We're back! What a fun trip - full of adventure and some relaxation and a lot of walking. No, we didn't kill each other... not even close. We found out that we do enjoy each others' company and we actually do like each other! (like we didn't know this before). We loved, absolutely loved, Boston. What a great city. As we were driving home, we were sad we didn't just spend our entire vacation there. But New York City was an adventure in itself - where we went to a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman (which was really fun), and to "Wicked" on Broadway (which was amazing), and to the original Improv Comedy Club (which was interesting to say the least - funny, yes... vulgar, unfortunately yes... but funny) where some chick laughed like Janice from Friends the ENTIRE time. Wow. Here are some pictures to fill you in on the rest:
Monday, June 26, 2006
Sunday, June 11, 2006
summer, the coast, and narcolepsy
I'm not sure what to write at the moment... but I know I need to force myself to write or else I'll just keep putting it off. So, what comes next will most likely be a bunch of ramblings.
I'm enjoying summer - it's a wonderful time... enjoying the outdoors - the sunshine and cool breeze... The evenings are beautiful. The festivals, the gatherings, the cookouts, the walks with Emma. And a summer with love makes it all so much better. I've dreamed of the day where I would be in love and happy - fantasizing what that would look like with scenes from movies dancing in my head. I've come to see that love isn't what you see in the movies... it's different, but somehow feels so much better. Things may not be perfect, and there may be ruts in the road, but walking through life with someone you can trust makes it all feel easier. I'm having so much fun and learning so much about myself... Nick has blessed my life.
And in five short days we will be on our way to the east coast! I'm so excited to see Boston and New York... to see my pregnant friend Trisha (I can't believe it's been a year Trish! It's a good thing you're moving closer to me so I can spoil that child of yours!)... to go to a Red Sox game... to see Wicked on Broadway (I can't believe we got tickets!)... to spend hours upon hours upon hours in a car with Nick (well, maybe not! just kidding!). This will definately be a good test of our relationship - I suppose that if we can survive this, we can get through pretty much anything.
On another note, I finished my first artist book, but couldn't take a picture of it because I don't have my camera back from the shop... but it turned out okay - not my best work, but I think I'm extremely critical of my own stuff. I did receive my next book, however, and it has me a little perplexed. The title of it is: "N is for Narcolepsy". Um... uh... what? I guess the girl who the book belongs to has narcolepsy so I guess that makes sense for her, but she didn't leave any instructions and I'm a little lost as to what to do with that. I have no frame of reference for narcolepsy... nothing comes to mind that would be worth contributing artistically. At the moment I've hit a wall... but I'll keep thinking and praying... if you have any ideas, let me know.
And that's all for the randomness for now... perhaps one of these days I'll get better at posting regularly. Ciao.
I'm enjoying summer - it's a wonderful time... enjoying the outdoors - the sunshine and cool breeze... The evenings are beautiful. The festivals, the gatherings, the cookouts, the walks with Emma. And a summer with love makes it all so much better. I've dreamed of the day where I would be in love and happy - fantasizing what that would look like with scenes from movies dancing in my head. I've come to see that love isn't what you see in the movies... it's different, but somehow feels so much better. Things may not be perfect, and there may be ruts in the road, but walking through life with someone you can trust makes it all feel easier. I'm having so much fun and learning so much about myself... Nick has blessed my life.
And in five short days we will be on our way to the east coast! I'm so excited to see Boston and New York... to see my pregnant friend Trisha (I can't believe it's been a year Trish! It's a good thing you're moving closer to me so I can spoil that child of yours!)... to go to a Red Sox game... to see Wicked on Broadway (I can't believe we got tickets!)... to spend hours upon hours upon hours in a car with Nick (well, maybe not! just kidding!). This will definately be a good test of our relationship - I suppose that if we can survive this, we can get through pretty much anything.
On another note, I finished my first artist book, but couldn't take a picture of it because I don't have my camera back from the shop... but it turned out okay - not my best work, but I think I'm extremely critical of my own stuff. I did receive my next book, however, and it has me a little perplexed. The title of it is: "N is for Narcolepsy". Um... uh... what? I guess the girl who the book belongs to has narcolepsy so I guess that makes sense for her, but she didn't leave any instructions and I'm a little lost as to what to do with that. I have no frame of reference for narcolepsy... nothing comes to mind that would be worth contributing artistically. At the moment I've hit a wall... but I'll keep thinking and praying... if you have any ideas, let me know.
And that's all for the randomness for now... perhaps one of these days I'll get better at posting regularly. Ciao.
Friday, June 02, 2006
finally
sorry for the long delay on updating this thing... i've gotten so far off my goal of wanting to post daily... perhaps this post will inspire me to continue
i'm a part of this collaborative artist thing - there are nine of us in a tri-state area who are passing around artist books to each other once a month... each of us created a book with a specific theme and it will be passed through nine people's hands and blessed with nine people's creative interpretation of the theme and in nine month's time (hopefully) I will have a complete book of art on my topic. my book's theme is "grace"... an idea that i have been mulling over and contemplating on for the past two years. i'm very excited to see what people come up with, how they view grace and how they express that artistically.
today, i'm finally sitting down to finish the page in the first book i've received. the book's theme is "on the verge of becoming me". it has taken me a while to come up with ideas of what to do... i've been thinking about myself and who it is i am and what has brought me to this point... two specific things stuck out to me as i meditated on it: me as a little girl - carefree and smiling... not afraid to do or be anything, not afraid to be cute; and lilies - a flower that has become very symbolic in my life... it stems from a verse that has defined my sense of self from Song of Songs 2:2 - "like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the maidens"... just this idea that God has created me as something so unique and beautiful that i stand out stunningly like a beautiful lily among dead thorns. i'm having so much fun taking those two ideas and interpreting them onto paper - using different mediums: oil pastels, paint, photos, ribbons, glass... it's so much fun!
as i finish a project, i will post pictures of what was created so you can join me in this process... and maybe it will even inspire you to try something - if not join a group like this, then to explore a new way of journaling.
ciao for now
i'm a part of this collaborative artist thing - there are nine of us in a tri-state area who are passing around artist books to each other once a month... each of us created a book with a specific theme and it will be passed through nine people's hands and blessed with nine people's creative interpretation of the theme and in nine month's time (hopefully) I will have a complete book of art on my topic. my book's theme is "grace"... an idea that i have been mulling over and contemplating on for the past two years. i'm very excited to see what people come up with, how they view grace and how they express that artistically.
today, i'm finally sitting down to finish the page in the first book i've received. the book's theme is "on the verge of becoming me". it has taken me a while to come up with ideas of what to do... i've been thinking about myself and who it is i am and what has brought me to this point... two specific things stuck out to me as i meditated on it: me as a little girl - carefree and smiling... not afraid to do or be anything, not afraid to be cute; and lilies - a flower that has become very symbolic in my life... it stems from a verse that has defined my sense of self from Song of Songs 2:2 - "like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the maidens"... just this idea that God has created me as something so unique and beautiful that i stand out stunningly like a beautiful lily among dead thorns. i'm having so much fun taking those two ideas and interpreting them onto paper - using different mediums: oil pastels, paint, photos, ribbons, glass... it's so much fun!
as i finish a project, i will post pictures of what was created so you can join me in this process... and maybe it will even inspire you to try something - if not join a group like this, then to explore a new way of journaling.
ciao for now
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