so, i have a head full of ideas, but a broken camera... not so good so il have to wait until it is fixed before i can take any pictures at all.

hope everyone is well, n all still actively artistic!!

thought i would give DA another go, but differently, purely for art purposes, i was younger before, and almost a completely different person, so we'l see what happens now. Iv decided to restart as i keep looking at photos and thinking how much i like them, and how i would enjoy the disscussions that you get about your work and others here on DA. Plus my job and others around me at work have inspired me to return too

on this planet we are all learning, we are all growing, all experiencing new things, everyday of our lives, no matter how repetitive they may seem, you may have worked in the same job for 10 or more years, and everyday seems the same old routine, but your coffee wont be the same strength everyday, you wont be as positive yesterday as you are today, you might not be as tired, you might be more annoyed, even when you have travelled the world 5 times over, been to every country, every continent, there is still more to see in our ever changing world.

let the beauty in, open yourself to life, to simple pleasures that create comfort and create happiness, to those that inspire and those that are risky, take the risk, hurt and learn from it. In the end there is purpose, there is something, just to experience the marvel in creation is our reason.

'The Paradox of our Age'


We have bigger houses, but smaller
families; more conveniences, but less
time.

We have more degrees, but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgements;
more experts, but more problems;
more medicines, but less healthiness.

We've been all the way to the moon
and back, but have trouble crossing the
street to meet our new neighbour.

We build more computers to hold more
information, to produce more copies
than ever, but less communication.

We have become long on quantity, but
short on quality.


His Holiness the Dalai Lama



(as given to our family in another family's christmas letter this year)










i feel this says so much, and people question me and my intent when i do that little extra to help them out or make them smile, cos we do live in a world which is falling apart socially, and also the state of public health is sickening, i know few people that live by this poem or whatever you would call it, message, i guess, but those who do are amazing people, the type that really are appreiciated in life, and of whom there should be more.