Art Tag: Musiriam

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Buon Venerdì Danza!!

This week Friday, instead of sharing my own artwork, I'm introducing you to an incredible artist that I've come across in my journey. Some of you may recognize her art from the FanArt Friday Post

Musiriam's sheer talent shines through in her work & the detail is just amazing!

Meet Musiriam

She was born 6th June 1980 in Palermo (Italy). She started to draw when she was 5 years old and studied at the High school of Art for 5 years. 

In 2002, she stopped to drawing and restarted in 2013 with Assassin's Creed drawings with ball-point pen. In these 3 years she's tried such techniques as, the ball-point pen, ink, watercolors and charcoal. 

In this last year, she's also a digital artist, she started for fun, self-taught, and now she styles and works like a professional.

Musiriam loves to try new things and is keen on improving everyday.

Art Tag: Musiriam

1. Are you an Art Lover, if so which artform? Cinema, Sculpture, drawings and paintings or music.

• Yes! I love sculptures, paintings & drawings altogether

2. Share one of your works of art with us, if you don’t mind.

This is Kabir Bedi, an Indian actor. In this drawing, he was "sandokan" a character from a mini series

3. Share your favorite piece of art with us. (Your own, or someone else’s)

This is piece is called amore e psiche by Antonio Canova

4. Tell us what your first reactions/feelings/thoughts were when viewing the pictures below.

i.} This picture reminds me to express a desire. 

ii.} This one makes me feel sad, I feel loneliness here. 

iii.} This picture scared me alot. 

5. Do you feel like art should evoke emotions? If so, do you think it should be used for positive (Inspiring, Memories, Light-Hearted) or negative emotions (Bring awareness of social issues, bring to light injustice etc.) ?

• Absolutely! Awe-inspiring positive emotions.

6. Do you consider yourself to be an artist?

• Not Yet, no. 

7. Assign Feelings to the following colors:

i. Paynes Grey - Sadness

ii. Deep Violet - Passion

iii. Luminescent Green - Happiness

iv. White Pure - Soul

v. Black - Death

8. What superpower would you have and why?

• To Teleport, like in the movie Jumper. I love that!

9. Who's your favorite artist? Who inspires you?

• My favorite artist is Michelangelo Buonarroti

QuickFire

Paint or Pencil

Both

Anger Art or Peaceful Art 

Both

Words or Images

Cartoons or Sculptures

Happiness or Sadness (Subject Matter) 

Both

Tons of Texture or Smooth Surface 

Both

Here are more of her EPIC artworks:

John Wick

Kratos

When I found out Musiriam is from Italy, I immediately asked her to teach me some Italian. 

Here's what I've learned so far:

Thank you -  Grazie

Good Morning - Buon Giorno

Good Night - Buona notte

Goodluck - Buona fortuna

Hello - Ciao

Congratulations - Congratulazioni!

Favorite saying - "di necessità virtù" - to make a virtue of necessity.

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#OlympicGames - 5 Lessons You Taught Me

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Buenas Dias!
Hope y'all had an Epic weekend. It's a new week with all new opportunities just waiting for you.
This #MondayMotivation we're going with the Health & Fitness Theme on the Blog Tag.
After watching the Olympic Games Rio 2016 trailer & Opening Ceremony with the unbelievably gorgeous Adrianna Lima, I just had to do this post.

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.

Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894.
So here are the 5 Lessons learned from the Olympic Games that can be applied to your daily lives.
Remember, Success leaves Clues.

1. Dream Big

"Don't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the further you get," swimmer Michael Phelps told the U.K.'s Daily Mail.

Michael Phelps is the Most decorated Olympian of all time! So take it from him, the only limit in life is you. I get it, it's nurture, our environment, and the "standards" we've become accustomed to. So it's hard for some to believe that there is more out there. But I promise you there is. All you need do is Dream more and ignore limits.

Too often do we settle for less when More becomes exceedingly unavailable. Believe in more.

2. Embrace Hard Work

"Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made," women's gymnastics champ Gabby Douglas told NBC.

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% Perspiration. 

I won't sugar coat it for ya, it takes massive action and hard, hard work to achieve true success. 

