dot the eye

delightful surprise

2011-08-22T16:02:00.000-07:00

I awoke this morning to discover FOUR messages in my Luminoddities mailbox, from Etsy curators... letting me know that I had been featured in their treasuries! Talk about feelin' the love! ^_^

Here they are:

'If you Go into the Woods tonight....' by MySelvagedLife

My Man - Vintage Mens Form 86ForTheHome $48.00	Woven Merino Blanket, White ... RiverFarmRI $350.00
Expansion No. 2 / Painted St... artistinthearc... $40.00	Wild Woman in Vegas. Dyed Fe... GoddessOfJewel... $24.00
Lumberjack Necklace EnchantedLeave... $11.95	16" PILLOW COVER - Choc... JillianReneDec... $40.00
Season of Now ---- Elemental... ElementalEyePh... $75.00	Grey Wolf Mask faerywhere $85.00
Vintage Military Canvas Shou... meatbagz $42.00	Antique 5pc Glass China Pain... treasurebooth $10.00
Faux Bois gold and brown woo... ScrapHappyLyre... $16.00	Fruits of the Forest Floor -... luminoddities $30.00
Banksia Pod Knife AcrylicAndStee... $150.00	Out For a Hunt - 8x12 - Sign... lightleaks $38.00
Black Beach Rock Ring dianamadeit $75.00	Collection of Seashells 8x10... thebqe $30.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

'Maria Puzo's The Godmother' by KnotOriginal

Marionette dafnadagan $120.00	Vintage 1960s Style Jackie O... ErstwhileAntiq... $46.00
Antique Off White Cast Iron ... DenasaurusVint... $44.00	Food Photography - Delight -... ara133photogra... $10.00
Mushroom Linguine Bowl - Pol... cooperativ $25.00	Victorian Bone Button and An... luminoddities $36.00
PMS & A Gun Tea Towel OneBadAssKitty $15.00	Everyday Blate Set clamlab $80.00
Revolver Baby Onesie, Old We... CausticThreads $14.00	Mermaid fish cameo fertility... RedBracelet $35.00
White Knife Block - Magnetic feelfeltfound $110.00	Hall of Mirrors - Versailles... happeemonkee $30.00
Color Rich Lipstick-Candy Ba... MyBeautyAddict... $7.50	Blowback. giddyspinster $110.00
holy cannoli hopinkstudios $4.50	Marionette art print CrayonBleu $20.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

'Fall becomes Eclectic' by themefragrance

Autumnal Library 11 antique ... TheBlackSpotBo... $375.00	Bird in the woods Magic Awak... LouisestArt $35.00
The New Nouveau No. 002 - Ha... luminoddities $21.00	Edible Gilded Winter Branche... andiespecialty... $42.00
Hiding places - The open fie... ingridArtStudi... $240.00	Felt & Fake Leather Necklace... CandyBandits $62.00
Skinny Knitted Tie in Golden... vKnit $27.00	Woodland Forest -Acorn and W... MySelvagedLife $18.00
Organic Thyme Culinary Herb ... cubits $3.50	iPhone Case, Knitted Neck Ba... natalya1905 $40.00
vintage taxidermy full racco... lacklusterco $210.00	Woodland Edge Wallscape -- M... TheBentTreeGal... $175.00
Home Fine Art Photography AnneSolfud $17.00	Custom Wire Junkin Pumpkin oldcrowfarm $28.00
4 Rustic Wall Hooks TheBentTreeGal... $32.00	Small Birch Bark w/Pinecone ... Moonflowerbook... $17.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

