im sensitive about my...

what people don't know about me is how much i love art. i don't know why they don't know, or they just don't seem to care about it. but its never EVER bought up. (its always about the fashionista side of me...boo. i just like fashion. its not who i am.) i always refer to artists, or paintings, or simply my camera. but, people just don't seem to get it. ive been told that i "don't look like the type." whatever that means. i dont know what the type would look like but, okay! maybe the type would be a nerd? maybe a techie? maybe a hippie? maybe someone who always has paint, or some type of media on them. guess what...that's me! i may not be a nerd in the sense that i wear glasses (sorry, i have 20/20!) and have a 4.0 gpa. but who cares? i can spend hours in the art section of Barnes and Noble. i google artists, genres, and famous and unknown artists. i go to museums, not as often as i want to. but, im always on the websites. techie...yea, man, thats me too. im always on the computer, figuring stuff out. what looks best with what. even if its changing my settings on my screen, my tab bar from default to purple back to default. hippie at heart and i always have pencil or marker or even paint on me. sometimes it annoys me, but its all for the love of art. okay now that was corny, but its true. lol. whatevs. often, im just sitting in my bed and i start to draw. whether, its block letters of words i just heard on the tv or doodling outfits (most of the time i AM doodling outfits, lol. ok...embarrassing!) but sometimes, if the art gods are on my side, i come up with some really amazing stuff. and being the perfectionist that i am, i will keep going until im done. okay wait, i lied. i will keep going until im not "feeling it" anymore, and then i stop. i have a lot of unfinished works, sad but true. but id rather have unfinished pieces full of potential than look at one and be totally disgusted in the outcome on behalf of me rushing and wanting to finish it. thats not art. thats a deadline. and i dont ever want any of my real work to feel like it was a deadline. thats wack. thats not me. smh.

yes, i love to draw, sketch, play around with graphics. but i am PASSIONATE about photography. i think capturing moments that people forget about or dont even notice is so cool. okay, there goes the nerd in me. but, really! i love looking at pictures; old, new, his, hers, mine, yours. i love looking out into the world and seeing what other people dont see. i find that pictures are like looking at the world in MY point of view. if a bunch of us are all standing in front of a building talking, i might not be looking at the people walking by. (which more than likely, i am. i lovvvve people watching, lol. its soo much fun, mostly hilarious. but, fun, indeed.) i might be staring at the building, but more specifically, one brick. one brick that stands out to me for some reason. whether it has a unusual crack or love birds names written on them in a sharpie. idk, i just like to see things in a different light. i always take pictures. correction, i always take A LOT of pictures.

just recently, ive been introduced to flickr. i mean, ive known about it for a while but, just recently set up an account. its totally private, only for friends. ive very protective of my stuff, lol. what else is new? but ive been doing a lot of editing old pictures that i took, and made them photography. i kinda need feedback. i mean, i like what i do. but, im not sure others will see it as beautiful. it really doesnt matter because if i like them, then why not. *ahem! hence the name DRESS TO IMPRESS THE MIRROR...ahem!* but i want to be skillful as well, not just passionate. ya diigg? ha. (its getting late and its showing in my speech, ha! a lot more ha's than usual, huh? "ha!" i kid.) but, yea.

here's some of my "photography"... feedback anyone? be nice, honest, but constructive. thank you, lol.

"im an artist, and im sensitive about my shiit."_erykah badu

chopped logs.flying bird.rain.clouds.brooklyn.

its a bird, its a plane.

thank you. thank you. thank you in advance bc your feedback will be greatly appreciated. i will use it to make myself better. it cant hurt to hear what people think of your work. (ha! yea right. whoever said that, "yous a lie" as my country friend say, lol. cough, JAW, cough. its all love tho.) i'll take whatever i can get, whether its "this is crap" to "this is a beauty". hopefully we are leaning more towards "this is a beauty". but, if not, whatevs. im still going to push and strive for greatness. okay, okay. i need to go to bed. im talking crazy, ha! ha!ha!ha!ha! says the delirious blogger. goodnight.

until next time, peace <3.