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]]> ~kristenjoy http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/9309367/ http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/9309367/ Sat, 08 Jul 2006 06:49:03 PDT Listening to: Death Cab for Cutie, anything Hillsong
Reading: Haven't got that far yet; have my eye on The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.
Watching: Prison Break, very keenly might I add! We're down to the last few episodes!


Phew. I just returned from Hillsong Conference in Sydney, Australia, and wow, was it amazingly mindblowing!!!

I learnt some great stuff about God and got closer to him. Not only that, I managed to take some pretty spiffy photos too. I have spent about five hours loading them on to my computer, fixing them up a bit and submitting them! And this is all after a week's worth of getting up at 5:30a.m. and getting to bed at midnight or later! You'd think I'd want my bed. Well, yes, I do, but the thing is, I want to experience the joy of producing some good work even more....

I hope you enjoy them. Please give me a holler about anything Hillsong related, or Hillsong photography related, for that matter. Have a fantastic day!!! ]]> ~kristenjoy http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/8870863/ http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/8870863/ Thu, 25 May 2006 06:28:49 PDT
Penguins.

C'mon kids, admit it, they are cute as cute gets. I tried to draw a penguin in art, but it came out looking like a kiwi. It seems I have looked at too many New Zealand postcards in my lifetime.

Pandemonium

Ok, i don't really like pandemonium, except in a piece of art (not crowded, not complication, just a feeling of "everywhere-ness"...)
And it's hilarious to watch in real life... oh... and I just love the sound of it... 'pan-de-mo-ni-um.' Looove it.

Pinafores and petticoats

Old fashioned-sounding-and-looking clothes, anything vintage, anything with lace, anything I used to wear as a kid...

Photography/Photoshop

Gosh, I've found my calling. The idea of capturing a moment just blows my mind. I think to be a pro photographer would be my ideal career... think about it... travel, people, art, what could be better?

Poetry

Oh yes, now here is my other calling... apart from God's calling ofcourse. I have always loved words. And it's such an uncool thing these days... I always got teased for using long words, too many adjectives etc etc. My best friend and I used to write stories, and we were good at it, but sometimes I'd wish I was good at something like sport, which (in my opinion) is an "easy" talent to posess. All the sporty kids were cool, they knew where they stood, but I was always the little freak in the corner drawing or imagining or writing something. Hmmm...

Pedicures

Ok, I've never had one, but after all that nerdy/arty stuff I just wanted to sound like a dits....

Picnic bars

'Cept with braces they are a no-no. Grr, I hate you orthodontist man!! ]]> ~kristenjoy http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/8677548/ http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/8677548/ Fri, 05 May 2006 00:27:34 PDT
Living in the southern hemisphere and want a beautiful Autumn experience: find your local park, and go to it at about, uh, say some time between three and six (golden time), and lie down and do nothing- just enjoy the crunchy leaves and the sunshine! Helps if there is sunshine, and not rain and slush (could be a challenge to find a day like this where I live, good old freezing Tasmania!)

I guarantee you won't be dissappointed. ]]> ~kristenjoy http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/8587861/ http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/8587861/ Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:21:23 PDT I'm not afraid of wearing the same thing twice in a row
I'm not afraid of spiders
Just think... they are butterflies who got sad and hairy and wingless.

I'm not afraid of liking different music
I'm not afraid of writing strange poetry, such as this
I'm not afraid of my faith
I'm not afraid of you knowing that I have some.

I'm not afraid of being called an amateur
We all have to start somewhere.
I'm not afraid of watching videos instead of DVD's
I'm not afraid of eating things that will make me fat.

I'm not afraid of... being afraid
That's the main thing, isn't it?
I'm not afraid of having experiences.
I'm not afraid of mucking up. ]]> ~kristenjoy http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/8557039/ http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/8557039/ Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:58:51 PDT It didn't stop there. The number of people shot that day came to 35. Bryant now rots away in a cell at Risond Prison, Hobart.
I wanted to share this with anyone who cares to read this because I have been to Port Arthur after this sad event, and let me tell you: something truly terrible happened that day. I know this not just because of what I have read in the paper or seen on the television, or what my parents told me, but because at the memorial site that day, everything was different. The air smelt strange. The garden was perfectly tranquil, not a thing out of place. But the most wierdest thing of all was the noise: there was none. No birds were singing. There was no wind, you couldn't hear the water nearby, or any talking, nothing. It was dead quiet. Literally. It is one of the wierdest things I have experienced... and I think everyone else has felt it too, and not just at the Port Arthur scene... I reckon it must be the same type of thing at Ground Zero in New York, or parts of Columbine High School, or the Concentration camps in Germany, or parts of Rwanda...

