I've spent most of the past forty years doing artwork - from crayons on the bond paper my father used to sneak home from work to jewelry and assemblages to watercolors and weaving. When I purchased my first home computer, the first thing I did was play with the drawing program that came with it, making some very juvenile "art" that I thought was the cat's pajamas, or, at least, Spot the cat.
Over the years, I have done web design, and a lot of graphic images, mostly to amuse myself, while continuing to design jewelry and build little scuptures from found objects. The computer art has one serious advantage. I don't have to dust it or keep the kids from playing with it and breaking it. Having just bought a very nice inkjet to go with what is becoming a large array of color and laser printers on the geeknet here at the house, I spent a lot of time over the past few days scaning and printing and just printing out some of my creations. I went to the massive expense of buying two HUGE frames for a buck apiece to fill in the living room, filled them with the kids artwork instead, and now have about fifty garage-sale finds and dollar store bargains to hang along with them of Mommie's Art. Hence the printing.
I am not too literate with file sharing, so I need to find a place to upload some of the images I want to make public. For the moment, I'm going to upload a few smaller things here. Hope you like them.
(And for the friend who asked me how I was doing after being "let go", either I haven't hit the ground yet, or it is sort of being beaten up by a munchkin around the ankles. I'm fine, thank you. Talk to me in another month when I have to pay the NJ mortgage and property tax bill, I may have a different answer...)
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Freedom... freedom to pursue your art, freedom to pursue your blogging, freedom to pursue your life. That's what being "let go" is... I'm between jobs now as well, and since I didn't make enough wages in the 'correct' quarters of the year, I don't get unemployment... but I'm free to pursue my life again (and also wonder how to manage mortgage payments and pay for the necessities of having three teen and pre-teen daughters).
I agree with your first post, there are some of us that know one HECK of a lot more than the average human moron (especially those dumbed-down by the media society). It is up to us to be the Town Criers, and the guideposts to civilisation when everything comes crashing down, thanks to the 'guidance' of the corporate socialists that think they are running the show.
You, I, Lee, and the like, are like those people at the condo office who opened their doors to your husband when all hell was breaking loose in NYC...
And as to that, even though this may be a sensitive area for you (and if I offend, I apologise), it still amazes me that 11 people who could barely SPELL cockpit, could 'assume control' of two aircraft and bring down two steel-and-concrete buildings. I guess the thermite that was found in the steel from the wreckage of the towers could have helped...
The populace is being guided down a path of fear by SOMEONE, and I, being the free-thinker that I am, am not gonna go there.
Stay sane, stay balanced, go and hug your husband. You're so much better off out from under the thumb of morons.
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