The Unworthy Saint

Tomorrow I leave for Cornerstone. Actually, tomorrow night I drive home to Bartlesville then Wednesday morning my dad and I leave for Cornerstone.

I’m really looking forward to it. The time off from work is *much much* needed, I’ll have fun hanging out with my dad, I get to see a lot of great musicians, and I’m bringing my camera to record it all. I just pray I/we will be safe in all the traveling.

Woo Hoo!

Congrats Melissa! Congrats on your first show. I’m jealous. You’ve helped inspired the flame under my butt to go “do it.”

I also got to meet Shellie this weekend…that was fun. And yeah, she’s that cool in real life. She’s as cool as her artwork… which I think is totally rad.

I also met a few other people this weekend at Shakesfaire who really inspired me to step out and try things.

I spent a bunch of money…but it was all on things to become a better artist…all tools. I’m really stoked about it all. I feel good and happy. Yay for me. I’m ready to go. Look out world, here I come.

I started drawing again. I’m as good now as I’ve ever been… and I haven’t practiced (I’ve doodled, but haven’t drawn) in a couple years. It has to do with my dexterity – I’ve matured in the last few years and my dexterity has gotten a bit better. I was never horribly clumsy but it’s things like this that make me realize how much has improved. It’s interesting though – I’m going to try to get myself in practice and see where I can take my drawing skills. Hopefully I’ll improve even more, which will help when I attempt paintings.

In the book “My Name is Asher Lev” Jacob Kahn goes on a rant about painting vs storytelling and how a painting must be a painting first and foremost, and secondly it can (or cannot) tell a story. For me, this is the opposite. Any work of art, for me, should tell some sort of story first and foremost – it should have a concept, an idea it’s trying to convey. For a painting to just be aesthetics, I don’t know what to do with that. But I’m beginning to realize there is merit to Jacob’s view. Not all art has to be a story – even if I disagree. I realize now there are two schools of thought. I suspect neither is more right than the other, though I lean toward the view of the storyteller.

“An artist needs time to do nothing but sit around and think and let ideas come to him” – Jacob Kahn, “My Name is Asher Lev” by Chaim Potok

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This is what I am missing these days.

The sexy goodness that is Craben’s blog hasn’t been updated in almost two months. Booo….

“Because humans can no more live without telling themselves stories than you or I can kill ourselves by holding our breath.”
-Frank McConnell

I made up a joke. Here’s how it goes:

What kind of shoe becomes deadly when you add water?

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A moccasin. Get it? Water moccasin? Hahaha…

If you’re trying to find a mate the best piece of advice I have is: Find someone who loves God with all their heart. The more they love God, the better able they will be to love you.

I watched Finding Neverland this weekend. It’s a wonderful film, wonderful story. If you wonder where I am trying to go, see Depp’s character in that movie. I am working to find my own version of Neverland right now… squinting my Isaacs.. You will all soon see what I mean.