents, and what we can do to help. This was mainly found on deviantart. I enjoy ALL the support, but I would like to see open insight on what the piece represents on all the places I share my work and thoughts. I want to see inside other people and realize that there are more than few others that are open enough to speak what they think about our purpose here on earth and the issues we face. I try not to disregard other people’s comments…every comment builds strength in what I do. Simple comments like “You make me wish I could draw”, make me realize how blessed I am to have the gift I have from God, and how blessed I am to have a God in my heart that guides me to apply my talent to what I know needs it…because in the end it all goes back to the creator.

Here is all the support for this piece I received that made me realize the fact behind this quote: "Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.”-Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)


Facebook ([link]) or ([link])

“cool! looks pretty sweet.”
-John

“It looks great Andrew! You make me wish I could draw ”
-Elizabeth

Myspace ([link]
)

“very nice”
-Surfer Girl

“this is awesome, i love the shading and coloring”
-White Knight’

also

-3 friend requests from other TWLOHA supporters.

Myspace Blog ([link]
)

“i support TWLOHA too, actually one of the "songs"(lyrics) i wrote is about that, i think it is either "insert title here" or "missing pieces"
-White Knight

Deviantart ([link]
)

“this is great”
~caio-atallah

“yay i love twloha!!!!!!”
~kittyskm007

“Awesome. I think I like TWLOHA. I hate cutting, depression, etc. and I hate what it does to people. I've always wanted to help people with these problems but I have no idea how so I just try to show kindness to everyone just in case. Not sure what works but i'm glad there is something out there to help

Love the picture too ^_^”
~angelwolftears

“Wow, TWLOHA sounds like a pretty amazing organization, and it's one i've never heard of before. There's just something about this work of art that...i don't know, leaves me speachless. It's a really inspiring piece, one of my favourites. Think I'll look them up and get a bit more information about what they're all about. I'm just glad there's and organization out there that wants to help, and I honestly think more people need to know about it.”
~raythebrave

also
-The image was favorited a total of 5 times


Thank you so much for all the support, from everyone…and God bless!
~Andrew

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18405063/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18405063/ Mon, 19 May 2008 18:57:39 PDT __________________________________________________
TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS. (PLEASE READ)

"TWLOHA-Love is the Movement."
Acrylic paints, graphite, marker, and pen and ink.
May 19th, 2008.

Explaining, "To Write Love on Her Arms- Love is the Movement."-
"To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) is a suicide-prevention ministry. I'm sure a lot of people I know have heard of it, but I don't think many knew what it was. I didn't either. Until I came across there myspace page (myspace.com/towriteloveonherarms). The ministry gained popularity with Switchfoot's Jon Foreman wearing the ministry's shirt with the name of the ministry lettered on the front (which was attempted to be pictured here). From there many bands, popular and small have been doing what they can to support TWLOHA. Switchfoot, this year went on a "Up In Arms Tour" with Athlete and partnered with TWLOHA.

" We are pleased to be partnering with a wonderful philanthropic organization for this tour: To Write Love On Her Arms. TWLOHA began in Orlando, FL in February 2006 and is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for those struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery. We're very happy to support such an important cause."
-Switchfoot quoted in their blog on [link]

TWLOHA’s ‘about me’section on their myspace page (myspace.com/towriteloveonherarms):

"This began with a story. READ THE STORY HERE.

To Write Love on Her Arms is a work in progress. This began with one broken girl, one painful night; addiction, depression, cutting. This is a glimpse at the five days that followed, a decision to love and to begin telling her true story. To Write Love on Her Arms is becoming something bigger, something hopeful. It's the realization of what life can be when we commit to meeting a need. A friend of mine told me there's no such thing as suicide prevention. This is an attempt to prove him wrong, to say that love can change a life. We can hold back the darkness. Rescue is possible. More soon to come. Join us as we continue to write this story, and as we begin to offer hope to the many hopeless who walk these dark roads. A Jimmy Eat World lyric has been stuck in my head today, "Believe your voice can mean something.""

