Daily Prompt: So Paint Already!

Fear of failure?

Fear of Success?

Lazy?  Probably.  I always was one of those people that waited til the last minute to kick something out.  I was one of those kids that sat up all night before a report was due before I buckled down.  I admit to feeling very stifled living in this thin walled apartment.  I am easily distracted and if it’s too noisy, that’s my excust not to try.  It’s hard to turn out anything decent if your heart’s not in it and sadly I have lost my passion.

I began to feel this way after I got computer software that creates similar results with a push of a few buttons instead of hours with various art mediums.  Only fooled around the last few years experimenting and doing some collages but have not done anything Gallery or Show worthy.  Used to love oil painting but gave it up due to the turps and then tried the so called oils you can mix with water.  Better than acrylic, which I don’t care for in fine art painting, but still not the same.  I have never studied watercolor with anyone and I will do that soon for the heck of it.  I understand the basics of watercolor from taking it while still in high school but I will see if I can find an artist in the area who gives lessons if I like their style.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow

Matthew 7:13    Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

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Matthew 7:14     Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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Daily Prompt: Sanctuary

Does such a place exist anymore?

Maybe somewhere over the rainbow.

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Many find their own bedroom a place of sanctuary from the rest of the world. I especially felt this way as a kid still at home with my big family. My family still reminds me of when I used to hide away in there after school, not doing homework but eating fudgesicles and reading what they called “Beatles Magazines” like Teen Beat or 16 magazine.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Cherry On Top

At first I thought what an odd Theme for a weekly photo challenge until I remembered this picture taken at one of my friend’s wedding years ago.

As usual, I touched up the one photo for everyone else’s privacy, just something I do for certain pictures.

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Me with one of my old 35mm camera’s at a friend’s wedding. We had a blast!
My friend thought he was so cute when he took this unexpected snapshot of me with the cherry. I was eating everyone's desserts that night.
My friend thought he was so cute when he took this unexpected snapshot of me with the cherry. I was eating everyone’s desserts that night.

Discover Challenge: The Things We Leave Behind

Things are left behind for various reasons.heartred

Sometimes it’s part of your heart.

 

Some of us have had to leave our homes in the past and go on to other adventures in our lives.

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Sometimes it’s people we love or used to.  Sometimes it’s the life we used to live.

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Sometimes we are leaving actual “things” behind.  Things we paid for but of no real value.  The false importance we placed on the “thing” due to some great marketing campaign and the idea of keeping our economy viable.  Truth is, the more things we leave behind, the more we can actually start living again.  Many born past 1980 never got to live, they have been “consuming” since birth.