Finishing Finals Finally

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I know I haven't posted very much lately BUT I have been incredibly busy with finals week (which , may I add, is actually three or four weeks long). I haven't gone for many walks lately as I've been working on three projects and studying for two exams. 

Anyway, summer is right around the corner and I'm buying new spray paint any day now. I can't wait to really get out of the house and do something.

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Portraits & Dragons

Michael Franti, "Life is Better With You"

Dragonia

I've been doing some sketches, self portraits, skulls, I have a dragon sketch around here somewhere....

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"I'm not afraid to be alone, but being alone is better with you."

--Michael Franti, Life is Better With You

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Losing Lyrics

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"Don't try to fight the feelin'
'Cause the thought alone is killing me right now.."

--Outkast, Hey Ya

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New and Old and the difference in the cracks

Finding new music, painting new paintings, drawing new shapes, meeting new people, writing new music, singing the same

On a side note...The Shirts and The Shoes...seriously...listen to this...

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All night we feared

that the light would not come.

All day we feared

when the light would be done.

We aren't here to savor it

or dance in its rays,

Only to forget

the presents days

Though our feet were wet,

the water was gone.

And the day had left until the dawn.

And we sat without you

on the edge of night.

We no longer feared

the fear of fright.

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Dreads are a do, life is too

I don't think I've posted very much about myself here at all, so. I have green hair and I am in the process of giving myself dreadlocks (which is a dreadful process, let me tell you). I've read 1984 at least fourteen times, my current reading list includes The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, The Cottagers' Daughter, 1984 by George Orwell(yes, again), Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman & Dirt Music by Tim Winton. I have seen every Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie, and also Easter Parade and Silk Stockings. I can't say much for my musical or artistic aptitude or talent because I've never been a very good judge of my own creativity. I can tell you that I draw and write songs and I will always continue to do so because I'm not quite sure what else I could ever do, no matter how shitty my art is it's mine. 

My brother is an artist, my mother was a dancer, my father's a musician, and I'm just me. Maybe someday I'll be able to slap a label on myself with the same kind of confidence I put into labeling them, but for now I suppose I have to be okay with doing what I do and living how I live. Because what else can you do in life? Even when you change it, it's still your life. When it's not your life anymore, well that, that is death. You might as well live and see what happens. You're going to die eventually, why not see what else is going to happen while you're here?

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"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative." 

--Woody Allen

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Spring has sprung and the day is done for all these fears we've had in life. That the sun wouldn't come but the day is done and it will come again after night.

 




 

Sculpt through it

 "He not busy being born is busy dying." --Bob Dylan

Working on sculpture today....

Baked White Cheddar and Garlic Chicken: A Recipe

Baked White Cheddar and Garlic Chicken

Ingredients:

- About 2 lbs. of chicken breast, cut into 3-4" cubes

- 1/2 cup shredded extra sharp white cheddar

- 2 minced garlic cloves

- 4-5 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil, divided

Recipe:

Step 1: Pour 2-3 tbsp olive oil into a skillet and heat.

Step 2: Place your chicken in the pan and cook on all sides for about 6-8 minutes

Step 3: Preheat oven to 350°. Pour the remaining olive oil into a casserole dish to coat it.
Step 4: Put all of the chicken into the casserole dish and put into the oven for about 10 minutes.
Step 5: Combine the shredded cheese and garlic in a small bowl.
Step 6: Sprinkle half of the cheese mixture onto the chicken, return to the oven for about 10 more minutes.
Step 7: Sprinkle the remaining half of the cheese onto the chicken and return to the oven for 10-15 minutes or until cooked through.

Attempted a recording session, got distracted by overdrive

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"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

And by opposing end them." 

--William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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Neukoln Knitting

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"Don't you wonder sometimes, about Sound and Vision?" --David Bowie, Sound and Vision

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I know that here I haven't put very much up about my crafting (a lot or really all of it is over here) but anyway, I'm working on a new pattern for a scarflette/cowl/shawl type thing (the Ravelry project page can be found here if you're interested in more details)