...I don't listen to music to solely enjoy it. I listen to music to think; to find myself. Switchfoot, Relient K, Jars of Clay, Linkin Park, David Crowder Band, Hawk Nelson, Skillet, and many others help me do this. I find I reach the highest point of awareness of how imperfect the world is and how we can change it, when listening to this music, and it inspires me to do my artwork the way I do it...just like this one. I find increasingly that I am happy when I am around people, back in society, but I find that when I get home and realize how empty society can be. We're human, and we want to have fun and be us, and so we go on through the day worrying about ourselves and our own happiness and in doing so, we sometimes forget the rest of the world that doesn’t see the sun, the lonely that we've left behind in our rush to finish the long day. Sometimes we forget this. Most of all, we forget to tell our friends, some of which we don't even realize how bad they need someone; we forget to tell them how much we love them.

The idea of everyone uniting in love, with one cause, inspired by one person is phenomenal. They have spoken. And I should have known that eventually I would stumble across to hear the voice of such an amazing cause when everything I listen to is linked to that cause.

Art is to make people aware.

This is my voice.

I believe my voice can mean something.

Love is the movement. Make an impact...join the movement.”

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THIS IS HOME
9:47pm Sunday, May 11

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Hey all! (switchfoot fans)

Don't know how many of you like the C.S. Lewis series "The Chronicles of Narnia." But I do know that some of you like Switchfoot, from the Ilike page or just simply because you told me.

Don't know if you keep in touch with all the amazing things Switchfoot does, but one thing they did recently was film a music video with an orginal song written by Switchfoot's Jon Foreman for the new Chronicles of Narnia movie, Prince Caspian.

I really loved the video, song and the message. And I thought I'd share it with all my Switchfoot friends , I really encourage you to watch it when you have the time...I gaurantee it's amazing. Here's the lyrics for anyone who wants them...Enjoy!-Andrew

This is Home
preformed by Switchfoot
written by Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot)

I've got my memories
They're always
Inside of me
But I can't go back
Back to how it was
I believe now
I've seen too much
But I can't go back
Back to how it was
Created for a place
I've never known

Chorus:
This is home
Now I'm finally
Where I belong
Where I belong
Yeah, this is home
I've been searching
For a place of my own
Now I've found it
Maybe this is home
Yeah, this is home

Belief over misery
I've seen the enemy
And I won't go back

Back to how it was
And I got my heart
Set on
What happens next
I got my eyes wide
It's not over yet
We are miracles
And we're not alone

(Chorus)

And now after all
My searching
After all my questions
I'm gonna call it home
I got a brand new mindset
I can finally see
The sunset
I'm gonna call it home

(Chorus)

Now I know
Yeah, this is home

I've come too far
Now I won't go back
This is home

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SERIES!!!!
SERIES!!!!
4:39pm Friday, May 9
I've decided in order to create a bigger anticipation for the release of my work, I'm going to produce pieces in series. I won't declare how many pieces will be in a series, but all of them will be related some how...whether this can be easily distinguished or not. I've come to find I tend to hold onto a certain mood for a while, and then I move on to a different mood, and my art parralles this...so I suspect within the next few months you'll be seeing a increase in the relgious relatedness of my work. I'm human, so I tend to not hold onto one mood for forever...and by mood...you'll have to figure that out by my work, or the title of the series. I don't know if I will be able to declare release dates for series or not...because one cannot declare when they will change moods...but I will try to have this series released around May 30th.
The title:
Rebirth.
(No pieces will be uploaded until May 30th or after...except for a two-piece prelude.)

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18200033/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18200033/ Tue, 06 May 2008 16:51:45 PDT


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"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."-Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)

"All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography."
-Federico Fellini

-----ANDREW COX ARTWORK-----

It would me so much to me if you became a fan of my page, it would mean a lot. I don't think people realize, how much it means to me when they support what I do.

