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Once in awhile, I have a chance to become vertical for more than a few minutes and sink into suspended animation after a busy day. To hike, hit the hammock, go for a swim & to the mountains. We are in awe of the soaring fireflies; and overcome with pride and obedience to the contentment of the moment within which one can seek and find closer connections... to the essentials.

Hope everybody out there is enjoying the season,

J

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Synchronicity is to me what helps us get down life's busy race track. Along the way, folks are there to help and give us the potential we need to reach our aims.

Collectively we can do a lot of great things to help parts of the world where the government has forgotten its role as protector of the people. Here the governments have exploited innocent men, women, and children and they need our help to get on track.

Sounds like regime change but in a whole new way, given to the aims of corporations, empires, media conglomerates, etc the average person feels very small. Together, however, there is so much we can still do to kick things into gear. Even a small act can have a greater effect than we know so keep up the good work

Check out my altered book:

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Lots of great inspiration around these days to create and to see the world with a perspective that resounds with this remarkable clarity.

Maybe things aren't as bad as they say, maybe we're still rooted and on an amazing journey into areas & regions where no hope exists.

Need for aid to our own country and other parts of the world has never been greater, we must keep our outlook to help transform ourselves to see life as we know it and our place in it. We can make a difference.

The thing of it is, we can't stand in the same place too long, yet there is a saying that the blues don't change. Here it is spring, and we're mired deep down in the muddy blues of our cognizant existence. For what? I think that a remarkable synchronicity is happening, what's more, its ever-happening.

The message is clear, nothing will ever be the same in terms of our own experiences, but we'll (for those of us that subscribe) continue to carry on our wanderlust, our passion for whatever it is that keeps us planted on a planet that's beautiful at times and at others can be bleak. Just create what you will and send those diamond sutras out into the great beyond. Cut through the illusions and synchronize.

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"Work of this kind is like a human being. What is it, whence does it come, where is it going, and why, and when, and who will know it? Work like this something alive, and full of unknowables, and it abides even as you do not know this is what it is.

So I console myself, saying, do not ask me what this book is, whence it came, why it came, and for what purpose, do not point out its imperfections, gaucheries, crudeness -- rather, you might just as well say to me, looking at me in the eyes: -- "What are you, whence came you, why, and for what crude imperfect purpose?"--- Jack Kerouac


and so begins another crude artistic season here in the Western Maine Foothills...

may it be imperfectly satisfying and good..

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Composing the elements of my art, my breath, my footsteps, my actions all combine to create my sensitivity for the visual aspects of what I see and how I wish to convey moods in my work.

Well, as most people are recharging their batteries after a long winter, I find myself heading in the direction of loosening the creative energy that's been stored over the past few months.

Look for more paintings in the near future

"If you have a sincere and open heart, you naturally feel self-worth and confidence, and there is no need to be fearful of others."

~The 14th Dalai Lama

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To everyone in the spirit of the season, hope its starting to come alive- now for snow. Let the wiebobing commence.

“Moon and stars may fall to earth,
Mountains and valleys may crumble
and even the sky may disappear;
But you, O Buddha, speak nothing false.”
-excerpt from King of Absorptions Sutra

“The roots of all goodness lie
In the soil of appreciation for goodness.
Constantly meditate upon how to ripen
The fruits that can grow therefrom.”
-the Buddha

I have seen beauty in a hawk
Run forth like flame across the land,
His eyes like amber bought with blood
In splendid Samarkand.
-Robert P. Triston Coffin

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Mood: Good to go
Listening to: Wind Driving Dogs-Chad Vangaalen
Reading: Hayduke Lives!

Yada yada, its the fall again and its been a great summer. Too much good stuff happening to encapsulate it. Grown a bit as a watercolor artist and setting my sights on the near future. Got a show coming up at the Turner Center for the Arts, so if you're in Maine, come check it out got some new work to show. First juried show, so this makes it feel a bit accomplished. Starting a third year of teaching and looking forward to what transformations will occur.

Hope that everyone with loved ones in the middle east have found that they are safe and enjoying the newly carpeted democracy that has been recently installed.

