 Jeff
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re: treading water; i recall an old episode of magnum pi with tom selleck when he got stranded in the ocean and had to tread water for 24 hours before being rescued.
wow Jonathon that is so interesting about your making a custom character.
perhaps a bit related to this- i like the idea of unofficial stories that are written by fans that fit into an existing universe like Star Wars.
recently i bought season 1 of the animated clone wars series (an artists gift to myself).
here is a couple of quotes i loved from it;
‘fear is a disease, and hope is its only cure.’
‘a single chance can contain a galaxy of hope.”
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Love the quotes Jeff! Well I am finishing week 10……finally……..and on to week 11 on Monday. Just today am feeling the blessed after holiday slow down, don’t worry, almost boredom of January. Yeah! Snow and sunshine mixed and am reminded of resuming my ski ing very soon! Looks like I can do it on the cheap with my son’s friend “free passes”. If only the canyon he works in could get hit just a bit harder with this storm. Whoosh.
Jonathan, I went to your site and love the ponies! And in general the toys used. I think I also saw a “Whitman’s sampler” type cover? Prior to Christmas I bought myself a box of chocolates with a coupon, chocolate long gone, however the box I do love. And still have to creatively paint my old guitar to make use of it somehow. I have even managed now to get a callous on my pinky finger. And may buy a capo next week.
Hope all is well, when is baby coming?
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Jeff
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i love it that i see guitarists out here. i dont play any musical instruments (yet). but i do love music. i dont think it makes anyone the less whether you are the artist who plays the music (or artists who makes art) or if you are the one to just appreciate it.
the power of the force of creation is in these everyday and mundane things.
the important thing for me to do is to quiet my mind so i can listen to what it’s saying!
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Jeff
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a walk in the woods helps me to do this. calm energy flows and bubbles up in me. and the force of creativity does speak to me of its will… its will is to benefit, enhance, improve, expand, enrich, enliven, bring joy, completion, fulfillment (there are lots of other words for it too).
what helps your flow?
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Wow. I don’t think I ever got notifications of the last few comments in this thread. Sorry! I bet you guys were wondering what happened to me.
I guess a quick update for now:
Baby came on March 4th. A healthy 8.5 lbs! Whew! She’s a biggie. She’s also super-laidback and smiley. She sleeps through the night, too. She just gets a bit of a sore tummy sometimes, but that’s about the only thing that seems to bother her. She’s now 10 weeks old as of Sunday. You can see some pictures of her on my Flickr stream (look for “D3″).
As for me, I am still very much into photography. While I’ve always been interested in it, I don’t think I ever quite appreciated it the way I do now. I believe that photography is the artistic medium for me. It suits my temperament well.
A couple of thoughts on that: I get bored easily and I *hate* repetition. Writing requires going over the same thing time and time again, especially songwriting. If you want to be able to perform your songs, you’ve got to play them over and over and over again until they’re second nature. This used to drive me nuts. I’d get so sick of my songs and wouldn’t ever want to play them again. I used to liken my artistic endeavors to those elaborate sand paintings that Tibetan monks make … they spend all this time and effort on creating this thing of great beauty only to destroy it afterwards and move on. That was kind of how I felt about art.
And that’s kind of why photography works so well for me. It’s quick and doesn’t necessarily require much repetition. See something interesting, compose the shot, snap, maybe do a bit of processing in the computer, and done! Next photo! And with digital cameras, I can get instantaneous results. No more having to wait until I’d shot a whole roll of film to see if the shots I really wanted were actually any good.
And I am finally starting to get quite a bit of recognition on Flickr. Although I actually signed up way back in 2007, I’ve only been actively using the account since late last year and I’ve already had 17 of my photos featured in Flickr’s Explore pages (one of the ways you know you’ve “made it” on Flickr). In fact, I’ve had *six* get into Explore this month alone, and the month’s only half over! This is fantastic and is exactly what I was hoping for! Needless to say, I am very grateful for this exposure. Who knows what will come of it?
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