'If I Die Young....' by steampunkfunk

Bury me in french blue. Enjoy!Steampunk Funk~Angie~

Paris Rooftops Photograph 5x... petekdesign $11.00	OOAK Deer Antler PILLOW COVE... JillianReneDec... $55.00
Olive Green Rabbit in Blue a... timor $53.00	Love Spear Tribal Arrowhead ... robinhoodcoutu... $18.00
Soap -Mystic Handmade Soap W... soap $5.75	OOAK Antique Skeleton Key Ne... luminoddities $35.00
Postcard from France purse RosiesArmoire $26.00	Painted Cottage Chic Shabby ... paintedcottage... $1095.00
Faceted Blue Chalcedony and ... juliegarland $27.00	Sew in Love simplyhue $25.00
Upcycled Clutch, Appliqued V... betsyandbess $65.00	Vintage Metal Oscillating El... KingsDownRoad $41.00
Organic, Skirt, Bicycle, Gra... Makool $128.00	Antique bottles no. 2 ... ol... leapinggazelle $25.00
Wedding Guest Book Puzzle WO... BellaPuzzlesTo... $380.00	Before the Ball-- original p... FleurBonheur $18.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Click and share these!!!
I'm so happy! ^_^

secrets

2011-07-25T19:54:00.000-07:00

"maybe you're working in a city far away... maybe you're satisfied with how boring life stays."

Changing moods in the wind

2011-07-23T06:00:00.000-07:00

ADoseofAlchemy featured Luminoddities in this enigmatic treasury...

'Changing Moods in the Wind' by ADoseOfAlchemy

There's a change in the air.... can you feel it? When it arrives, will you be ready?

SALE - cij Secret - 8x8 Orig... ellemoss $15.00	Metal Wire Egg Basket Farmh... WendysVintageS... $32.00
Frolic. Quartz and Fringe Ea... CLoVeN $26.00	Crows outside the old vintag... gothicrow $16.00
Vintage Alarm Clock housewarming10... $38.00	Christmas in July Sale 40% O... AmandaRaeK $32.00
Textile neckpiece in Off whi... malam $77.00	Vintage Distressed Toolbox vintageseventy... $30.00
Divine Grace StLuke $115.00	Love Sylvia Photomatic Distr... maclancy $24.00
Vintage Industrial Military ... vntagequeen $38.00	Februray Visit, Doves Dip 88editions $308.00
Aged Human Skulls Natural B macabrecreatio... $20.00	assemblage art - 'the ow... mylittlelovebo... $249.00
Small Quartet - Octopus Tent... OctopusMe $128.00	The Peculiar Fortune Teller ... luminoddities $42.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

portrayal of desire

2011-07-10T22:01:00.000-07:00

for fun... let's play.

kitten - "chinatown"

Kitten - "Chinatown" from Bryan Schlam on Vimeo.

friends - "friend crush"

Friends - "Friend Crush" from stereogum on Vimeo.

tv on the radio - "will do"

gulp

2011-06-28T16:47:00.000-07:00

...so today i wrote an email to the advertising director of Bust Magazine, requesting information and pricing as well as upcoming ad availability. egads... i'm really doing this, aren't i?

now i have to figure out which piece/photo would be the best, most eye-catching statement for luminoddities... hmmmm...
(suggestions welcome!)

lovely surprise

2011-06-21T05:56:00.000-07:00

yesterday, my shop (Luminoddities) was featured in several beautiful treasuries... take a look!

'Sourire de Grand' MÃ¨re' by charlotteboxon

Fidelis, Antique Silver Spoo... Revisions $21.50	Vintage Glass and Brass Box vntagequeen $18.00
Dwindling Pearl Cluster Neck... mnaDesigns $35.00	Blueberry Muffin - full-size... soapopotamus $5.50
mareike lace necklace (dusky... whiteowl $34.00	Man in the Moon 14k Rose Gol... onegarnetgirl $562.00
Steampunk Necklace Vintage O... CompassRoseDes... $36.00	Vinage french 3 navettes tar... LucieTalesVint... $10.00
Bill the Butcher - Antique T... luminoddities $48.00	The Lucy Necklace rubella13 $50.00
Train Station - note, set of... rachelink $12.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

'Earthereal' by doters

This is one of my favorite palettes: a deep warm red with a cool silvery green or frosty neutral white...with perhaps the occasional warm golden note balanced by a sober grey chord... my compliments to you all!