I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlight begins
It's all a mystery
Oh. To fight is to defend

More information on the show:

"Breaking the Mold"
A New Look at Landscapes
Alan Bray and Dennis Spencer, Jurors
September 6 through September 30, 2006
Work by Twenty Artists

try the website: [link]

the pieces selected of mine were:


Shoreline


Sandstone Creek


Haybales 4


Enjoy the fall colors!

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Mood: Good to go
Listening to: Lick the Palm for Guava
Reading: DaVinci Code
Watching: Repo Man

Haven't updated this thing in while. Not sure that anyone reads these thing anyway. But, I wanted to add my own sense of things and this serves the purpose. Got a bunch of great weather lately, been really good for hiking and mountain biking, so I can't complain there. Pretty soon the wildflowers will be in bloom and looking forward to doing some fishing and getting out a bunch.

Hope everyone is feeling good about life and trying to make that positive change occur.

Ciao

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Mood: For Life(w/ choice)
Listening to: You Are Now Tuned In
Reading: The Brothers Karamazov
Watching: Travellers & Magicians

Wanted to give a word to the influential essence of life and the ways that I am able to expand my outlook, find new beginnings. Guess that is the only way for me to truly be happy, reflecting back some of the soul that lives within.
Hope that peace in Iraq can occur. Seems like a pointless way to experience peoples differences, by trying to make them more like us. By the way, what are we focusing our energy on. Oh yeah, finding new ways to measure the success were not that busy looking for....

Just hope Iraqis don't go the way of the Native Americans
Peace to the people feeling life's pain.

J

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Mood: For Life
Listening to: OUR MUSIC
Reading: The Brothers Karamazov
Watching: Travellers & Magicians

So how's everyone, getting everything they need and trying not to get lost in the mass media hustle that leads up to and away from this interesting time. Anyone paying attention to New Orleans, looks like there will be Mardi Gras this year and that seems like really good news. Trying to get the things to change for the better seems like such a friggin process. Things do change for the better, given time. Attitudes change and the world sets a course for the rest of us to follow. Gotta be a bit stronger I think and keep things on course for those of us that practice non-violence and intelligent warfare. Keep your tongues sharp and walk in the way of the the humble.

Realize the power you've got and keep headed towards togetherness. It's not easy, but I'm not weary and always willing to help hungry people eat and blind people see.

Youth.....
its on you..
If they won't listen, its cause they're scared to admit the walls of babylon are tumbling down....

Peace In 2006

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Mood: Loving
Listening to: Something by Baaba Maal
Reading: The Brothers Karamazov (still)
Watching: Clerks

With my feet,
I can:

1. Run 9 miles up the road
2. Kick rocks for fun
3. Swim the length of the shoreline
4. Ground myself as I do Reiki
5. Walk on sacred earth
6. Shift the gears in my Subie
7. Mash grapes in a vineyard wine vat
8. Pet the cat
9. Have some of the most special times on a mountain top
10.Telemark ski
11.Make a damned fool out of myself
12.Surf on a burnt squid to Reny's
13.Relish the toes, like fingers that bend to no one but me
14.Cross a river and feel the slippery rocks
15.Brake my sled
16.Twirl a pencil, (still working on that one)
17.Dance like the bony hipster that I am
18.Perform yoga, tai chi and work out positions
19.Stand up for myself
20.Curl up to my head at the site of my girl

Peace to the people in France and the hardships they face in the recovery process, should the situation get better. I am sickened by the Federal government and the response to a population that is held in economic slavery~this sounds way too familiar.

Jeremy and I tag: , and

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Mood: Loving
Listening to: Big Chief
Reading: The Brothers Karamazov (still)
Watching: Everything Is Illuminated

Thanks for all of the support. Lately I've been reminding myself of my skills in the 3D world of ceramics. My emphasis from college.

Looking forward my more than what I've recently contributed from my magus hands.

To everyone who's reading this, peace and much love to your battery pack of good energy.
to voters in Maine & people everywhere: a plea to end discrimination.
~One Love, J

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Mood: Expensive
Listening to: Love in the Lies
Reading: The Brothers Karamazov (still)
Watching: Everything Is Illuminated

....
So far this year is slowly ending and seems a lot like a world that I'm living in defies explanation. I'm got a lot on the stove right now and haven't had a free hand to flip some art into DA. Kinda sux and although the site is starting to reek of corporate BS, I miss it. Anyway, those of you that read this, I look forward to being back in usual form soon and am really enjoying the ceramix classes that I'm teaching this year. One of the things that is preventing me from going insane and a healthy fall to you all.

