Art Party

from wikipedia:

"Art refers to a diverse range of human activities and artifacts, and may be used to cover all or any of the arts, including music, literature and other forms. It is most often used to refer specifically to the visual arts, including mediums such as painting, sculpture, and printmaking. However it can also be applied to forms of art that stimulate the other senses, such as music, an auditory art. Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy which considers art. "


I love the creative arts, and I've always longed to be a better more creative person. I think my jealousy as a youngun' of my siblings Ruben and Gina didn't come from them being "smarter" than me ("gifted & talented") but from them being artistic, able to write music, draw, paint, sketch and sculpt at a moments notice. It's a skill that I've longed for all of my years.

I've felt the strong urge recently to be more creative, be it visually or aurally (see above wikipedia entry). So, I've (as earlier posted) started playing music more (I always listen to music - like water to a fish), and I recently joined in with friends on an Art Club dubbed "Doodle and Canoodle". These friends are serious artists, seriously, so initially I've felt a little intimidated. These are awesome people though, and offer motivation, encouragement, insight, influence, and incredible art to enjoy. (laughs and drinks are superb as well)

We've got weekly themes, which I think help push me "out of the box". My favorite piece so far has been my Blue Meanie for the Movie Monster theme. (I'll post a pic here later when it's done done - still a work in progress). Last weeks theme was "self-portrait", and, if you can't tell from this here blah-g, I'm pretty self-deprecating (or just plain mean to myself), so this was a difficult one. My piece is turning out pretty decent though (also still a work in progress).

In addition, one of my best friends, Derrick, is going to establish an art studio with me (and a couple of my teammates from D&C) out of my (currently underutilized and partially empty) garage. Things are looking good in the creative arts department (now if I could just figure out my pesky "love" life). I'm lucky to be surrounded by such incredible individuals, without whom I'd probably fall into an endless slumber.

One of my heros is gone, but still in my heart, RIP George (harrison that is)