The highs of lows

Hello my loves, another day in paradise? My creative mind is flowing today. I hope you can follow along with ease.

I found this quote on my friend Sam's blog a few weeks ago and I've been pondering it ever since.
“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect – you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break – her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.”

- Bob Marley
Great love cannot exist where selfishness and apprehension are allowed to live. I have experienced this belief so fully that it makes my heart cry. I didn't understand the full weight of how selfishness squelches love until today. It makes perfect sense to me now only because I've been dissecting the downfall of my previous relationships and my accountability in their demise. I can't believe I was willing to take the hit in allowing any form of selfishness into my life. What a waste! Others may find they can allow that kind of hallowness into their lives, but I cannot. I am not perfect by any means, but I know this is a righteous desire- to eliminate selfishness from my life.

Today I made a beautiful discovery that I want to share with you. I've been listening to the band Circa Survive for a few years. I only have one album called "On Letting Go" but I've heard songs from a few others. They hit a nerve in me where only music can communicate to my soul. Sounds dramatic but it's not, I am saying that their music can touch me in a way other music does not and cannot. Well, I was perusing www.candancejean.com/journal as I have been for a few days and I came across one of her favorite artists, Easo Andrews. I've seen his work before from his blog about his dog Soybean (see link below). All of the connections started errupting like fireworks in my brain! A blog I saw a while ago about a dog named Soybean was started by his owner, Easo Andrews who is a favorite artist of Candace's, who is one of my new favorite artists who I bought a piece from at the Avenues Street Fair on Saturday. Oh but just you wait, the connections get better! Easo Andrews is the artist who designed all of Circa Survive's album cover art! Whoa whoa whoa!

Untitled Thinker by Easo Andrews, one of Candace's favorites

This painting by Easo Andrews is hauntingly gorgeous. I had to look away a few times before I was able to start examining it. What do you think? Here is a quote by Andrews "...I'm afraid of becoming labelled. I'm young and I'm early in my career, but things have been picking up, and I've become obsessed with this issue. Like, I don't want to be known as one of those people that paints wide-eyed girls. I've been trying to diversify my subject matter and not necessarily always include funny elements like I usually do." While I don't necessarily think it's terrible to be an artist who is known for one thing, I do have the same feelings as Andrews. I want to be known for a wide range of art from painting, to collage work, all the way to making beautiful children. That is really going to be my best piece of work.

Circa Survive's "On Letting Go" album, cover art by Easo Andrews. I actually saw this as a tattoo on a guy's arm a few weeks ago and I was able to spout out to him that I like the band Circa Survive too and he was thoroughly surprised by my intelligence for the origin of this tat.

Circa Survive's "Juturna" album, cover art by Easo Andrews

Esao Andrews also launched this website which posts pictures of this ridiculously cute pup, Soybean. Check it out here: http://soybeanwashere.tumblr.com/

And since we are posting pictures today, I thought I would throw in a few pieces of the crafty things I do. People always ask me what kind of art I like to do. It's hard for me to choose one thing like painting because I love anything which extends my creativity. It's like my clothing- that is an extension of not only what I like to wear, it's an extension of my art. I am my own best art piece. Advent Calendar I made Christmas 2010 (although I started making them a few years ago)

Treasure gift box I made Christmas 2010 for Serra.

I hope you enjoyed the picture show!
Thanks for stopping by :)

Amy xoxo

Percussion Gun
by White Rabbits

Well how do you do?
The kiss on the cheek
It's been a while
So I'll just beg, borrow
And steal all your time
Well crawl dignified
And now it seems to be caught in drags
Cause I know which way to run
You're tired my love
I feel the same
Well take it from me
What else could you do?
Where do you get off
And how can I get there, too?
All your time well call well dignify
And now it seems to be caught in drags
So I know it's what you want
You're tired my love
I feel the same

You''ll never come back
My god can't you see that
I know it's way too wrong
You're tired my love
I feel the same
So let them run and speak my name

Well if you wanna seee you rise and shine
It might not be true but this is fine
Cause I know it's way too wrong
You're tired my love
I feel the same
So let them run and speak my name
Now even this were jumping ship
This is getting to be to much
Cause I...

Ps 11+ hours at work today, I am tired but everything I did for the rest of the night made up for it