Go see "Everything is Illuminated with Elijah Wood, you that like the deep movies that make you thing.

PEACE

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Mood: Expensive
Listening to: Farewell
Reading: Brothers Karamazov





The sale of these prints to benefit Hurricane Katrina survivors

$30 for matted 8"x10",$16 for matted 5"x7"(shipping included

Contact me at sgraffito@gmail.com for more information

I know that the horror of the flood has gotten most people pinned to the wall and I wanted to just put a message out of love and positivity to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. The heavens opened up and swallowed you up. Somehow you folks managed to be spit out and for the friends, relatives, and children you've lost, there's a deep regret in all our hearts. Heal with Godspeed.

Your prayers are my prayers, J

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Mood: Expansive
Listening to: Description Of a Fool
Reading: Zona

Time to embrace the 3D clay loving side of myself. Submitting some work done this summer. Camp has come to an end and vacation has arrived, well time to recover, lesson plan for the fall and paint some. Not the fine motor kind, this is more Mr Miyagi style!
I hope a healthy August has found everyone and enjoy

as the gas prices rise...

J

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Mood: Expansive
Listening to: Description Of a Fool
Reading: A Moveable Feast

Looks like August is here and the first of many outdoor shows has come and gone.

Here's a look at some of the photos from this year's Art in the Park.











I shared a booth with my girlfriend, Jenny who is a talented photographer and web designer.
~Check her out at CellarDoorCards.com
and DIwebsites.com

We had a great time, made some cash and met a lot of wonderful folks. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon off.



Enjoy and have a great tail end to your summer everyone.

For those who could attend, peace and to the yellow aliens...I wish you better days!


Jeremy

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Mood: Expensive
Reading: Maine 2005 Fishing Regulations

Went out hiking the other day with my bro and got caught in the rain. Had a good time and got to check out somewhere new. Got a day off tomorrow and plan to finish a couple paintings for my show Friday.

Wishing all of you the best out there in Deviant Land

Here's to 1,000 page views, wonder who it will be!?

Peace

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Mood: Expensive
Listening to: Benediction~Alpha Blondy
Reading: Maine 2005 Fishing Regulations

Found online:

"Will whoever posted the rappie pie recipe please contact me privately. I'm
Acadian and I seldom see any Acadian recipes. I have a killer recipe for
poutin rapee to share with you. Unfortunately, due to a mess up with my
mail server, I lost all my email on my hard disk, and don't know who you are!"

~Denise


Proving that it can always be worse..


The Acadians are also very tough people, so peace to you.

Very Hard and rugged history..

Saw Grapes of Wrath (the play) the other day and that was done brilliantly.

Still don't know what its like to go hungry??

Luckily I will not go hungry tonight or starve for knowledge..

Actually painting again and that is very cool~

Peace

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I was working in the studio today and overheard two 2nd graders at camp discussing why the fact that the fellow who ate clay was a bit disturbed. They were engaging in typical childlike behavior, in the sense that one was almost daring the other to eat some. Like it was a good idea. You'll get sick for about 5 weeks, one said. The third camper who hadn't said very much until then. Piped up when the clay-eater had supposed eaten some and was persuading the others to eat some. He had said very clearly and calmly with a laugh, "don't believe him." "Don't believe everything you see and hear!" I thought to myself, wow somebody had given him a few common sense lessons, or he had picked it up from a cartoon or something. What I want to know and this is purpose of this rant.. is why can the 7 year old figure out that not everything presented to us is true, in fact 90% of what we see is typically an illusion.

I wonder how gullible are we? In our short lives, I wonder if you remove the time we spend driving, going to the bathroom, sleeping, and trying to decipher falsehoods from the truth..how many hours are left to truly enjoy life? I guess that's probably why I am an artist and soul searching rhythm-seeker. trying the suck the marrow out of life....

Sure beats eating clay or talking to people on my cell phone....

If I had my druthers I'd turn it off and go spend some quality time in front of the easel or being up on a mountain..

