Location:Somewhere between the ceiling and the floor
Quote:If the stars are so far away and logic tells us we can never touch them...why do we stretch our fingers towards the sky?
* Because we believe in the impossible*
About Me:I am an illustration major in my first year at art college, searching for myself as well as others who, like me, have faith in what science tells us to discount as myth.
* By the way...that isn't my current hair style in my profile picture. I dyed my tips and bangs emerald green. :D
Music:Anything Celtic really...Loreena Mckennitt, Enya, Altan, Flogging Molly, the Corrs, The Eagles, Leaves' Eyes, Within Temptation, CLASSIC Disney, Shellie Williams...and a bunch of others that I can't remember off the top of my head.
Movies:SWORD IN THE STONE, Merlin, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth,Peter Pan ( Disney ), Lord of the Rings, The Storyteller, Legend, Willow, Hook, Princess Bride, Dracula, Kingdom of Heaven, Pirates of the Caribbean, A Knight's Tale, Elizabeth Town, Stardust, The Chronicles of Narnia, Song of the South (yay Brer Rabbit), What the BLEEP do we know?.
Books: THE SWORD IN THE STONE ( I just finished it and loved it to death ), The Queen's Secret, Emma, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Onion Rings, The Moore Child, Dracula, Frankenstein, anything by Beatrix Potter.
Likes:ANYTHING art related, magic, faeries, fantasy, Disneyland, drawing something that looks anatomically correct, creating jewelry, the ocean, the forest, meadows, hidden caves, following streams, exploring said hidden caves, walking behind waterfalls to observe THE BACKSIDE OF WATER, naturally made swimming pools in the middle of nowhere, roadtrips, traveling in general, IRELAND.
Dislikes:messing up a perfectly good drawing, stupidity, people jumping down your throat for the beliefs you have, being misunderstood, being seen as stupid, medicine, being sick, SPIDERS, uncontrollable fear.
Vices:I am insufferably shy to the point where you want to roll up a newspaper, smack me upside the head and scream " SPEAK!!", I can also be childish in some respects ( a fault which I'm working on ), I'm quick to anger, and can be fairly stubborn when I want.
Virtues:Once you have my friendship, it is not easily lost, I am as loyal as they come, I stand my ground when I need to ( this is a still developing virtue ), I love to laugh, and I am a very good listener when a patient and understanding ear is needed.
Heroes:My cousin Michael, Nene Thomas, Brian and Wendy Froud, Jim Henson, Walt Disney and the Nine old Men of Disney, Brer Rabbit.
I'm in a really, really good mood today and I have no idea why, but I felt the need to share some of my, uh...faery spirit with people who I know would appreciate it :D
I think part of the reason I'm so happy comes from the fact that I love my daily drawing prompt for today. Not too long ago, I joined a Daily Drawing Prompt group on yahoo! to help me practice and improve my drawing abilities and today's prompt is: Draw a fairy.
Yay! Golden sunbeams of happiness and joy to everyone! :D
duh, nah, nah, nahnahnah...oops, I forgot the rest of the song :/
Go me and my faulty, gold fish memory! ANYWAY.
As of about two weeks ago, I've decided that I'm saving up money to make my way up to Eugene Oregon the weekend of August 1st so that I can attend the Faery World festival up there. I'm so excited!! I've been dying to go to a faery festival since, well...since I was made aware of their exsistance when I picked up my first Faerie Magazine. Now, it's finally going to happen!
Well...I do have to get a JOB first so that I can afford to be up there, but the interesting thing about my life is that whenever I really need money, the universe pretty much goes," mk. If you look to your left, you'll see the opportunity you're looking for at this point in time. It'll give you what you need for now, so...ENJOY! :D <3 ". I know I'm going to find a job and be able to go so the next big issue is...what kind of faery costume am I going to make myself? :D
Well, I haven't signed on here in a while. Yikes *cough*.
ANYWAY, just a tiny little update, seeing as I have to go buy shoes for my cousin's wedding >.<..I'm still working on my Faery Book project, but it seems the students at my school have less faith than I thought. I've had some people respond to my request for entries, but I've had a few who think it's more fun to mock me than help me. I had one faculty member actually tell me to " Grow up" because I was being so "immature." Excuse me? How am I immature for believing in magic? If people can have faith in God, why is it so outragous and unacceptable for me to believe in faeries and all things magic? I don't understand some people's logic sometimes, I really don't. Ugh, whatever. The due date for submissions is May 9th, so we'll see if anyone sends in anything last minute.
To those who have already contributed to what I have been trying to do, I thank you. It means a great deal to me that you showed interest in my idea and acted on that interest. <3
Within these last two days I've experienced some kind of an artistic boost for whatever reason. Something kind of clicked into place and it's become easier for me to draw people. I'm really with the pieces I've come out with recently and I've decided to stick with the faery theme as much as humanly possible seeing as I draw things with wings best.
The two sketches I just put up in my gallery today make me especially happy because they are of my two best friends. The first one " The Vampiric Bride of Dero" is of Ashley ( I have her marked as my best friend in the little friends bar on the bottom of my page, and the second one is of Murphey. That's not her real name, but she doesn't like it when people she doesn't know, know her. I made her a troublesome HAT STEALING....*grumble*....pixie. From now on, she has her own hat to wear rather than constantly stealing mine...
I would have said " Erin Go Braugh", but I found a site this morning which said that " Erin Go Braugh" comes from an American misspelling of the gaelic phrase " Erin go Brea" ( Ireland the Beautiful ) or " Erin go Deo" ( Ireland forever). I'm determined to learn gaelic when I am not bogged down by tests, projects, and the like, but for right now...I'll have to be content with my limited knowledge of the language. My whole purpose behind this blog was to wish everyone a HAPPY IRISH PRIDE DAY!!!
And I am such a dork... I just sent my Art History teacher an e-mail telling her how her class helped me to understand something that I've heard for the past 19 years. I now understand what Pierre the parrot ( from The Enchanted Tikki Room in Disneyland ) meant when he said, " Just like the Folie- Bergere with only feathers!" Oooooh, college....
Oooh! Gaelic. I studied Scottish Gaelic for a while and it's tricky, but once you get the pronunciations and alphabet down, it sticks pretty well. Good luck!
Lovely Tangle--I am sorry you are sad today.
Do you have an alternate name with the initials BT? Your photo is gorgeous. Time will pass and you will post another happy dance!
Hey no problem! Always nice to meet new people =) Found a few on Facebook and MySpace too (I'm sure I just blasphemed there again EF). So yeah, nice to meet you!
Hello,
I have a very vast LP collection in the somewhere in there are a lot of old Disney including "Song of the South". I am working on converting my Lp's into digital.
hope to see you at the next Co Enchanted Folk meeting.
well hi there Tangle! Great! Well its really close to sheridan and I 70.
4900 W 46th Ave Denver CO 80212 Its on the right hand side of the street accross from the park. Allot of folks dont know its there because its a residentual area. But you are more than welcome to join us and ill send a notice for the next meeting. Also join the Enchanted Folk group for us here. and keep up to date. Love to see ya there.
Carpe Noctum
Orchid
It must be in the air! I felt that way this morning when I went outside to sit and watch the birds.
ValerieBlessings!
Valerie
11:34 AM PST