swiss


a little swiss sketches from my recent travels to Switzerland...i loved the cheese...i loved the cottages....and of course the scenery..


post it fun


post-it fun...always refreshing to take a few minutes to doodle about random things....like the water bottle on my desk..

basics

a quick draw...

basics is a number 2 pencil peeking from fragrant exotic flowers...freely scribbling....so imperfect..yet just right to me..

Melancholy Megaman

He sits, tired from his battles, wondering when it will be over....
But he knows there is a glimmer of hope ..and he will not stop until he is saved....
That is why he will prevail.
That is why he will persevere..

elefante


Mr. Elefante.

He frolicks in the waters of Elephant Trunk Hill located in the beautiful landscape of Guilin, China.

Which rises out of the water behind him.

Strong and erect.

While a curious observer watches keenly.

What is he going to do?

An amazing spectacle he ponders.

fishees

I drew this picture for my aunt in the hospital. I previously drew her a picture of flowers and now she wants more and more pieces of my artwork. I think it's amazing how visuals can affect the human brain. It was funny, when I gave her this picture...it made her think of sashimi...

rockin'


So I've been drawing figures w/o faces lately..often unfinished....perhaps less polished to some. I'm not sure why but there is a sense of anonymity attributed to unfinished humanistic figures. You almost wonder, who is this? Where's the expression on their face? To me, the best part is that it can be anyone and the spirit of their actions is communicated in the lines surrounding the face and not in the face itself.


scribblzzz




sometimes you just draw ...and doodle..and scribble...not knowing what to draw....it never really matters....the scribbles on the top of the butterfly wing were actual test scribbles of my nice new pens...they're great....

starfishies



i like starfish.

Ask my cousin..I even ate one during my visit to Beijing. There is something about them that's fascinating..from reminding me of Patrick from Sponge Bob to the feeling of the simple geometric shape covered with infinite texture.

fragrance.

I find inspiration in everything I see, hear, touch, smell and taste. When I'm looking at a snail in the rain--slowly traveling across the wet pavement floor...I don't just see a slug...I see the spirals and color specs in its shell, the slimy texture of its body, and the glistening trail it leaves behind while its searching for the next lush leaf to nibble on....These are flowers from my birthday that I drew for my aunt in the hospital. It's a little piece of me that I can share with her and hopefully it brightened up her day.

scribl scrabble.




A curly haired woman staring into part of a vanity..while her vanity table slants to the floor..all that is left is the word love drawn in red lipstick...



I drew this mystical creature with no rhyme or reason. All I know is that the movement of the figure communicates a sense of savior..her arm reaches out off the page to an unknown situation or object in hopes of comforting....in hopes of searching as she floats with fluid motions through empty waters...She doesn't seem alarmed..but rather serene..but the anticipation is left unknown.

past scribblin'

here are two of my scribblins' from 2002...drawing is fun, especially when you improvise and let loose..i don't know what i'm drawing sometimes...but it doesn't matter at the time...the only thing that matters is that i'm creating something ..that's all.

words..


It's always fun to read the nonsense you write. Here are two of my favorites.

what i keep in my pocket...

I keep a lot of things in my pocket--gum wrappers, pens, nickles, hair ties, jolly ranchers..but there's one thing that never leaves my side...it resides in my pocket regardless if they are sewn or deep pocketed.......some people are afraid of it like an ugly frog with warts...others embrace it...

there's an abundance of it..there's never scarcity.....
it starts with an "S" and ends with eternity....
if you throw a splash of milk on it, it still tastes as good as ever and never gets soggy...

I call it my show-n-tell item for class today ---Silence---

It can be awkward..
It can be freeing..
but it is always necessary...

I value silence and rarely does it bother me because it is the one moment in time where I can truly call mine. It is a time when I can confront what the world has to offer...It's a time where creativity is cultivated...It's the space between the time the ball leaves my fingertips, reaches the arc, and hits the net...and the result is always successful....hit or miss....

I never have to be ready for it, because it is always ready for me...


August 06

stone, rock, pebble...
Current mood: good

So I have a theory....

actually a tidbit to share...

It is absolutely the most important lesson I've come to realize. It's called simplifying an over-analyzed situation. How, you may ask? ..By letting go and letting things just "be". What the hell do I mean?...I mean, sometimes a rock is just a rock..it's not a rock with mold on it because it's been sitting on the bottom of the fishbowl for too long, or because someone painted it green, or perhaps the mold is really some form of algae that manifested itself into something more than mold...no..it's just a rock.

Sometimes I feel like people paint a picture for situations in their lives that are above and beyond the actual meaning of the situation itself...Suddenly, they (me included) are Sherlock Holmes dissecting the "when's","where's","whys","if's", "ands" and "buts" of why a cake they baked came out lopsided or something. Ok, granted, some situations have scientific or logical explanation attached to it, but not in every case. We are, afterall humans, neurologically wired to think and analyze in attempts to rationalize the unknown. It is such an amazing and freeing feeling to think beyond the logical sometimes and let things be as they are...a rock as a rock sitting in a pond, or a pencil as just a pencil ready to be sharpened, a person doing you wrong as just doing you wrong, a person making you happy as someone bringing joy to your life......and move forward from it.

It's a very difficult mindset to have because our eyes, ears, touch and mouth guide our every move, every judgement which in turn creates our final feeling of something. But what I'm saying is, this is something your extensions cannot direct or answer. It's just a feeling you decide to have and move forward from it...sometimes what your heart just knows about.

That's all...so this computer screen you're looking at right now..is just a screenshot into my head at this moment.=)