But Today's journey could become tomorrow's Legend. 

3. Cultivate the Team Culture

"Whether we had finished on top or not, the thing that I'm proud of is sticking together," Olympic beach volleyball star Misty May-Treanor told CNN.

No one worth remembering has ever gotten anywhere on their own. It takes a team, it takes a tribe, it takes a mentor, it takes having someone to catch you when you fall. Someone to lift you up when to stumble. Be humble in remembering those that have helped you achieve your success. 

I am truly grateful for a friend who has supported my author of being an author since day one. I cannot even begin to describe my gratitude for her friendship and encouragement.

4. Have Fun

"Have fun, because that's what life is all about," swimmer Ryan Lochte told TeensOnSports.com

What's the point for working hard, taking massive action and dreaming big if you're not having fun along the way? Failure is a big part anyone's journey so it's important to enjoy moments and have fun along the way.

5. This is YOUR Journey

"You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours,” said coach Herb Brooks told the 1980 U.S.A. men's ice hockey team.

Ahh coach quotes are some of my favorite. They really know how to rev up your soul. 

This is your journey. No one, NO ONE can take that away from you. At the same time that means, this journey...it's your responsibility, it's your choices that define it. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE successful started off where you are right now, they weren't born a winner, they weren't instantly. brightly wealthy, no. So take that realization as incentive to kick out any doubts you may have and go out they to achieve your destiny. 

Make it so they couldn't ignore you even if they wanted to.

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Book Tag: Finn Chow

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So this month has really been about the interviews hey hahaha. One of my passions is to Share the awesomeness I encounter along my Journey and this one is no exception.
I'm beyond overjoyed to introduce you to today's guest. He's got mad skill, is wickedly witty and an all around great guy. I'm in love with his artworks and cannot wait for the release of his book.

Finn Chow is a fantasy author who is currently working on publishing his first book, Sparks. Literature has always been a passion of his, and being a born and raised in San Diego it is not uncommon to find him on a beach reading a good book. Finn is also an artist and a singer who enjoys exploring various creative forms of expression. Motivated and ambitious, Finn is always trying to find a way to share his work with the world.

Questions:

1. Do you have a specific place to read?

• While I can honestly read pretty much anywhere as long as the book is worth reading, I prefer to read outside in the afternoon. It’s always nice for me to relax on a grass under a big tree and forget about the world around me while focusing on one in my hands. 

2. What book/s can you re-read without getting tired?

• I won’t lie when I say that I hate the concept of re-reading things. As good a book is, it’s never the same thing after I read it once. There are no surprises or twists to make you stay up until 3 am reading.

3. Who is your favorite author?

• I could never pick one favorite author. There are so many great literary minds with amazing talent out there. It also really depends on what I feel like reading. But to name a few authors that I can always count on: JK Rowling, Rick Riordan, Eion Colfer, Suzanne Collins, Derek Landy, Cassandra Clare, Neil Shusterman, and Michael Grant.

4. What is your favorite fiction book?

• I can’t choose a favorite book, but my favorite fiction book series would be the Percy Jackson novels. If I had to re-read anything it would be them. I have always loved Greek Mythology and love the way Riordan puts a modern twist on ancient tales.

5. What is your most memorable childhood book?

• My favorite childhood book would have to be Frog and Toad. Not only were the stories simple, but they also displayed a charming and lovely friendship that you can’t help but to want in your own life.

6. What quote from any book will you never forget? Why is it significant?

• While I'm not one to remember all that many quotes, my favorite would have to be JK Rowling's use of "I open at the close". It reminds me that even when one thing ends many more begin.

7. What books did you hate reading in school?

• I can only say one thing about Shakespeare. And that word is “overrated”. While I am not implying that Shakespeare had no talent, his work is nothing special in my opinion. Not to mention that the difficulty to decipher Old English takes away from the value of the work and the effect on the reader.

8. Do you read before bed?

• My mom read to me before bed almost ever night when I was younger. She still carries on this tradition with my younger siblings as well. As a result, I find it natural and calming to grab a good book before a long night of struggling not to get up and write down my new story ideas.