Peace and thanks for hearing my rant,

people will you please question what you hear and see a bit more...

It'll make the lives of your children a bit easier.

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Mood: Expensive
Listening to: Cariba~Wes Montgomery
Reading: Maine 2005 Fishing Regulations

As the wine pours, by glory the day ends..

My life is one continous song played in the key of C...

Shady, shady the wood in front of the Hall:
At midsummer full of calm shadows.
The south wind follows summer's train:
With its eddying puffs it blows open my coat.
I am free from ties and can live a life of retirement.
When I rise from sleep, I play with books and harp.
The lettuce in the garden still grows moist:
Of last year's grain there is still plenty left.
Self-support should maintain strict limits:
More than enough is not what I want.
I grind millet and make good wine:
When the wine is heated, I pour it out for myself.
My little children are playing at my side,
Learning to to talk, they babble unformed sounds.
These things have made me happy again
And I forget my lost cap of office.
Distant, distant I gaze at the white clouds:
With a deep yearning I think of the Sages of Antiquity.

~T'ao Ch'ien
4th Century Chinese Poet



Peace to all and a great summer, J

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Mood: Expensive
Listening to: Walking On the moon
Reading: Maine 2005 Fishing Regulations

fractals feels fine,
inside the meter of my syncopated mussel shell rhyme,

Another one lost in the swim of the sun,
rivers flowing through my veins maelstrom

liver giver, deliver the coming along into the rain as
I step down
through
the drought of
my soul...

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Mood: Expensive
Listening to: Mystery of Love
Reading: Maine 2005 Fishing Regulations

The city gates at twilight and a red ship sinking
behind winter's grey wall
ice in the wind but a fire in the embers of my heart as darkness falls
in a candlelit room where your eyes are laughing, smoking in the red chair
and nothing in the world 'cept the beating of my heart against the nerves of the air
And I know there's a light at the end of the tunnel 'cause I taste it on your lips
and I feel a weight that can bend me double you lift it with your fingertips
so often it happens that words prove useless in the face of how it feels
so it is as the mystery of love keeps growing the more my heart reveals
Temptations endless whispers try to keep it in perspective so much to distract
walking on a wire while you're juggling desire
it's all part of your balancing act
and it gets hard to know just what you believe
as the argument rages on but for all of the talk
it's only true to say that if you have no hope there is none
A tangle of tongues flesh flowers and thistles of conscience, spittle and skin
we can't change the past so we'll raise this cup to our lips and drink it all in
and meantime back in civilisation the rain is cold as steel
but the mystery of love it just keep growing
the more my heart reveals
As sure as the rose the bright day blooms
as surely still it fades
and the night kindles stars on empty winds
and ghosts along the collonades
and slow but sure the sands are falling
as the bridge burns beneath the wheel
and the mystery of love it just keeps growing
the more my heart reveals
the more my heart reveals...

~The Mystery of Love

By David Gray

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Mood: Expensive
Listening to: Thought@Work
Reading: Maine 2005 Fishing Regulations

Flowing into the summer and going strong. Feels like a long time that I've had time to myself and its good to know that my evening job will soon be ending. Fleeting time is my enemy and I've got a lot to do before the July show.

Peace to everyone

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Mood: Expensive
Listening to: By the TV Light- Turin Brakes

Got to reflect once and in awhile... my eyes adjust to the dimly lit world I've been living in for the past months. With all this rain, not motivated to paint, nor do I have the time. The tide is turning and my interests shift from, 4D music, 2D painting, and then into the 3D ceramics.

Semicircle people are pointing and staring to the sky... -Turin Brakes


We Americans carving our self into obscurity with our inability to save money and plan for the future are putting our selves and place in the world at risk.

Last year's US trade deficeit was 666.
Just hit 666 page views.
Guess its just a symbolic gesture..hint

Foul weather keeps fair weather friends away

Peace, Soul, exPeRiences, J ]]> *hawkslept http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5415604/ http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5415604/ Fri, 20 May 2005 20:35:05 PDT
Mood: Gracious
Listening to: Big Mon

Like waves on the ocean,
Human beings play for a time,
Caught by the storm of delusion.
The ocean, however, is all the time pulling, pulling.
Sooner or later, all of them will have to be drawn back,
To merge at last into the vast ocean of divine love from which they came.

