you are here now

You are here now
In the vastnesss of space and time
May you be present here and now
print by Farouche

I found this print today in the lovely Farouche shop on Etsy, and I immediately fell in love with it. As cheesy as it may sound to you, I think the new year is a good time to contemplate how we order our lives and what our focus is. I am living in a technological age that moves at the speed of light, and my thoughts seem to be constantly running in circles in my head, a complicated web of computer signals from one end to the other, always jumping to the future or contemplating the past. How many times can I say that I have been truly present in what I am doing? When I get deeply engulfed in the creative process and my mind shuts off the chatter; when I am playing a musical instrument and am transported to an emotion beyond the plane of language - these are the times when I might actually be only in the present. Somehow I need to learn how to live beyond the mundane worries that nag at me and simply be.

New Year Inspiration

In an effort to be more creative this year, I'm going to revive this blog. Recently I've been experimenting with a lot of different mixed media techniques and I hope to share some of my projects here as well as my current musical inspirations and anything else that happens to strike my fancy.

I'll start off with some artist papers I made today just to get the juices flowing. These are really simple to do, and I find that making some simple backgrounds like these helps to start off the creative process if I am having a hard time knowing where to begin. These can be used for fine art projects, art journaling, stationary, or cut up to be used in other mixed media pieces. I used really basic supplies: canvas paper, acrylics, prang watercolors, and a few printing inks. Enjoy...







Current Soundtrack: Portugal The Man, American Ghetto

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