Friday, September 10, 2010

Deadcat8843 SCRY 17-Mar-2010

 THE CALLING

Art is a part of me, and I'm a part of it. 
One cannot be whole without the other.
How I live my life and choose to shape who I am 
I can create something out of nothing.
It doesn't matter the medium that we choose
It's that untapped energy I feel  inside struggling to come out.

To take its shape and form
In a song, a dance, an ode, a symphony, an aria
What matters is capturing that moment
That image in your head
With as much clarity and honesty as you can.

Trying to transpose that idea, a feeling, a message,
Into something tangible
The pleasure of sharing that particular moment
With an audience.

At times, we share it with others,
Sometimes, we choose to lock them away
And simply flag them as hobbies
But balancing is everything -
A personal decision on the part of the artist
How he wishes to apply his skill or ability.

At times, I ask myself that question, what does it mean to me
and why does my life revolve around it?
The answer simply is, it is my calling.
When I'm not around it, creating it
Denying myself any sort of artistic expression
Feels like dying.

Life support is being taken away.
The world is dreary, and drab,
So dark and gloomy.
It's like taking the sun away
Our universe in complete darkness...

 



The Storyteller's Message:

Life has its ebbs and tides, and during the time that I was away from it, I study and observe the world with its daily grind. Try and learn as much from the lessons that life throws your way. Broaden your  horizons and open the mind, it  unlocks the key to  knowledge and wisdom, it will provide you the sign posts where the impossible becomes possible. The only thing you need to have is the courage to give yourself a chance.
 
17-Mar-2010
dgcabanas

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Conversations with Deadcat

The Storyteller was away for a while but came by for a visit bearing gifts to hang up on my gallery.

She finally decided to share her book called Encyclopaedia Donnabella, I've been bothering her to show me for years and years. It took a lot of convincing but at last, after so many years of waiting and waiting, she finally relented.


- Boy,  she's really starting to step it up a notch. I've never seen her this "focused". Talk about not allowing anyone to get in the way of her projects, dreams and goals.








PORTRAIT OF A LADY

Canada (Portrait of a Lady) by: Donna Cabanas





KEEPING STOCK -  Doodles and old artworks need not be thrown out. Take for example the above, a little touch-up  and "voila!" - a simple pencil sketch that looks great on jpeg. on a straightforward  B&W background.
Highly recommend Photoshop to all - it's a wonderful program and worth every penny having these handy especially for doing post edit work.