~Yogananda

Learn the rules and throw them away..

Waiting for the dawn to start waking me up rather than my alarm clock.
Peace, J ]]> *hawkslept http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5354630/ http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5354630/ Sat, 14 May 2005 09:08:45 PDT
Mood: Lucky
Listening to: How Come?

Substance, Shadow & Spirit
~Chinese Poem, author unknown

Substance to Shadow:

Heaven and Earth exist for ever:
Mountains and rivers never change.
But herbs and trees in perpetual rotation
Are renovated and and withered by the dews and frosts:
And Man the wise, Man the divine--
Shall he alone escape this law?
Fortuitously appearing for a moment in the World
He suddenly departs, never to return.
How can he know that the friends he has left
Are missing him and thinking of him?
Only the things that he used remain;
They look upon them and their tears flow.
Me no magical arts can save,
Though you may hope for a wizard's aid.
I beg you listen to this advice-
when you get wine be sure to drink it.

Shadow replies:

There is no way to preserve life.
Drugs of Immortality are instruments of folly.
I would gladly wander in Paradise,
But it is far away and there is no road.
Since the day that I was joined to you
We have shared all our joys and pains.
While you rested in the shade, I left you a while:
But till the end we shall be together.
Our joint existence is impermanent:
Sadly together we shall slip away.
That when the body decays Fame should also go
Is a thought unendurable, burning the heart.
Let us strive and labour while yet we may
To do some deed that men will praise.
Wine may in truth dispel our sorrow,
But how can it compare with lasting fame?


Spirit expounds:

God can only set in motion:
She cannot control the things she has made.
Man, the second of the Three Orders,
Owes his precedence to Me.
Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another:
Nor by any means can we escape
The intimate sharing of good and ill.
The Three Emperors were saintly men,
Yet to-day--where are they?
P'eng lived to a great age,
Yet he went at last, when he longed to stay.
And late or soon, all go:
Wise and simple have no reprieve.
Wine may bring forgetfulness,
But does it not hasten old age?
If you set your hearts on noble deeds,
How do you know that any will praise you?
By all this thinking you do me injury:
You had better go where Fate leads--
Drift on the Stream of Infinite Flux,
Without joy, without fear:
When you must go--then go,
And make as little fuss as you can.


Wanted to share this beautiful poem with you folks....

Pain is the promise, justice is non-existant, so hold the ones close to you..close but all the while keep a' walkin.

People lets take back control of this establishment that is built on "We the people.."

Peace, J ]]> *hawkslept http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5279049/ http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5279049/ Thu, 05 May 2005 20:17:36 PDT
Mood: Lucky
Listening to: Pieta

don't sell yourself so short,
for you and I completely know the deal,
and play with sport,
perform feats of mercy~have bravery in what you hold and keep....

Not everyone can see greatness and some only dream in their sleep.

~Hawkslept 2004 ]]> *hawkslept http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5256234/ http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5256234/ Tue, 03 May 2005 13:03:25 PDT
Mood: Renewed
Listening to: Pancho & Lefty
Reading: Tao 365

When we're kind to someone and treat others the way we want to be treated, we're not only doing them a service, but ourselves as well. Time always cruises by when we're busy, so its important to slooow down. By doing this I can really appreciate and recognize that I'm able to constantly remember what others have done for us and if the wind is at our backs now, it might not be for long!

Props to:

~mindlessmuse

~patu-

*EddieTheYeti

*alberich

~QuotidianAubergine

~Chacalxxx

~xcarebearx

~RedAce135

~Silvercrows

~trancebliss



I wouldn't be on DA if not for beautiful folks like you.

~thanks for getting it!~

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~Nelson Mandela

Mood: Wish granted?
Listening to: Black & White
Reading: Trickster Makes this World

It is ridiculous to assume with the web of corruption that our government is surrounded by and privy to, that anything can surprise me but here goes.
Why can't we Americans, not lobbyists, not congressmen, not big business individuals, but you and me and others like us peacefully mobilize and take on the corporate greed and internal corruption that seems to be running this country?????

If we truly love this nation we need to start standing up and demanding that our voices be heard.