9. How many books are there on your book shelf?

• Let’s just say that if I ever need to move my bookcase it would take a lot longer than anyone really has time for.

10. What genre of books do you prefer?

• I can honestly say that if I had to choose between destroying the world’s supply of fiction and non fiction I would choose to save fiction in a heartbeat. I think that books should a tool to escape the reality of life and enter a world that someone has created out of the inner workings of their minds. As for what types of fiction I like, that varies from mystery to fantasy to horror depending on my mood.

11. Can you read while there is noise around, like music or TV?

• Being the second oldest of four boys I kind of had to learn how to tune out shouting, bickering, the sound of things breaking, crying, and all hell breaking loose. To be honest, if the world was ending around me while I would notice if I was reading something good.

12. Have you written any books? If so, tell us about it.

• I am currently working on a fantasy trilogy that I started in 2014. The novels center around three genetically altered teens with extraordinary abilities as they struggle to survive in the world of darkness around them. Having already written the books one and two, Sparks and Inferno respectively, I plan to publish the first this summer while finishing my conclusion, Ashes.

Artwork Cred: Finn Chow

13. You walk into a book store, what do you walk out with?

• I don’t go to bookstores. While they are one of my favorite places to shop and browse around in, I was highly discouraged from going into them as a child. That fact that my parents would buy a book, only for me to finish it in two days made them wary to keep taking me. So nowadays I tend to frequent library and spam suggestion boxes until I get what I want.

14. Worst book you ever read?

• I’ve had to read several obnoxiously boring and unnecessarily long books for school. But the worst one among them was Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. Not only was it utterly strange, with the author attempting to teach the readers lessons by having a man interact with a philosophical gorilla, but I could have easily summarized these lessons on half an index card. There was no need to make me suffer through a weak plot and bad characters as well. 

15. Do you have any collections of books?

• I’m one of those people that everyone gives books to. So as a result, I have quite a few great series on my bookshelf. And unless people are thoughtful enough to buy me the next book when I’m done I normally end up getting the rest myself.

16. Do you have a library card?

• Of course, I have a library card! While it would be a wonderful thing to constantly buy all of my books new, I personally think it’s a beautiful thing to share books in the same way that we share stories. 

17. What is the last book you read?

• Unbreakable by Kami Garcia

18. How many books do you read per year?

• Let’s do the math shall we? I can read an average three hundred to four hundred page book in three to five days. But factoring in the fact that I have adult responsibilities and other boring things like school. I’m going to say between twenty to thirty books.

19. Who is your favorite character from a book? Why him/her?

• While almost anyone obnoxiously sarcastic will do, I’m going to have to go with Skullduggery Pleasant. There’s something about being an undead skeleton and getting away with horrendously rude and dark humor because of it that appeals to me.

20. Why is reading important to you?

• Reading is a way for me to take a break from things in the same way that other people glue themselves to TV screens. There’s nothing wrong with either and it’s nice to turn your brain off for a while. Personally, I also use books to learn other author’s writing techniques and styles.

Quick Fire:

Book mark or anything that can hold your place

Paper Back or Ebook

Novel or Biography

Fiction or Non-Fiction

Read the book or watch the movie first

Romance or Science-Fiction & Fantasy

An AMAZING Original Artwork by Finn Chow

Love this, reminds me of the 

Nine Tails Fox {Naruto}

21. Bonus Question: If there was just one nugget of wisdom you could share, what would that be?

• If you know that you are never going to love what you do 100%, it is a waste of your endless potential to spend on it. Your life is worth so much more than that, and you deserve so much better. Make what you truly love a reality. 

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Music Tag: SharKKteethSolo

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Buenas Dias!!
Firstly, let me thank you all supremely. I've just hit +20,000 page views in one month! {Queue Happy Dance} I am completely humbled & truly appreciate everyone's support.

I started my blog in February 2016 & only really started blogging from April 2016. The community out there is just amazing & it has been one helluva Journey so far.

I am ever more humbled by today's interview. A week ago I received a follow by a most enigmatic & eye-catching account named @SharKKteethSolo. Curiosity won through & I checked out the account. At first, it started with awesome Shout Outs but soon I realized, this bro's energy was thoroughly unique & entertaining.
Took a chance & reached out to him about hosting him on my blog. I'm beyond jazzed that he agreed. So without ado, I give you the awesomeness that is SharKKteethSolo!


