Archive for January, 2009
Good Mother – Good Father
Friday, January 30th, 2009 | LIFE | No Comments
I’ve got money in my pocket,
I like the color of my hair.
I’ve got a friend who loves me,
Got a house, I’ve got a car.
I’ve got a good mother,
and her voice is what keeps me here.
Feet on ground,
Heart in hand,
Facing forward,
Be yourself.
I’ve never wanted anything.
No I’ve, no I’ve, I’ve never wanted anything,
so bad…
Cardboard masks of all the people I’ve been
Thrown out, with all the rusted, tangled
dented God Damned miseries.
You could say I’m hard to hold,
But if you knew me you’d know,
I’ve got a good father,
And his strength is what makes me cry.
Feet on ground,
Heart in hand,
Facing forward,
Be yourself.
I’ve never wanted anything,
No I’ve, no I’ve, I’ve never
wanted anything so bad…
Heart in hand,
Feet on ground,
Facing forward,
Be yourself.
just be yourself.
just be yourself.
-Jann Arden-
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This song just made me cry hysterically.
denotive, pictorial graphic symbols
Saturday, January 24th, 2009 | STUDIES | No Comments
The mother of assignments so far in the graphic symbolism class. I was to make denotive pictorial graphic symbols that were universal and transcend language and my own cultural influences.
Apparently, I was successful.
EDUCATION-WAR-FAMILY-RELIGION-TECHNOLOGY
The three symbols that were most successful were FAMILY, TECHNOLOGY and RELIGION… altho the Prof stated that my color choice for religion could have been better as the colors are battling each other in the design. My EDUCATION was described as a basic illustration but still worked and that war was also done fairly successfully…
Prof’s Advice: your first idea is generally the most “comfortable” image; the one we have all been exposed to, so throw it out. I also read in an article to keep the number of ideas minimal so that one can work on making one strong design as opposed to many weak ones. So, I tossed the first idea – made many thumbnail sketches (Milton Glaser suggests pencil on paper because of the mind, eye, hand relationship)… then I picked the one that resonated strongest with me.
The FAMILY logo was labeled the strongest.
I am gratful.
Massive FaceBook Reunions!
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 | LIFE | No Comments
I went kicking and screaming into the world of Facebook. Yes, I too have been victimized by pop culture. Here’s the thing: I was talking to people from 25 years ago that I have never talked to or they never talked to me!
Even those I *did* commune with… well, that brought up a mixed bag of emotions. I am not proud of who I was back then. Wait… that is a lie. In some respects I am. But as it were – I was the queen of grinding relationships right into the ground. I have more burned bridges than any worn torn nation.
Bringing these old relationships into the forground really touched me. It really has me doing that ever repeating moral inventory (I have about a gazillion amends to make). There have been people I would have sacrificed almost anything for at one time – who I can barely look in the eye. It’s a good thing facebook is computer based.
Then, when I find I *want* to reach out and possibly share with people (I hate humanity, after all. I am not very good at humanity), I find that no one is particularly as excited as I am about a reconnect. And I feel a bit sad. Which is actually an indication that I am excited and may even care.
Of course, I hear Pastor raising his voice to me one fateful day: “Look at me! Hold your head up! There is no shame here!”
As cliche as it sounds, I am so happy that I have found God and that He offers me internal peace. I don’t often accept it – but when I do – it is such a gift.
I ask for forgiveness and hope that my own wild beliefs (including disbeliefs) and interpretations are close. I do not really believe that any of us can be spot-on in terms of the Spirit. We are where we are.
Yes – all that from 3 days on Facebook. Go figure.
A friend sent me an email. She has been a rock though we hardly ever “communicate.”
Snow is falling just on the other side of my window. The hum of the refrigerator is the only sound in the house.
Stepping outside is for me stepping into a silent earth. A resting, healing … breathing earth. This morning I’m feeling similarly. I’m alone, the dogs are snoozing, it’s a welcomed silence in my world. That which is important bubbles easily to the surface of my mind: people … people who have come to matter to me.
As an important person to me, I’m lifting you in my thoughts this very moment. Thinking wellness, thinking progress toward healing in your life.
silent hugs,
J
Be still – know that He is God.
A Good Logo Will
Saturday, January 17th, 2009 | STUDIES | No Comments
A quote I came across in my reading:
Will a good logo be lost in a quagmire of a creative department that is understaffed or poorly managed?
BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHA!!
::wipes tear from eye::
Art – What is it?
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 | STUDIES | No Comments
I eagerly anticipated graphic symbolism. I am still excited about it. In my outside readings on the subject I ran across this quote:
All true art is symbolical. Art which is merely naturalistic or representative, which merely copies Nature without interpreting its mysteries, is unworthy of man’s powers, for the function of the Artist is to lift up Nature by revealing the Divine Meaning which is to be found even in the simplest of natural objects.
This is the 3rd time I have hit this. Maybe it has hit me. Ivan and Paul BOTH have sat me down talking to me (very seriously) about this topic. “Where is the challenge in that?” they said.
I am DEFINITELY at a new place in my life. I am DEFINATELY going in a new direction. My job is to reveal the divine meaning which is to be found even in the simplest of natural objects.
Yeah… I don’t feel too much pressure there.
T Shirt
Sunday, January 11th, 2009 | LIFE | No Comments
All I Got Was This T-Shirt
I drew him while I was in Hospital.
MRSA Plush Dollie
Monday, January 5th, 2009 | LIFE | No Comments
My Little MRSA
And it’s all mine! It arrived in the mail today – made the whole “the boss packed my shit all up and it doesn’t even look like I even worked there” day!