I created this fan page, to make my artwork, (as an amateur independent artist) more global. Every one of of us has a voice. This how I am speaking.

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"...My faith is strong, but my confidence isn't. That is where you can help me, that is where I must trust you and God. My artwork won't change anything unless someone listens, or in this case, looks. I'm not perfect, no one is. My confidence is lower than others, but the more I learn, the more I realize that everyone, not just me, is hiding in a skin, something I try to see past, but usually fail like the rest of us. Behind every skin trying to be someone else, is a person who can change the world, someone who can love."
-Paragraph from extended mission statement


Be sure to leave comments and look at my artwork, this is a effort to voice my vision, that will grow as I do, and what God is helping do to change the world with what he has given me, and as an artist, I will accept compliments, but as Christian, I must lay down my pride and give it to God. Because my artwork isn't for my own enjoyment, it is to make people aware. Aware of what? Whatever the piece might contain.

I will be forever grateful for any comments or views.

On a side note:

THE FIRST 15 FANS GET FREE CARICATURES!!!
-There has already been 15 people that have become fans. Only two more will recieve AUTOMATIC caricatures (one of the 15, is me, so I don't count, the other has already recieved a caricature). By this I mean that I will definately draw you a caricature, not matter what, as soon as I can. This also means that even if you forget to redeem* your caircature, that I will still draw it for you, and give it to you (for free.)


FOR THOSE WHO STILL WANT CARICATURES (even if they weren't the first 15 fans.)
-Any who do not get the automatic caricatures, I will, unfornately not put as much speed into producing your caricature, and you must ask me for one, rather than me automatically giving you one, but none the less, the are still free for everyone.


*TO REDEEM YOUR CARICATURE:
if you were one of the first 15; send to me a message along with a picture of you, where I can see your whole face and hair visibly, in color, and inform me of your EYE COLOR(i have a hard time telling.) I will then complete them (caricatures) in moderation and (in order that I recieve the pictures) post them on here as I finish them.

FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE SAMPLE WORKS OF CARICATURES
-portfolio: caricatures 2005-2008
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"I'm trying to change the world through my art, presenting music inspired views upon love, war, self-promotion, Christian morals, religion, and politics. I'm afraid I'm not getting far, but I'll keep trudging on with it. The world isn't going to be changed by one person, by himself, over one night. Cheers. and good luck."
-Paragraph from extended mission statement

God bless the rest of your week,
and thank you again.
Andrew


ANDREW COX ARTWORK
MISSION STATEMENT

Hola amigos!!!! I am 15 year old Andrew Cox, world renowned action-film star!! Actually, I'm not. But what was the first thought when you read that sentence? "Boy He's Rich!"? I hate what money is more often used for; I believe money should only used to take your girlfriend out to eat, to support a family, or to donate it. Why am I saying this? I'm providing insight to you to who I am. If you want to learn the rest of my dreams and hopes, what I believe, just talk to me, befriend me, don't ask me these questions directly, you find out for yourself, just by who I am or rather who I try to be. I am an artist, or that's what people consider me, I just consider myself a person who can draw, a talent given to me by God my creator. I'm exploring, trying to find the truth. My art has taken a an emotional makeover recently, taking in perspective... ]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18187223/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18187223/ Mon, 05 May 2008 19:33:51 PDT I would say that my state's education system is overated...but that's and understatment.

To leave you with some thoughts...

Why do us teenagers feel the need to be with someone if, that someone, we probably won't be with within the next month or year?
Relationships are more serious as adults and more prolonged, and seem more purposeful...so why do teenagers feel a stronger yearning to belong to someone?
I'm not the only one.
And yet...when I find my first girlfriend...I want to chose carefully and hopefully she will be my only girlfriend. I don't know why, but it seems a waste to share your world with them, if you are not going to do so for the rest of your life....but then again the argument to that is, people need to learn what they want. Maybe I should be a relationship physcartist or whatever it is and however you spell it. It's odd, how much I realize about relationships, and what they're supposed to be...having never been in one.