Red Forest Set -SALE 2 Metal... Raceytay $30.00	Miss Lucy. Fire Orange Carn... ChYMieRa $22.00
Anteater print 8x10 berkleyillustr... $18.00	Natural silk taffeta hand em... irenagasha $281.00
Moss and Old Red Cone Flower... tekaandzoe $	Bottle Baby Doll Assemblage readbetweenlin... $180.00
Genuine Ruby smooth polished... ArctidasSuppli... $12.00	A Song to All Our Sorrows thehermitage $6.00
Vintage Gintage giclee print... timleeartwork $43.00	Rosehip Soap - All Natural, ... RockyTopSoapSh... $6.00
Beestung - Antique Pen Nib a... luminoddities $31.00	black feather journal ThreeTreesBind... $86.00
c.1660 Cavalier Restoration... PeriodCorsets $1050.00	The Red Striped Doll chomickmeder $90.00
Memories from the archaic se... Vocisconnesse $49.00	The Strawberry Roan PistolesPress $50.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

'She Walks in Beauty.........' by BellaBjoux

A random collection of beautiful things inspired by all things feminine....enjouy

Eye of the Storm - black and... penumbraimages $40.00	Plucked - Antique Tintype Ne... luminoddities $38.00
poEM//////LIMITED EDITION53 ... vincenzorizzo $10.00	Man Ray - Le Violin Scrabble... backbonestudio... $6.95
High Noon - Photography Prin... jkldesign $28.00	Midsummer Sale - Black and W... MagpiesShop $49.00
Flower Hair Pin Black with W... Kimona $12.00	The Backlight 8x10 Fine Art ... TheLightFantas... $18.00
Spirit You Leave Behind - 5x... violetbellapho... $15.00	Fetish Fine Art 8 x 12 Inch... ParisPhotograp... $5.00
Beatiful-Mini Skirt blowuponline $60.00	Classic. Genuine Black Spine... Eklektisch $220.00
19th Century WOMAN Face with... RococcoCo $11.00	Poofy and Fun - Original Pai... CastleForAHous... $25.00
Felted art scarf / neckwarme... VitalTemptatio... $78.00	Black White Striped Chiffon ... yystudio $149.80

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

make your own luck

2011-06-18T07:23:00.000-07:00

micron pen, prismacolor markers, silver paint pen and watercolor pencil on paper

I awake in the night, to hear the engines purr

2011-06-09T05:44:00.000-07:00

for years, now, "in this shirt" by the irrepressibles has been my absolute favorite music video. the song has an ache that reverberates through the video's seedy and long-mad circus performers, cast about by some madman ringleader. THIS is how i want our wedding to look... only with less frowning ;)

now if i could only figure out how to get skeeball at the reception... hmm...

a quiet heart, like a car alarm

2011-06-07T08:01:00.001-07:00

this morning i awoke to find a song that crawled into my heart and stayed.

mind-numbingly epic at a high volume

blackout

2011-05-13T20:46:00.000-07:00

Anna Calvi
...I adore her twisted mouth, those sneers and snarls. They are so endearing.

mysterieuse

2011-04-09T17:04:00.000-07:00

i found an old tintype of a strange woman and drew her portrait. i like to think she was in mourning.

in honor of strange beauties, mysteries and that indescribable eeriness...
here are two exquisitely odd videos built to make you wonder:

fever ray - if i had a heart

cocorosie - gallows
(not terribly fond of the vocals on this one... but it tells a lovely tale)

i'm such a tiny toe

2011-04-03T17:38:00.001-07:00

found this today:

beautiful.

