"The work of the artist is no light matter. Few have the courage and stamina to see it through. You have to make up your mind to be alone in many ways. We like sympathy and we like to be in company. It is easier than going it alone but alone one gets acquainted with himself, grows up and on, not stopping with the crowd. It costs to do this. If you succeed you may have to pay for it as well as enjoy it all your life. You can do anything you want to do. What is rare is actually wanting to do a specific thing. Wanting it so much you are practically blind to all other things, so that nothing else will satisfy you. There is reason for you to give this statement some of your best thought. You may find that this is just what is the matter with most of the people in the world; that few are really wanting what they think they want and that most people go through their lives without ever doing one whole thing they really want to do."- Robert Henri

Monday, May 31, 2010

Sometimes we have to tear ourselves away from
things that have a hard time letting go of us

We all have those untold stories in our life that
have a major influence on why we are the way we are. Sometimes you have to keep those stories up on the
shelf for the right day, other times you have to burn the pages and
start over

Thursday, May 27, 2010

"Work at your own pace, don't worry about where others are. Your not living their life, your living yours"
"Its not about being the greatest, its about simply loving what you do and doing it because of that. Success and greatness will follow"
"Don't deny what you are and what your capable of. Be it, do it, live it"
"time will never be on your side. Soon as you start believing it is, you'll realize how much time you already wasted"

Thursday, May 20, 2010


Saturday, May 15, 2010

work in progress

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Even in the sketchy times, stay true to who you are. Eventually the right person will see you when everyone else overlooked and slept

Friday, May 7, 2010

"With great calling, comes great adversity"

Thursday, May 6, 2010

practice charcoal sketch

finished version: charcoal sketch
click pic for larger view


My actions will always speak louder than my words, so watch what I do.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Clearing Things Up


Something I explained in recent conversation with one of my closest loved people, the lovely friend Carol Cox;
in regards to a few current personal/life matters.

"I've always listened to God and followed exactly where he leads me. Thats always been a balancing thing because I know where I'm trying to go and i know whose leading me. So while some people think and come to me saying that im headed the wrong way I know im going the right way because I'm following the One who created my map. I don't question God and no one truely can understand God and why he does things, so I dont begin to try and explain to people what he has me doing. We all make mistakes, I know I make many.But in the end Gods going to get me where he needs me to be. So while everyone is trippin on the present, it seems like I'm the only one not trippin because I know whos in control of my future."
When everyone steps back and leaves you standing out in the open alone; thinking you don't know that they gave up on you. Smile and keep walking forward with God.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Altering

    There will always be people who briefly come in our life that change/alter everything or cause us to see something different.  Some people periodically come back into our life, others drift away, but what they left in our lives while they were here remains. We don't ask to cross anyones path, but for whatever Gods ultimate reason is we do..and I notice those people, you will also sooner or later. Open your eyes.  We are those people.

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