I guess that's the innocence of hope.


I just want to be understood...and even more wanted: a girl that I can belong to.

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18086869/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/18086869/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:47:58 PDT I woke up sunday night, uhh...well I'll spare you the details, since I don't want to be gross.
And the whole day I had chills on monday...and an uneasy stomach.
I went to school, and my stomach was a little more relaxed, but I'm only 85% there...but I don't think 100% of me is there, unless I'm having a conversation with a friend.

And since that doesn't get anyone thinking...here's something to think about:

What is it that causes the 'cycle of crushes'; I guess that's how I'll dub it.?

It seems that a guy always likes a pretty girl that he can't have, because she likes a handsome guy that she can't have, because he likes a beautifal girl he can't have, that likes...

you get the picture.

so how does anyone ever end up in relationships?

Is it simply, that some people actually take to gravity, come back down to earth, and realize...
that people are not all about looks...

And so they end up with someone who they are happy with, that they can have.

I just wish we could disengage human nature.

But then, if we did that...we'd be, well zombies. And no one could recognize the good from the bad...because everyone would be apathetic, right?

Human nature is to fight; Human nature is to care...

That's why we go to war; that's why we have people who volunteer to spend weeks in Africa caring for orphans.

And that's how we can distinguish the good from the bad. Because of Human nature...
and so now we can truly appreciate those who are compassionate...because, being compassionate takes effort, which shows the person cares.

War takes little, or no effort.

Nothing is perfect.

I just hope I can find someone to share my world and how I think with. Because being a Christian, I want to make someone's life better, happier. And what better way to figure out how to make one person happy, so you can help everyone?

Just some thoughts.



Compassion is true bravery.

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17965342/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17965342/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:43:25 PDT love is
the
protest

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17899581/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17899581/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:41:34 PDT at 7:37am
I think that believing that staying in Iraq will prevent another terrorist attack is a pretty bold claim. Lots of countries hate Americans, and terrorists will always find a place to harbor them. Just think about it this way for a second.. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died since we have entered the war, and more troops have died than people died at the attacks on the WTC and Pentagon. Are we preventing terrorism or simply creating more animosity in a region of the world that had often disliked our country?

I'm not saying that Obama or Clinton are better choices than McCain, I just think there are better reasons to support McCain than his war policy.
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Andrew Cox wrote
at 7:07pm
other reasons to support john mccain:
-he asks congress to stop the federal gas tax and desiel tax from memorial day to labor day
-will repeal forever the AMT tax
-he believes that a weak ecomony and polluted enviroment go hand in hand...that's saying that with a better more efficent economy, we are less likely to produce waste.
-he believes we should convince china and india to join the kyoto treaty, and that the u.s. should consider it
-he is against liability of gun manufactures
-regarding guns, he believes that we should punish law breakers to the fullest and not take it out on those who do not break the law, by placing restrictions on the second admendment.

these are just some issues that I respect McCain for supporting.

