When I was living with my parents in the beatlemwnt I decided to go on a wall poster adventure and make some larger art to cover the walls and make things a little more different. I love drawing dragons and came up with an awesome idea. Here's the final one hung up on the wall.
Bold & Brash
Bold & Brash
I put this one on my wall instead of in the trash. It was fun playing with the background textures. I actually loved this little guy on the show so why not become the Squid myself and paint one. YCMI
YOU CAN MOO IT! Challenge
So, here is a little backstory into this Challenge I am creating for myself. For years I have been trying to create a system routine habit what have you to get some potential out of my talents and honestly for my day to day. I have been really low for a while and grew in to a depression that brought me far away from anything creative for a bit and a half. After some self reflection and a whole new different direction, I found my answer. For 15 years I have been into martial arts. I got to the rank of 4th degree black belt with a Sensei title. You think with those credentials I would be set in the confidence department right?… WRONG! But anyway…
My Kempo Jujitsu classes were always on Tuesday and Thursday for multiple hours in the afternoon for years. I have that routine embedded in me. I am combining the belt rank system with the two day a week classes into a creativity / art / poetry / etc routine.
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Heres the deal, twice a week I will post some sort of new form of art on this blog. It can be an old drawing of mine or a completely new project. I can post progress shots, sketches, photography, etc. These will be my karate classes.
For every belt there are 3 stripes. At the end of the month I will decide to test for a stripe at the Monthly Moo, where I have to create and finish a completed artwork at the end of the month. It has be a sketch or idea from the posts from that month.
Testing for a belt you have to create a brand new artwork from the ground up after you have acquired 3 stripes. Every test will have a theme picked form an assortment of random ideas for an ultimate challenge.
I will personally put my creative self back to the rank of a white belt.
I am going to have to earn my rank in my own art dompetition. This an individual competition so there is so need for comparison and no need to feel better or worse than anyone else. This wont take 15 years to complete. It comes out to 2 years of training total to get to black belt in this challenge. I scaled back the belts to the basics.
WHITE, YELLOW, ORANGE, PURPLE, BLUE, GREEN, BROWN, BLACK
Every week I will be posting some sort of content every week on this blog and nowhere else. I do not want to make myself go off focus with social media getting in the way or even other sites are tempting distractions when I am trying to edit this post!
So if you want to follow along with me, you are going to have to follow me here. If you want to take on my challenge its all up to you. #YOUCANMOOIT in your socials or just do it for yourself as I am. Either way it is about individual growth so if you want to share all your progress, share as much as your heart desires to share. Have yourself a party! Let’s take this to a place a little more private. For my grown the distractions have to be cut out to focus. I will still post for my belt tests as well as other things I am proud of.
If I can moo it, You Can Moo It!
Gratitude
Where do you come from? Where do you go?
I feel a cant express to my parents and grandparents as well as friends how much having amazing people in my life or have helped make my life filled with more love. I believe if I could give a fraction back it seems impossible.
That sad fact is that despite all this love and support I do not feel I deserve it. I can be told and
told but there is always that guilt about not doing enough…
After all our journeys are roller coasters. Through this site I am improving my confidence and the love for my work and for just existing as being good enough because I want to be proven to myself right as a thank you to them all. Honestly gratitude felt is just felt. I want to get motivated so I can show my gratitude for all they have done.
Two Things:
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I have 6 Pet birds in the flock. The first four I helped hand feed and hand raise. No girl allowed here because all of my feathered freinds are male.
-Paco: Turquoise Quaker Parrot/Monk Parakeet M
-Buddy: Pied Yellow Grey Cockateil M
-Guzma: Blue Pied Parrotlet M
-Lego: Turquoise Pied Parrotlet M
-Sunny: Yellow Parakeet M
Pearl: Albino Parakeet M
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I have been in martial arts for 15 years achieving a 4th degree black belt and the title of Sensei. I have competed in numerous tournaments in New England earning trophies but I’m not a competitive type of person. I started at my local dojo at the age of 7. When I became a little older my father started to help in some of these classes. He soon became my sensei while opening up his own school to help change the lives of many other children and adults. I then became an instructor myself holding private lessons for children with various levels of abilities.
Here we go!
Motivating myself through taking action.
Remember one day you will no longer be on this Earth. I have always felt I needed to create sing draw love and create. It gives me both problems and successes but in my soul that is what it is made out of. The guilt one may feel about not leaving this world with out anything significant have plague my through sever battles with anxiety and depression about posting opinions of myself and my inner self. I have brought upon myself my own problems so I am doing my due diligence in making art music and happiness for the world.
If any of my work or any of the moments shares between people makes someones day better than it was worth it for me. I may not be the greatest at what I do but I stumble forth and stay true to myself regardless of opinions to not worry and make and remake. If you put out good energy you will receive that energy back. It doesn’t matter if I get rich famous. It really not going to help anything in the grand scheme of things. I will expel what is hidden that has needed to get out.
Thank you for your time.