Anyway. I think I might write some poetry about it all. Art... that's one way we can cope with these things, isn't it? I thank God for what he has given us to use, not for destruction, but creation, not for death, but for life.

And life, that is the most important thing. ]]> ~kristenjoy http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/7911661/ http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/7911661/ Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:09:20 PST
(From the bible somewhere. Proverbs, I think.) ]]> ~kristenjoy http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/6464647/ http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/6464647/ Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:25:29 PDT

"Photography Master"... ok, not really! I have recently submitted a few new pics for your viewing. Hey, they're nothing special but I had sooo much fun taking them! My uncle recently visited from New Zealand, armed with a nice digital camera which I promptly stole for my own use. I spent a whole day in the beautiful paddock opposite our house, taking piccies of everything and anything that inspired me.

I'm also mastering the PhotoShop on our computer. When it comes to photographs, I never really know just how much I should touch up a photo. There must be a limit to the changes you can make. Somewhere along the line it becomes digital art, photo manipulation. Does photoshopping destroy an image? Well, it certainly sharpens the quality, intensifying the objective, the feeling of the shot, even if it minimises the purity of it.

I think one can definitely get into some destructive photo editing habits, such as darkening and grey scaling all their photos, like I do. So often, art is about the darkness, rather than the light; the prickles in the field, rather than the cute bunny rabbits skipping among the butterflies and the daisies. Just look at everyone on Deviant Art. We're all emo! I'm emo, you're emo (in a 'no- offence-intended' way). I'm sure no one could take offence as no one is even READING THIS!

Is anyone reading this? If so, drop me a line. I'm lonely ): (on the internet that is). It's okay though, I'm happy too. (Is that possible? I think so.) I've been thinking about photography, and how awesome it is, and how much my pictures suck. I keep telling myself that I should have a high standard in my photograpy, that I should push myself to get the best results, that I shouldn't just go easy on myself because I am a beginner. But the truth is, I AM still a beginner. Of course my photos aren't gonna be that great; I have no experience. Hey, I don't even have a camera.

But I'll get there. You always do, if you want to get there enough. Anyway, I'LL STOP BEING EMO and get on with things! He he he!


Have a jolly day
Love, a stranger

]]> ~kristenjoy http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/4722907/ http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/4722907/ Thu, 03 Mar 2005 20:03:05 PST
Isn't it funny how you can fuss over a piece of work (whether it be photography, painting, poetry, whatever) which just doesn't see right? And then, when you come back to it a while later, it seems really good, or atleast so much better than before?

That happens with me, and vice versa. My poem 'Until' just didn't seem good enough for people to read, but now I like it. Maybe it's because I wrote it in the heat of a moment, with a strong feeling and situation in mind; but now, as time has passed, the anger or sadness or grief has fizzled out and I'm just an outsider.
All I have to do is read it, and hopefully feel it.... instead of worrying over the precision of the rythm and syllables etc.

I am $50 poorer than last I checked on the 'digital camera account'; let's face it, I love to shop.

Well, anyway, I'll catcha later... ]]> ~kristenjoy http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/4458057/ http://kristenjoy.deviantart.com/journal/4458057/ Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:00:46 PST
Random is sooo the hot word. Anyway.

I'm new to deviantART, or, atleast, I was at the time of this journal entry being written. If you're completely addicted and obsessed with DA, there's a chance you may have seen some of the work my sister, known as butterflli, has done in the photography department.

I'm saving up for a digital camera, but in the meantime poetry works. I've always loved writing; I mean, c'mon, camera shamera, all you need is what's in your head... plus a computer to spread the love.

It's the summer holidays and there is only so much you can do, even in such an awesome country as Australia (haha I sound very patriotic ey?). Maybe becoming a DA user means even more time at the computer!

To whoever is reading this, well, I hope you can read my poems, and tell me what you think. Be the first to post a comment!!! hehehe.
Hey, by the way, I forgot to mention that I lurve Johnny Depp, if by chance you wanted to know. Should I have counted him as an artist?

Catcha, kristenjoy. ]]> ~kristenjoy