as for creating animosity:
the only people whose hate burns with passion towards us is Al Quida and other terrorists...they apparently are obligated to hate us based on extremist beliefs: studying islam in world history last year, we learned that...
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Andrew Cox wrote
at 7:17pm
Jihad is islam term for fighting a holy war. The extremists take this beyond what it is, and use it as an excuse to fight what they're fighting for. I know an Muslim from Singapore through deviantart and he believes that America is a great nation with great people, but not so great of a government. our government has never been perfect, and never will be. the least it can do is fight a war, that as unfornate as it is, is neccesary...I will upload another piece here to help explain that. (pictures sometimes help more than words.)
other nations may not support what we do, and may lose respect for us, but it's a sacrifice to save those who have had their futures stolen from them and tossed carresly away by the wicked. I watched an interview on windstream...it was a marine, and he was talking about his thought on the war after touring Iraq: he believed in continuing the war, and that the media makes it look more dramatic than it really is, he said that most of what he did there was...
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Andrew Cox wrote
at 7:24pm
building things, like schools for children, providing a future, and playing soccer with little kids...just giving some ordinary person the time of their day saying hey we care about you, that's why we are here. The soldiers are just figthing to defend our freedom, but to save other's...so a little boy can home from his school to his father, instead of running through the streets looking for food. The marine also said if the school got blown up, they would go rebuild it. He strongly believes that if we end the war, that it could be the biggest insult you could throw at our soldiers, because we would be letting what they worked so hard for, what they watched their buddies die for, fall apart to pieces to the ground, and we can not do that to our soldiers again. After seeing that interview, I am strong in forming my opinons about war, after I hear what the men and women who fight it say what they think...I feel it is my duty to at least listen to those who protect my freedom...
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Andrew Cox wrote
at 7:29pm
and I feel most politicians tend to neglect soldiers opinons upon the war. Especially Obam and Clinton, which would make since, because one would think that the average person who joins the military would be a conservitave...why would someone join something that is fighting in something they want to be over with, right now? Back to the Islamic guy that has commented on my political pieces on devart...this is what he had to say in reply to one of my pieces..
"coz people are greedy. some people more than others. they dont care who they hurt. i saw on the news that the al qaeda told muslims around the world to not live in high rise buildings. i guess they think that we sholuld live in drains just coz they're fighting what they call a holy war.
afghanistan is filled with oppressed people who dont even have enough to eat. they get some of those guys , told them to blow themselves {which is considered a major sin in islamic law], and promised that their families will be... ]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17854537/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17854537/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:49:24 PDT
"It could be ten, but then again, I can't remember half an hour since a quarter to four.
Throw on your clothes, the second side of Surfer Rosa, and you leave me with my jaw on the floor.
Hey!
Just when you think you're in control,
just when you think you've got a hold,
just when you get on a roll,
Oh here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again.
Oh, here it goes again.
I should have known,
should have known,
should have known again,
But here it goes again.
Oh, here it goes again.
It starts out easy, something simple, something sleazy, something inching past the edge of reserve.
Now through the lines of the cheap venetian blinds your car is pulling off of the curb.
Hey!
Just when you think you're in control,
just when you think you've got a hold,
just when you get on a roll,
Oh, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again.
Oh, here it goes again.
I should have known, should have known,
should have known again,
but here it goes again.
Oh, here it goes.
Oh, here it goes.
Oh, here it goes again.
Oh, here it goes again.
Oh oh
Oh, here it goes.
Yeah, oh here it goes again.
Hey hey
Oh, here it goes.
All right!
I guess there's got to be a break in the monotony, but Jesus, when it rains how it pours.
Throw on your clothes, the second side of Surfer Rosa, and you leave me, yeah, you leave me.
Oh, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again.
Oh here it goes again.
I should have known, should have known,
should have known again,
but here it goes again.
Oh, here it goes, here it goes.
Oh here it goes again.
I should have known, should have known,
but here it goes again.
Oh here it, Oh here it, Oh here it, Oh here it, Oh here it goes
I should have, I should have, I should have, I should have, I should have known
Oh, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again.
Oh here it goes again.
Oh, here it goes again."
Here it goes again- Ok Go

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17368435/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17368435/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:32:57 PDT
"Happy Is A Yuppie Word"

Ah!

Everyone dies
Everyone loves a fight
Nothing is sound
Nothing is right side right
Evening comes, when the sun goes down in red
Nothing is cool
When will all the fighting end
When will all the fighting end

Happy is a yuppie word
Nothing in the world could fail me now
It's empty as an argument
I'm running down a life that won't cash out (cash out)

Everything fails
Everything runs it's course
A time and a place, for all of this loving war
Everyone buys, everyone's gotta price, and nothing is new
When will all the failures rise
When will all the failures rise, rise!

