Well this is turning into one artistic week. First, One Spark ending on Sunday. Tonight was Paint Nite. Our instructor Joy was a part of One Spark and her art is still showing on Adams Street in downtown Jacksonville (she’s living in a store front).
Paint Nite is a recurring event where you paint a preselected picture that happens at different local venues. Tonight’s picture was called Birdies. After painting the background I had this:
Still a little unhappy with the sun in the final version below. What do you think of my first painting in some years?
I went to One Spark looking for inspiration on Friday. I saw a lot of interesting projects, like the grocery courier or the event planning app.
But it wasn’t until Saturday that I came across something that inspired me. Took a while to find and got to see some interesting things before finding it like this
There are people with the goal of reviving the film industry in this city of which I’m currently a resident. At the end of the trailer for the film (which was completely made locally using local actors & looks really good by the way) I noticed the music the director/producer used was by Lenny Kravitz. With my recent commitment to having less of a filter and being my authentic self I blurted out, “We have plenty of local artists. Why not use one of them?”
This led to a conversation that ended in them encouraging me to pursue my long deferred dream of singing and songwriting. We’ll see…
This is another Sonic the Hedgehog inspired drawing from aspiring artist ASP. It features two characters named Silver and Blaze. Those familiar with the Sonic Universe likely know more about these characters than I (Ms. ME) do. The piece is titled Prom Night. Enjoy and tell us what you think.
Prom Night original drawing of Silver and Blaze
Currently ASP is working on possible logos, headers and cover page art for ECV so expect to see some options and vote on those in the near future.
Who am I?
Today’s not a good day for me to write much to answer that question. Let me keep it very short & visual. You can make up your own mind who I am from what I’ve done.
clockwise from top left: highlights & style, facial, style, pedicure
Got a degree in business focusing on finance, then worked at an insurance company while retailing personal care products and clearing up my own skin to look like this…
Unfortunately last year some weird, mystery skin ailment started attacking my melanin afflicting me with light spots so…
Why am I here?
I’m here because PR strategist Amber Brown of AB Creative Design & Communications recommended WordPress over my previous blogging platform for expanding my readership. As usual, she was right!
What topics do you think you’ll write about?
I’ll write about fashion, cosmetics and personal care (obviously based on the cosmetology background pictured), money (business & finance education + personal experience), and various health & fitness items because I can’t get enough of that stuff. And probably music since it was my first and only love & passion. And other arts…
yes, that’s me as a tot of about 18 months…told you music was my 1st
Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
Anyone interested in what I’m blogging about, anyone blogging about something interesting…
If you blog successfully throughout 2014, what would you hope to have accomplished?
The overarching brand of ECV has to be firmly established. The products currently in the development stage will hit the market and be publicized via the blog and other channels.
And I promise not so many selfies after this post but it was supposed to be about Ms. ME
[First a disclaimer: this post is a little off-topic from the rest of the blog. However my day job relates to this and I’ve been so frustrated lately I needed to speak on it. The idea has crossed my mind of opening a private school under the overarching business brand ECV so I guess it’s not too off-topic, but that idea isn’t likely to come to fruition…]
There are so many reports in the US about the education system being broken. Every time you turn around someone else is complaining or upset that America has fallen below another country in some education or graduation ranking. Then enter the pundits with their endless speculations and suggestions despite some of them having no internal experience in education outside the 16+ years they spent earning their own education some 2 or 3 decades ago. And with all the endless chatter and constant political interference things rarely get better. Here are just a few reasons why it’s broken from a current insider. Continue reading Education System Broken? Here’s why→
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