Limb to Limb

I always consider myself as part of nature that some human beings overlook or forget. Nature is here first before Adam and Eve. Where I live, orchard and big trees once grew, and I find myself in a pleasant neighborhood. … Continue reading →

Traces of Reality

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Trust the children to draw what they see and use me as the object of their art. Provide them with pen, paper and Miss Pretty (mwah) using Picasso’s way of abstract art, the result is: So, which one would you choose? “There … Continue reading →

Learn from me, you will find me waiting for you!

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Life has seen me standing hungry by the fence and fed me with a fig from its trees seen me naked under the sky and clothed me in a cloud of its cotton seen me sleeping on the pavement and … Continue reading →

What do you like doing? Do Tell.

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Remember that there are only three kinds of things anyone need ever do. (1) Things we ought to do (2) Things we’ve gotto do (3) Things we like doing. I say this because some people seem to spend so much of their time doing things … Continue reading →

Commute

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Last week, the train stopped in the middle of its run.  There was a computer malfunction.  It took two hours for my neighbor to come home; normally it only takes 30 minutes.  He was stuck inside the train during rush … Continue reading →

Remember to remember

Henry Miller 1946

I want to remember as much as possible
the events of my life be it pleasant or
unpleasant as long as I can.  There are
times that I want to remember less.

Someone told me instead of remembering,
remember to forget. And I ponder about this
and what came to mind, sooner or latter
a time will come, it will happen without even
having to remember.

Image of Henry Miller from Flavor Wire

Draw yourself

Being Friday and end of January 2014,  draw yourself a happy face.

He never received formal art training. A mix of luck, ignorance, curiosity and delusions of adequacy somehow allowed him to start earning a living by drawing pictures before he even reached twenty, and thus abandoning a promising career as a cook for a lovely Mexican joint. – See more at: About Kosta

Sketch by: Kosta Kiriakakis

Frog Heaven

 

 

A beautiful, amphibious comic from writer and illustrator T. Coulter.  Click on the picture to read.

Thank you, TL Coulter.

Promise that you will not laugh

Thank you for participating with the Daily Drawing Contest.  These were your choices: 

Staff 2 received 1 vote – Hungry bird
Staff 5 received 3 votes  – Martin Luther King
Staff 9 received 2 votes – Hungry fishes 

Good eyes, for they were all chosen winners.  

I am so glad that I managed to entice my peers to draw and join the contest.  In our department, only three of us participated and all of us are winners, we cleaned up the prizes. 

Remember in my previous post that I prefer sacred geometry: a line and a circle.  I drew Staff 9 titled “Namaste”.  It’s my self-portrait.  Only half of my face is showing because I am too shy plus the pink hair for anti-bullying. 

Many times, I mentioned that I love hummingbirds and that is Staff 3.  It’s was mostly strokes of straight and oblique lines. 

And the third picture I drew was the family of First Nations.  I have also mentioned before in a post being with the Elders in North Vancouver and Starr who received the “Courage to Come Back” award.  Again, circles and straight lines. 

As much as I am trying to use the right side of my brain, somehow, the left side of my brain is dominant.  What I am aiming for in the future, hopefully, my brain will become centered. 

And now for the winning picture, I received an 8.5 x 11 wire-bound sketch pad to further my ambition to become an artist. 

Namaste

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To bring out the fun and the child within us, a Daily Draw contest was set-up at the head office for the staff.  

For a week, we can enter our daily drawings, sketch or doodles and we will have a chance to win.  Every day a winning drawing was selected. 

I encouraged my peers to use their right brain, start flexing their creative muscles and enjoy a break from counting beans.  Oh, what a joy. 

 At the end of the week, all drawings were displayed to celebrate how important drawing is.

Staff Drawings

Please, don’t laugh at our drawings.  There is no comparison to what the children drew.  Our minds are already conditioned and we have lost a few brain cells.  As a matter of fact, one of my drawings was the first winner! 

Here are some of the entries from our department and some of them are a winner.  See if you can pick which are mine and the winning drawing.  

Staff 9

Namaste

Staff 7

Staff 1

Staff 6

Staff 5

Staff 2

Staff 4

Staff 3

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At the school level, give the children a booklet, pencils and crayons; they are happy as they can be to start drawing.

Artist in Residence

Children are born with the propensity to draw at an early age.  There is really no need to teach the children how to draw.  Random scribbles will change over the years as the child matures.  Drawing is the language through which they are best able to express subtle or complex perceptions, thoughts and feelings.  These are vital for mental development, emotional health and healing. 

Artist in Residence

Drawing is the child’s most effective language for achieving these goals.  These are some of the drawings the school board posted for us to admire at the head office. 

Artist in Residence