Happy is a yuppie word
Nothing in the world could fail me now
It's empty as an argument
I'm running down a life that won't cash out

Happy is a yuppie word
Blessed is the man who's lost it all
Happy is a yuppie word (word)

Looking for an orphanage
I'm looking for a bridge I can't burn down
I don't believe the emptiness
I'm looking for the kingdom coming down
Everything is meaningless
I want more than simple cash can buy
Happy is a yuppie word
Happy is a yuppie word
Happy is a yuppie word
Happy is a yuppie,

Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound

Happy is a yuppie word
Nothing in the world could fail me now
Happy is a yuppie word (word)

So calm down, yeah!
So calm down, yeah!
So calm down, yeah!

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17362352/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17362352/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:05:26 PDT

and i'm too lazy to upload new pieces right now...maybe tonight..
the talent show (drawing people's caricatures) was a blast, i guess?

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17252910/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17252910/ Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:27:41 PDT it's up to you...the officals
to decide if my poems are worth keeping

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17229011/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17229011/ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:02:24 PST Poetry:
-Secondhand Friendship
-Alone-Past and Present

Artwork:
-The Coolest Person I've Never Met
-Look Inside
-The Pioneer

Stuff to come:
-dipiction of the Jars of Clay song "Show You Love."
-dipiction of the Switchfoot song "Politicians."
-possible* dipiction of Linkin Park song "Shadow of The Day."
-possible* dipiction of Relient K song "The One I'm Waiting For."
-commisson- someone playing tetris
-commisson- someone playing gutiar hero
-possible* dipiction of Switchfoot song "Ammunition."
-more poetry
this is just some stuff listed, I've started other things, and have other ideas for other things.

*brainstorming on composition/not started yet.

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17151603/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17151603/ Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:26:13 PST Everything is broken
Everything is breaking down, breaking down

Everything is bleeding
Everything is bleeding
Everything is breaking down, breaking down

I pledge allegiance to a country without borders, without politicians
Watching for my sky to get torn apart
We are broken, we are bitter
We're the problem, we're the politicians
Watching for our sky to get torn apart
C'mon and break me

Entropy and Aching
Where have we been aiming?
Everything is fading out, fading out
We are the faded, splitted, and sedated
Everything is fading out, fading out

I pledge allegiance to a country without borders, without politicians
Watching for my sky to get torn apart
We are broken, we are bitter
We're the problem, we're the politicians
Watching for our sky to get torn apart
C'mon and break me
C'mon and break me

I pledge allegiance to a country without borders, without politicians,
politicians, politicians..

I am broken, I am bitter
I'm the problem, I'm the politician
Watching for my sky to get torn apart
C'mon and break me
(come on and break me)

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]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17146476/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17146476/ Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:01:07 PST starting with my poem "Complacency."
I'm still always going to use musical lyrics from professional songwriters (and giving cred as always, when there is enough typing space.), but every now and then I'll incorporate my own poetry. I think I've been to hard on myself about poetry...telling myself that I can't do it...but I think every artist has the talent or ability of writing poetry...it's just like fine art, it's not if the piece is good or not, but if the piece looks into you, and you connect with it.

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17130721/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17130721/ Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:23:19 PST and new pieces coming!!
just finished:
two new pieces dipiciting the songs
Hands Held High (Linkin Park)
Behind Your Eyes (Jon Foreman)

On my agenda
Show You Love (Jars of Clay)
4part series to "Gone" (Switchfoot)
Grace Like Rain (Todd Agnew)
Lonely Nation (Switchfoot)
Underdog (Audio Adrenaline)
and more

and a bunch o' caricatures for people.

