favorite music video of the week, reminding me of spirit animals, bicycles, femininity, dreams, night time, life, and love -- all things i can definitely relate to:
and a favorite song lately... i'll be seeing this lovely man at great american music hall in july, with my dear friend, and band member of battlehooch, aj:
in the meantime, i'm finishing up my instructor training tomorrow, as well as finishing up decorating and setting up my classroom for the non-profit organization summer camp i'm working for in the east bay! i hope i can take some good pictures and post them soon.... i'm falling behind on photo taking and editing. (what else is new though?) in case you haven't been keeping up with my blog posts -- i'll be teaching graphic design and digital photography to 5th-9th graders this summer in the east bay. i never thought i'd see the day....
won and i are almost done with our creative, recycled and found materials wall installation in the loft of our live/work space, and i'm also almost done setting up the art studio area of the commercial live/work space -- also out of recycled and found materials. things are coming together beautifully and i could not be happier!
hopefully in the next few weeks, art will also be hung up on the walls, and we will be organizing a soft-opening/house warming event in the new space! can't wait!
pictures coming.... at some point.
what else?
the next card designs that tiny prints will be putting up on their website, by moi, are birthdays! yay! this time, since i'm on a new contract, my personal logo design will be on the back of the cards! yet again, i also never thought i'd see the day that this would happen.
links coming soon for that!
i feel like i need to contact all of my former teachers from college and high school and even jr. high and elementary school and let them know what i'm up to... it's constantly changing and i feel like i'm in a good place. i'm proud of my accomplishments and happy that i keep moving forward... always in motion. many great things to come. i can feel it!
now if only i could find more time to accomplish everything else on my infinite to do lists... that would be great.
never stop believing in yourself, work hard, dream big, and you will achieve your goals. i know that people say this all the time, and sometimes these statements are over-used and seemingly meaningless, but truth be told..... success is not defined by money. and money is not defined by success...
i don't have a lot of money, i drive a beat-up, self-painted car with no grill and no hubcaps, i don't wear designer clothes, i find all of my furniture for free on the streets or take donations from friends, i don't have health insurance, i don't look beautiful or perfect every day, i smell bad sometimes, i get stared at for looking like a ragged-sloppy bum on most days of my life, i've had the same blankets on my bed since high school and my mattress is still on the floor, i know nothing about sports, i don't have a boyfriend, my family relations are far from perfect, i cocktail waitress at a music venue by night, while i work as a freelance artist/designer by day, along with teaching kids at a summer camp, and i can never find enough time in my days to do everything i want to do.....
but you know what....
this is my life.
and i love it for what it is. i aim to inspire, create, support, and be all that i can. i hope you can do the same for yourself. peace. love.