significance no. 001

2011-03-21T20:43:00.000-07:00

... the first of many.
for a very long time, i have been obsessively collecting masses of intricate, ancient and charming antique skeleton keys. the time has come to set them free, one at a time... as numbered significances.

here is the first:

it exists here:
Significance No. 001
(until it is snatched up by a deserving new owner!)

the captain

2011-03-21T20:08:00.000-07:00

o captain... my captain

the most vicious scourge of the seven seas
(ink and watercolor pencils)

in honor of the sea... here's a lovely tune by The Tiger Lilies with a decidedly aquatic themed video:

coming to fruition

2011-03-09T16:27:00.000-08:00

the first gem tintype necklaces are finished, photographed and listed on etsy. and i have to say... i am quite pleased with the results :)

i simply cannot stress how enthrallingly TINY these tintypes are... what perfectly delicate metal photos... perfect, especially for wearing! these are just the first, of course... more are already in the works! :)

on a side note, lykke li's "wounded rhymes" arrived in my mailbox yesterday and it is now playing on permanent rotation and will be for the next few weeks. here is a taste...

my gem tintype obsession

2011-02-22T17:52:00.000-08:00

The size is breathtaking, is it not? This is a REAL photograph, a gem tintype from the Civil War Era. I have recently become the proud owner of two, leather-bound, gem tintype albums positively BURSTING with these tiny treasures (well over a hundred!). And what do I intend to do with them? Turn them into jewelry, of course! What better way to honor our history than to make use of it again and give it new purpose and appreciation?

Gem tintypes, also known as "Bon Ton Tintypes", were made by using a modified lens structure, multiplying the image many times onto one sheet of metal. The lens looks like this:

They're really very similar to modern photo booths! As a much cheaper portrait alternative, the purchaser could walk away with many tiny portraits, rather than one or just a few. They were rarely any larger than a postage stamp... most are just under one inch long!

See how tiny!!! :)

Please share your thoughts and ideas on how I can incorporate these into jewelry and wearable pieces of history!

going out west

2011-02-20T21:37:00.000-08:00

gawd... i love you, tom waits

by the way...

2011-02-20T20:46:00.000-08:00

...i make and sell jewelry and lovelies. go and see!

come and see!!!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/luminoddities

there's really no excuse

2011-02-02T20:32:00.000-08:00

i can think of several films that SHOULD have received cult status by now but... haven't.
i don't understand it but i'll try my darndest to correct it. throw your pre-conceived notions of pride out the window and lose yourself to ridonkulous tongue-in-cheek joy.

Death Becomes Her (all in 5 minutes) - 1992

Teen Witch ("top that" rap scene) - 1989

Cold Comfort Farm (theatrical preview) - 1995

Xanadu (final musical number) - 1980

shut up and enjoy ;)

grog

2009-06-25T05:02:00.000-07:00

it's early. and my brain feels like mush.

here's something amazing:

Synesthesia from Terri Timely on Vimeo.

mucous and the many exotic flavors of "ick"

2009-06-06T19:04:00.000-07:00

all work and no play makes jess a dull girl.

too much sick and no well doesn't do much for me either. i am just now shaking the last clinging globs of mucous from my innards, following my first visit to the doc since early 2007, apparently. lol. ahhhh... antibiotics - good for battles against infection... BAD for healthy digestion and bowel movements. more than ye wanted to hear? yeah... sorry.

in the meantime, my recent attachment to the couch/period of immobility left me restless and i have been a busy little bee drawing and doodling and such.

the following is a product of said immobility:

...and the funny thing is, about the same time i was sketching this lady out, my mom was procuring a wonderful beetle-in-repose (a.k.a. DEAD) in a lovely little petri dish for yours truly! and it is the EXACT same species as the one i randomly chose from my insect field guide! how surprised i was to suddenly find myself in the possession of a lovely little guy who was the spitting image of my doodle-bug-lady!!! o, my heart did swell with joy :)

and it feels GOOD to be well again and back to join the crowds of you "living" folks :D

p.s. i love my mom so much. and not just cause she brings me pretty dead things... ^_^

winged beasts and birthday presents

2009-05-21T06:21:00.000-07:00

today is my wonderful co-worker, Sarai's, birthday... and because Sarai loves bats i made her a little batty-vignette for her wall at home.
i gave him to her yesterday. she promptly named him "Ralph". :)

on a separate and/or similar note: here is a recent drawing featuring a girl and her egyptian vulture. it's called "vulturific".

