Tag: Abstract
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Are you eXtra?
For anyone that’s never heard that ‘slang’ before, being eXtra means to be overly dramatic, flamboyant, or excessive in one’s behavior or appearance. It can also mean that they do more than is needed, or over the top. A girl in one of my graphic design classes called me eXtra years ago, and –in all…
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Shhh…
“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” -Confucius I’ve started at least 3 illustrations before this, just for this particular post in my Blogging through the Alphabet Series… the letter Q… and the word that I’ve chosen which is… Quiet. I thought of this one while lying in bed last night, and it was…
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Ebb & Flow
“Beauty is fading, nor is fortune stable; sooner or later death comes to all.” -Propertius I started working on another illustration with movement, but I’ll need to go back to it. I lost patience. I was thinking about what to do next, and I was thinking about the word fleeting, so I decided I’d rummage…
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Deserted
A deserted beach, Empty of people and noise, My spirit dances. I thought it would be fun to revisit some of my photos from summers past. My original intention was a black and white, but after adding motion blur and saturation (and other things)… I decided I liked the color version. I do enjoy how…
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Shadow Emotions
Like a shadow, I am and I am not. Rumi I thought I’d backtrack a bit since I used the term “negative emotions” in my last post. What I’m coming to understand is that emotions are not necessarily positive or negative; or black and white. Like so many other things in life, they are more…
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Emotions: Hope
“Hope is a match in a dark tunnel, a moment of light, just enough to reveal the path ahead and ultimately the way out.” —Dr. Judith Rich I’ve been exploring faith and hope, and looking at the differences between the two—especially when it comes to visual interpretations. My thoughts were that hope would be yellow…
a sprinkle of faith 