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17042816/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17042816/ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:38:51 PST She tells no emotion
She's been gunning down the fight

She's just reminicing
Blood, sweat, and one thing's missing
She's been breaking up inside, inside

Singing without tongues
Screaming without lungs
I want more than my lonely nation
I want more than my lonely nation
Desperate we are young
Separate we are one
I want more than my desperation
I want more than my lonely nation

We are the target market
We set the corporate target
We are slaves of what we want
We're just not amused
And we're just used to bad news
And we are slaves of what we want

Singing without tongues
Screaming without lungs
I want more than my lonely nation
I want more than my lonely nation
Desperate we are young
Separate we are one
I want more than my desperation
I want more than my lonely nation

Lonely, lonely

Don't leave me hollow
I'm tired
Don't leave me hollow
I'm tired of feeling low
Feeling hollow
I'm tired of feeling low
Feeling hollow
I'm tired of feeling low
Feeling hollow
I'm tired of feeling low
Feeling hollow
Feeling hollow
Feeling hollow

Singing without tongues
Screaming without lungs
I want more than my desperation
I want more than my lonely nation
Desperate we are young
Separate we are one
I want more than my lonely nation
I want more than my lonely nation
I want more than my lonely nation
i want more than my lonely nation


Lonely Nation by Switchfoot

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17030632/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/17030632/ Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:51:20 PST
When I wake in the morning,
I want to blow into pieces.
I want more than just ok, more than just ok.
When I’m up with the sunrise
I want more than just blue skies.
I want more than just ok, more than just ok.

I’m not giving up, giving up, not giving up now.
I’m not giving up, giving up, not backing down.

More than fine, more than bent on getting by.
More than fine, more than just ok.

When I’m wet with the sunshine.
I want more than just a good time.
I want more than just ok, more than just ok.

I’m not giving up, giving up, not giving up now.
I’m not giving up, giving up, not selling out.

More than fine, more than bent on getting by.
More than fine, more than just ok.
More than fine, more than bent on getting by.
More than fine, more than just ok.

More than oceans away from the dawn.
More than oceans away from the dawn.
More than oceans away from who we are
More than oceans, more than oceans, yeah.

More than fine, more than bent on getting by.
More than fine, more than just ok.
More than fine, more than bent on getting by.
More than fine, more than just ok.

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I've come to noticed the combination of one person I know and music is my inspiration for my art.

Only thing is...my music's there, the person, not so much.

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16984006/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16984006/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:55:29 PST ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16932626/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16932626/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:23:23 PST Thanks!

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16926329/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16926329/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:59:01 PST Endless days I've had enough of
Going nowhere, God I want to
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!

Half asleep
I'm so bored
Counting sheep"

-Wake Up! Wake Up! -by Everday Sunday

"Ohhh, if there's one thing I hang onto,
That gets me through the night.
I ain't gonna do what I don't want to,
I'm gonna live my life.
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
Standing on the ledge, I show the wind how to fly.
When the world gets in my face,
I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day"

-Have A Nice Day- by Bon Jovi






Wake up and have a nice day.

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16829815/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16829815/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:20:38 PST Bleedin', sweatin', dyin'
Hear me when I say
Gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky
And I spread these wings and fly
I ain't here to play
I'm gonna live my life everyday"
-Everyday-Sunday

sometimes you just get so fed up with everything...you just say, "screw this, get out of my way, I'm going to fly."




]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16821547/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16821547/ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:36:06 PST I'm still sick though...

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have the flu... I have chills, my ears hurt every time I swallow, my throat hurts, and I can barely talk...
and I had a lot of art work I wanted to work on...but can't...my hand is almost to week to move....
comments would be delightful, thank you (on my art)

thanks...have a nice sunday!

all i can do is sleep

]]> ~andrewtheartist http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16758080/ http://andrewtheartist.deviantart.com/journal/16758080/ Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:57:02 PST check em' and comment em'
please
thank you

bu bye

cheers

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