Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Butterfly's Wings

His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly die ed and he did not know whnd en it was brushed or marred. - Ernest Hemingway



I started another painting today...
In the beginning, I didn't have anything in mind so I just grabbed a paintbrush and paint and went crazy on the blank canvas...

Squeeze some paint here... here ... and here..
Move paint brush this way... that way... down.. up...

After 20 or so minutes, I left my room to clean up...
I focused on washing my brushes and myself while I let the craziness in my room settle down on the easel.....
When I returned to my room, I put my supplies away.. and wait... I did a double-take on what finally settled on my easel....

I stared at the piece and developed an interpretation of what Past Alice was trying to say....
The meaning of this new piece hit me hard...
I started to ponder on why Past Alice drew this...
And I discovered a new side of me...
And a new perspective to Past Alice's problems...
Even though it did not solve my issues.. this new thought enlightened me.

I'm not going to show the painting just yet....
I know that if I display this interpretation and self-revelation along with the final artwork.. it will create a bias audience.
For now, I want most of my pieces to have a neutral stance so that the audience can develop their own perspectives.

Cheers,
Alice

Friday, February 12, 2010

Picking up the brush again...

For the past two mornings, I've gotten up to work out...
then I get back to my room...
and I just visit my daily blogs...
then...

BAM!

Inspiration hit and I just walk a couple feet to my easel...
and I create these...


Not sure what inspired them...
but I'm happy.

Cheers,
Alice

Monday, September 28, 2009

Need some sunshine today...


What a gloomy day on campus....
I woke up on the wrong side of bed...
I have a lot of work to do...

*sigh*

However,
I luckily found the cheerfulness in this blog I recently discovered...
I've never wanted to paint so much...
So pretty... (done by the blogger/artist Laura T. Trevey)


Also I love love LOVE sandpainting now...
so beautiful...


I'm just trying to stay peaceful on a Monday like today..
I hope you have a great day!
Cheers,
Alice

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

A full day of Cupcakes and Cashmere

So after surfing online I came upon the blog Cupcakes and Cashmere by Emily Schuman. This girl has great ideas and taste by mixing bargains from flea markets to high end pieces from the runways. As I'm writing down each genius idea (great ideas to display flowers, where the bargains are, and so many more), I realize that I pretty much spent the entire day indulging myself with all of her posts. After taking the time to accept this fact, I came to the conclusion that I want to live like Emily. She has so many followers who would appreciate her opinion and suggestions that her fan base continue to grow which is why she is so successful now. It's just admirable. Maybe someday, a girl with a lot of time will read all of my posts in one day. I'll set that as my goal now.


"She believed she could, so she did." - Suzanne Berry.
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For my readers,

Girls
Shop It To Me - Their front page says "We find you SALES on your favorite brand, in your size."

Boys
The 75 Skills Every Man Should Master - Figure out what you don't know and use the rest of the summer to accomplish one of them.

Song I'm listening to right now: