Wednesday, August 25, 2010

White noise


Barbara Cole ROCKS! Her work reminds me of real life images of what Edgar Degas sees in his head. Don't you feel like jumping into the ocean and dancing a little ;)

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Remembering a gift

"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." - Coco Chanel

Happy Birthday to Coco Chanel!!!

Verdura's gift to Chanel became a gift to the world of jewelry design.

Monday, August 16, 2010

This one has no focal point. Prepare to be boggled!

These past few weeks has been devoted to making lists and making sure that during this experience I apply the things I've learned from my past experiences: 1) No procrastinating 2) Careful planning.  Despite how excited I am for this new change, it's been complete chaos! I'm overwhelmed with things to do on my list, but I just don't know where to start. I bounce off the walls going back and forth on different things to do....

So, with that said, I'm going to bag the "move" discussion and blog about the joys of Taiko drumming.


Words cannot explain the gratitude and joy I have for having been given the opportunity to be a part of, how do I say it? Maybe this: "the art of conveying joy through the hit of the taiko drum".  It really is exactly that.  Everything you are feeling at that very moment shoots out from your core/your heart/your soul and extends out through your body till it reaches the tip of your drum stick and explodes at each hit of the taiko.  That explosion of happiness reaches out to every soul out there.  It's such an amazing feeling.

I'm not good with words.  Hence this random blog for blogging to help me master writing.  In the end, the best way I ever really express what I really want to share is through art.  When my mom first gave me a piece of paper and pencil to practice writing my name and the ABC's, I made it a goal to sketch humpback whales. Yeah! no kidding.  Back then in elementary I didn't know what it was with my obsession of coloring, painting, sketching humpback whales, but I was so completely fascinated. I almost peed my pants when they announced in the 3rd or 4th grad that we get to go on a whale watch field trip! Shit, I'm going off tangent.  What on earth is my point here? Oh, it's my obsession with creating. Creating what I feel.

Now back to my taiko topic.  Taiko allows me to express what I'm feeling within.  That explosion of emotion and feelings with each hit of the taiko, I created. 

Is blogging a form of art?