...poor little duo - i'm having such a difficult time finding a frame for them!

my buddy...

2009-05-01T21:35:00.000-07:00

...helps me keep my mouth shut when it is wise to do so.

even though that doesn't help much...

motion will never stop turning the night into the day

2009-04-30T20:19:00.000-07:00

...is the name of this:

i started this one at least a year and 1/2 ago... as always, pencil first, followed by fine-tip pens and finally a bit o marker and some watercolor pencils (which are wonderful for how portable they are... i've successfully finished stuff w/ watercolor pencils + wine/spit/beer/juice before, lol). i have a bad habit of starting an idea, putting it down on paper, abandoning it for a year or more, then re-discovering it and finally bringing it to a finish. i dunno why. probably cause i over-analyze it to death right after i sketch it and then it takes that long for me to forget how much i initially criticized it, thus allowing me to see it with new eyes and to at long last bring it to an end. meh. but i'm happy that it's finished now :)

on a (not-so-little) side note... yesterday i received a text msg from someone (i don't even know who - the # wasn't saved in my phone) informing me that i had ranked as runner up to the knoxville metro pulse's annual "best local artist" category. when i read that... i PHYSICALLY GAVE BIRTH to kittens. this makes me so happy!!!!!!! but how did it even happen?! i don't feel like i self-promote/show my art/toot-my-horn AT ALL. the only all-me show i ever had was thanks to a friend of mine (craig) who was living in and running a gallery-type space at the time. he literally sat down on top of me (which scared the poo out of me cause i wasn't paying attention to anything around me!) while i was sitting on a bench in market square, doodling in mah sketchbook... and DEMANDED to know when i would show @ host, LOL. i agreed to a date that would give me a couple of months to prepare. and in the end, it turned out so much better than i ever could've anticipated! i helped craig re-paint the entire interior of the gallery, even going so far as to paint a mural across the ENTIRE floor (a couple of creatures we dubbed the "froodles", a male/female imaginary sea-creature duo). craig managed to enlist the help of so many amazing people to aid the transformation, even bringing in our own infamous k-town tagger, MESKO (whose true identity i will never divulge) to lay down my whole design across the floor, to later be tweaked/polished by me, craig, and my mom :)

here's the floor:

the show started @ 7pm on a friday, had free (mediterranean- but worth what it cost) refreshments and three musical acts throughout the evening. most of the time, it was so packed that no one even noticed the floor and you had to squeeze side-ways through the crowd, lol! it was wonderful. ^_^

so this show is the only thing i can think of that may have been worthy enough to stick in peoples' minds?? but it might be the show and the random pieces i show/sell here and there (that are few and far between)... or the things i do for free and for fun for people i know... or for the fact that my home away from home used to be a booth in the back of sidestreet tavern, resplendant with sketchbook, pens and a glass of red wine. i ended up doing a lot of random drawings for drunk people, because it was SO FUNNY :)
i dunno... these things probably have far less to do with it than the fact that i worked at SV for 3.5 years, and am now celebrating my 1 year anniversary with Natural Alternatives. at each job, i was in the midst of MANY MANY MANY co-workers, all of whom i try to get to know and work harmoniously with. and my art is very important to me and i end up talking about it a lot. sooo i guess there are a lot of people i am very friendly with who know my first and last my name? LOL! it's ok... i know that the metro pulse is a "popularity contest"... NOT a measure of true "greatness" or talent. but in the meantime, this has been a magnificent inspiration. or actually, it makes me worry about how much time i SHOULD be spending on my art. and it makes me over-analyze my stuff even more. but, ehhhhh... whoooo cares? i do it for me and that's all that matters. and i'm NOT gonna quit my day job. cause i'd probably go mad, LOL.