Why does it matter? It matters because every time you turn around, you see people in line for character assassination and what comes of it a big whopping zero. Some do deserve it and they fade away away as the press feeds on somebody new.

I'm not bigoted but what the hell is "Christian Citizenship" and what does it mean when someone is Pro-Abortion!? I love the conservative media, fair and blah blah blah blah blah...

You wonder why things have gotten so out of hand and the reason is that all of our young people who would be leaders are in prison on drug or petty charges.

Read that there is a movement within architect circles to change the way prison institutions are constructed and to make them more integrated into society! This is wonderful news! really!

Maybe they should study the Senate and the CIA and find out how the Republicans bozoes have been doing it for so long!

Oh well, 3 more years and counting...

It takes a nation of millions to hold us back-
Public Enemy ]]> *hawkslept http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5167824/ http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5167824/ Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:35:47 PDT Mood: Gracious
Listening to: Madame George
Reading: Bob Dylan~Chronicles Vol. 1

How's everyone doing? Feeling the night come alive after a long winter is pretty satisfying. The moon is out, the stars and the bugs are back in bloom. Must be springtime in Maine. Enjoy!

Peace to all those who are lacking, J ]]> *hawkslept http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5133971/ http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5133971/ Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:00:38 PDT Mood: Expensive
Listening to: Shooting Star
Reading: The Forerunner
Watching: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring

"I can see the day coming when even your home garden is gonna be against the law..."

"Well it's sundown on the union,
that was made in the USA,
Seemed like a good idea
'Til greed got in the way."

~Bob Dylan, Union Sundown

Our world is so perverse and I'm 28 and can't figure out most things.

Like why most of the art on Deviant isn't created with a whole lot of emotion, because it doesn't sell. Seems like quite a limb to go out on just to earn a living~
I have found some individuals that are saying screw what's marketable, I'll just produce what I fancy and the people will wake up and smell themselves... I've been waiting for this to happen for years and for the most part people just want art that looks good in their living room....
So what does this mean, what's the purpose of this rant?
To expose some of you in the dark of DA and find where there are artists shedding light.
(For those of you who prefer the dark, no offense)

Here's a few to share:

Snbmeg-who has an awesome gallery and great sense of shape and line!
QuotidianAubergine-talented/experienced outlook on life for 16!
Beyondlight-blows my mind away farther than any recent Star Wars movies!
Guitarsallly-very varied collection
J-a-v-i-e-r-what a mind!
Lucid-lui-great color sense
Dreamingbee-images are haunting
Faros-extremely talented in the vector work
Martisunshine-helps me out once in a while and writes poetic pearls!
Jaysu-striking sense of imagery

and check the list for more...




OK, I'm done for now, those are my nefarious words of the day..

Peace to all those who are lacking, J ]]> *hawkslept http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5054964/ http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5054964/ Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:03:30 PDT
Mood: Expensive
Listening to: Anything by Bob Dylan
Reading: Chinese Poetry

Got to be moving towards the next week or so and try to smile as much as possible. The weekend weather was great and soon the trees will be blossomin'. Amen
~J

]]> *hawkslept http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5025843/ http://hawkslept.deviantart.com/journal/5025843/ Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:57:36 PDT
As I sit down to contemplate my next move, I gaze past a sea of decisions, with hesitations. No time to play the games that used to define me so and it makes me cringe to think that so much of my life is determined by what is written down on paper. I have always known it, shrugged it, believed it, but knowing that some day I'd succumb to it, no. Maybe it's just tax time and I'd like to feel less attached, but it bites into my hip and wraps it self around my leg.... Used to be when I was in school it would spiral around and I could chase it as it fell to the ground, and doing so I could choose my steps. Nowadays it comes from the ground, and forms a glaze over the ground and I step to avoid it.

Looking forward to possibly going out west and hanging with friends and getting back into the ceramics studio. Just found out the other day that I'll be teaching ceramics next year and I am stoked to get back into the 3D groove that kept me uplifted for so long. Who's got time to show works, with all this going on. Me, I guess... I've got 1 1/2 months to get some prints made and prepare for a studio tour in my hometown. Time to trim the sails and pots and get busy!

Have a great spring, everyone

Bob Dylan in 9 Days ]]> *hawkslept