Sleepin with my Art

Oh man! So yeah, it's been a minute since I have written. Yes, I have been away from my blog, but never too far from my camera. I have actually been working on my art series. I am putting together some pictures that can be purchased for fine art, I am also selling note cards, and trying to get together some pieces for an up coming jazz and poetry event at my church. All this, while trying to raise my offspring to follow The Father. So to say that I have been busy is an understatement.


What I did want to mention though was that all of the pictures you see on this blog (as long as they don't have an identifiable person in them) are available for purchase. I will try and label them as art, with a quick link on the side, but sometimes I forget. Just contact me and we can discuss the details, sizing, pricing, format. Most of them can be printed pretty large, I can also do note cards, postcards and canvases. Just let me know what you would like.


Here are a few pieces I have been working on....

There are more pieces coming. I will most definitely keep you updated.

~peace

j

I'm still here.

No, I did not fall off planet earth. No, I did not quit. I am still here. Just a little bit of a frazzled and overwhelmed here. My apologies for neglecting this blog. I will do better. Promise. Pictures to come...

Word painting

So, I was reading this book the other day, and I don't think I have ever read anything like it before. The subject and content was ok. But the way it was written, the way the author painted with his words, was amazing. It was a love story seen through the eyes of two people. The man and the woman involved, and basically the man and woman fall in love at a young age, but the woman ends up marrying and loving someone else, while the man waits, and waits, and waits for her. It is not until they are both old (70 somethings) that they end up getting together. I know that sounds strange, a love story about old people, but this book spans their entire lives and it is really pretty good. The reason I say pretty good, is because some of the descriptions and graphics were a little too descriptive, and if you were to pick it up and only have read that one page you would be questioning its' content. Other than that, it was really good. Anyway, back to his word painting. There were several passages in the book that were so artistically written, to me, they made my heart smile. Listen.

"Then he knew that they had rounded the cape of good hope, and he took her large, soft hand again and covered it with forlorn little kisses, first the metacarpus, the long discerning fingers...and then the hieroglyphics of her destiny on her perspiring palm."

I just love the end part about the hieroglyphics, it took me a minute to figure out what he was saying, but when I did, it captured me.

"By the time she finished unburdening herself, someone had turned off the moon."

The author could have just said "it was late". But turning off the moon... now that was something I hadn't heard before.

"She was embarrassed when she greeted him, and he was more embarrassed by her embarrassment. The knowledge that they were behaving as if they were sweethearts was even more embarrassing, and the knowledge that they were both embarrassed embarrassed them so much that the Captian Samaritano noticed it with a tremor of compassion."

Can you imagine two people thinking that they were at the end of their lives, falling in love again and not knowing what to do about it? I think sometimes the world saves love for the young. When in reality love is for everyone. Anyway sorry for the long post, but this book was so wonderfully written I just had to share... Happy Reading!

*sigh* with love,

j

Soul Food

I was once told "that boy needs to be in some greens". Perplexed, I asked why. In reply I learned "cause that's where Ham Hocks belong!"

Ohhhh. Ok! I get it. ; ) Would you agree?
I.Love.It.

~ j

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

~ Dr. Seuss

Positive K

Man! I have so many pictures from my Denver trip, it is taking me a while to get through them. It seems like I never have enough time to get all the things I have planned for the day done... let alone pictures. HOWEVER, a little birdie told me my cousin has been waiting to see her pictures. So BAM! Here they are. This is Keli, she is a senior this year, and I can't.believe. it. My how this girl has grown. I love her soooo much, she has turned out to be quite the young lady, and I am so proud of her. I did not officially take her senior portraits, just a few around the block, but you can bet your bottom dollar that I will drive out to Denver any time she is ready. Any Time. SO Keli call me. Love u.

*j

ps. girl you better be thinking of what you are gonna do... cause I will be expecting an answer when I come back out in October.... ;)

....with love....

He is so chunky, sometimes I just want to bite him. I mean really.
Let me tell you, I just LOVE fat babies. You know, the ones that don't hardly have a neck, and their arms and legs come in sections. All of my children have been that way. But it seems like my boy is just especially thick. People ask me all the time "what are you feeding that boy!!". Most of the time I really don't have an answer so I just shrug my shoulders and say "nuthin but nature's best" {wink, wink}. This kid is such a happy baby, not much gets him upset...unless he is hungry of course. He makes me smile.
These were taken the other day. I love how they came out. Happy thursday...

*he is just learning how to pull himself up and stand. I love the tongue hanging out, while he uses all his strength to get up. ; )

{j}