yeah. so i'm gonna quit thinking about all this crap and worrying about it (too much) and listen to a little music and goof off on the 'net before bed... good night :)

azubah

2009-04-28T18:19:00.000-07:00

first things first... i can't start out explaining about my intentions for an art blog without including some ART in it, lol.

here is my most recent piece, entitled "azubah"

pen, ink, & watercolor pencils

comments and criticism are VERY welcome :)

osaka sunburn

2009-04-28T14:36:00.000-07:00

ahhhh... so i spoke with my friend at work about my flickr dilemma and he graciously helped me out with what was (of course) a very "duh" moment. thanks, ethan :)

and now... on to my day-off adventure with patrick...

patty and i serendipitously decided to embark upon a journey to one of the new(er) oriental food markets in town, "sunrise market". patrick and i have been very very very good friends for close to 10 years now, and there is no one in this world i have met who shares this particular level of uber-dorkiness with me.

in the car the revelry had already begun... i dug out an old cd mix from our high school days and as we sang our way down kingston pike, we couldn't help but get a little silly.

...so i'm wondering... when you cook up over a pound of severed chicken's feet, do you eat the bones and talons, too? it's too bad this doesn't look appetizing AT ALL... less than three bucks for over a pound of "meat product" is pretty dang frugal.

that's right, it says "edible pork blood". there were a LOT of these. what do you DO with pork blood?

limp bamboo

...for when ye got a hankerin' for boobie chips... reach for SUPER TITI 33! now in NEW garlic flavor!!

oooo... jellyfish head. really? something about the description ("acid pungent taste") just gives me the willies.

...because EVERYBODY needs some spicy cock!

these ridonkulously adorable packages caught our eye... jelly-like fruit-flavored cubes made from young coconut meat? YESSS! we decided to buy some to take home and invent a new mixed alcoholic beverage.

all in all we left the sunrise food market with far too many varieties of dumpling, an adorable new 6-inch bamboo steamer ($7.99), three varieties of jelly-cube thing, a can of grass jelly softdrink, and a very greeeen bottle of aloe beverage, complete with little transparent chunks of aloe floating through it. next, we made our way to the grocery store for chicken and stuff... patty had offered to make us some deleeshus cheeken deener :)

on the way to the grocery store, patty enjoyed an afternoon snack.

by the way, zombies eat lips. just f.y.i.

back at the house, we gathered some glasses, tequila, our curious japanese ingredients, popped in a sci-fi anime with lots of silly boobies and proceeded with our alcoholic experimentation.

mmm... look at these jelly cuuubes. the official name is "jubes" and the flavor was "pandan"... i have no i dea what sort of fruit that is, but i sure do like it. :)
(in the background is one of my three awesome kitties, dex.)

here you can see how neat and transparent they are... and how cute the packaging is :)

to start, we did just a few of the cubes in each glass with a bit of the liquid it was packaged in (which was super tasty and fruity) and drizzled a fair amount of clear tequila over them.

next we cracked open the aloe juice... my god, WHY did i go so long without trying this?? it was soooooo delicious... and fresh... and it smelled so GOOOOD! patty and i both agreed that it reminded of something from our childhoods... but we couldn't quite figure out what.

maybe patty liked it a little TOO much, i dunno.

so we added the delicious aloe beverage to our strange concotion, gave each glass a good stir and discovered that we had created a magnificently futuristic-looking, fresh-tasting, tequila-packed cocktail. it was fuckin' gooood. and you could barely taste the tequila (which is amazing, because it contained a LOT, lol). but what to call it? it was full of such a strange variety of ingredients... mexican tequila, japanese aloe juice, and space-age kawaii coconut cubes flavored with oriental fruit. i *think* we decided on "osaka sunburn"... invoking the heat of mexico, the beaches of southern japan, and the need for soothing aloe when ye get a little too sunkissed. i dunno... we were gettin' a little tipsy at that point, so the name may be silly but i sure do like it :)

oh, and we made tasty dumplings, too! in the new steamer, of course :)

...next, we watched grey gardens (the new, HBO based off of the original documentary from the 70's. my GOD, was that some good acting!). later, patty made a delicious, peanut encrusted chicken for dinner and patty, andy (my love), and I ate as we watched "the witches of eastwick". then we drank more tasties, of course!

every day off should be this good :)

grrrrrr...

2009-04-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

...so i am attempting to move forward with the blog-ness of this blog. yesterday, my friend patrick and i had a lovely day-off adventure that i was documenting all-the-while with pictures. it was recommended to me to use flickr to host said pictures so that i may be able to post them onto my blog. i made my flickr account, uploaded all the pics i wanted, went to the first one and clicked "blog this" and my progress comes to a screetching halt b/c when i try to allow access between gmail/blogger/flickr i receive a lovely pale yellow ERROR icon with and exclamation point in it, informing me that "The Blogger account you chose does not have any weblogs associated with it".
*sigh*
i have no idea what this means. because when i go to my gmail settings, i see that i have successfully "allowed" blogger access. but for whatever reason, flickr is not recognizing this? ack! and poo-doo! i'm really quite frustrated now, because this has taken up nearly my entire morning and i have jack-squat to show for it.
fuuuuuck. i'm-a go take a shower now and get ready for work...
:P

sticking my toe in the water

2009-04-25T12:20:00.000-07:00

hello and welcome to my first blog/brain drivel

i will be documenting an internal project that has been nagging at me for a while and has poked at me enough that i am now forced to take it on, mano a mano. more and more i have been feeling like my attempts in the artistic sense have been collectively disjointed and without any vision or cohesive intention. how do you establish an artistic style? is it usually something that occurs on its' own? or do i already have one and this is all maybe just in my head?

i won't try to be clever, i won't try to be cool... i'll just be honest and will regularly document my attempts at artistic consistency. maybe i'll throw in some miscellanea of the aural/visual/tactile type just to spice it up and keep this whole artistic self-discovery thing from getting boring.

cheers, and here's to hoping i keep up with this :)

dot the eye

delightful surprise

'If you Go into the Woods tonight....' by MySelvagedLife

'Maria Puzo's The Godmother' by KnotOriginal

'Fall becomes Eclectic' by themefragrance

'If I Die Young....' by steampunkfunk

Bury me in french blue. Enjoy!Steampunk Funk~Angie~

secrets

Changing moods in the wind

'Changing Moods in the Wind' by ADoseOfAlchemy

There's a change in the air.... can you feel it? When it arrives, will you be ready?

portrayal of desire

*gulp*

lovely surprise

'Sourire de Grand' MÃ¨re' by charlotteboxon

'Earthereal' by doters

This is one of my favorite palettes: a deep warm red with a cool silvery green or frosty neutral white...with perhaps the occasional warm golden note balanced by a sober grey chord... my compliments to you all!

'She Walks in Beauty.........' by BellaBjoux

A random collection of beautiful things inspired by all things feminine....enjouy

make your own luck

I awake in the night, to hear the engines purr

a quiet heart, like a car alarm

blackout

mysterieuse

i'm such a tiny toe

significance no. 001

the captain

coming to fruition

my gem tintype obsession

going out west

by the way...

there's really no excuse

grog

mucous and the many exotic flavors of "ick"

winged beasts and birthday presents

my buddy...

motion will never stop turning the night into the day

azubah

osaka sunburn

grrrrrr...

sticking my toe in the water

gulp