After choosing to focus on his Grown Man Career during the promotion process of a music project, SHARKKTEETHSOLO has returned. Presenting to over 100,000 followers and the World; a New 30 song offering, SUMMER of 45. The title symbolizes not only the age of SHARKKTEETHSOLO, but also vocalizes the visions of his journey through forty-five summers of life. SHARKKTEETHSOLO is a universally known and acclaimed Music Artist/Producer/World Peace Representative from Indianapolis, Indiana. He now resides and works in the MIDWEST from Cincinnati, Ohio. By way of Internet, awareness of SHARKKTEETHSOLO was gained from uploading and promoting over 300 FREE songs on the Popular social media site Twitter since 2013. SHARKKTEETHSOLO also is followed for Inspirational and Intelligent tweets expressing thought-provoking opinions from his blue-collar; Union Ironworker, Military, College Law Studies and "underwater" life. Views cover a variety of current plus historical American and World topics; ranging from Musical, Social, Educational and Political.

Decisions, Decisions:

1. Name your top 3 favorite artists/ bands:

• Tupac, Mellencamp, Puddle of Mudd 

2. What is the last song you listened to?

• "I want to be free" THE OHIO PLAYERS 

3. What was the first concert you went to?

• FreshFest 1988-89 

4. If you could spend a day with your favorite singer who would it be?

• KC & JOJO ( JODECI ) 

6. Are there any songs that you can’t stand hearing?

• I'll be nice, no comment 

7. If you could have a soundtrack to your life what would it be?

• SUMMEROF45 

8. Do you listen to any classical music? If so, what are some of your favorites?

• Classical Music , Symphony Music is the foundation of my Production. I was taught to love Classic Compositions 

9. Your favorite cheesy song?


Another No comment. I have a few by me



10. What songs do you listen to when you are feeling down?

• PAC, Aerosmith, Huey Lewis, classical music 

11. First L.P/C.D/Mp3 you bought?

• Ooohh , had to be from old school NEW York rap days. 

12. Do you like musicals if so which is your favorite?

• Hamilton is the Greatest 

13. Favorite musical instrument?

• Anything strings 

14. If you could see anyone in concert who would it be?

• Wish I could see how Elvis did it, live. 

Let's Get Personal:

15. When did you first start singing?

• Young 1970's, 80's.... church, and along with the radio 

16. What Genre/s do you sing in?

• EVERY ONE 

17. What is your music about?

• Life, Love, struggling, STRENGTH, intelligence, vocal visions. 

18. To date, what is the best song you’ve created?

• Sunny Days 

19. If you wrote a new song right now, what would it be called?

• 45 Seasons of Change 

20. If you had just One message, One Golden nugget to share with other artists out there. What would that be?

• Professionalism is NOT SOUND QUALITY, It's song QUALITY... strong content and context.

Quick Fire 

Rap or Hip Hop 

Whatever Rakim, Tupac and Jay Z are.

Sing in the shower or on Stage 

Musical or Concert 

Guitrar or Drums 

Ear phones or Speaker 

Music while you work or Quiet 

Quiet or no rap, sorry, Most rappers don't make songs for REAL MEN WITH REAL JOBS/ CAREERS TO Work to. 

Snoop Dogg or Usher 

Usher ALWAYS MAKES HIT after HIT, but I'd rather roll with Big Uncle. 

Sing or Dance 

Do both bad, catch 22. 

Instrumental or Lyrics 

If I hear an instrumental, I'm thinking lyrics. If I hear lyrics, I'm making beats in my head. 

Prince or Micheal Jackson 

Don't make me choose BRO, just listening to BOTH ALL Last week.

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Epic Interview Brother!! Arigato for gracing us with your awesomeness.

My favorite song so far is SUPERNOVA

The classical beat underscored is legend, almost reminiscent of a movie score.
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The Bi-Polar Bear in the Room

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Gilded shadows pool on the floorboards, swirling in the ambient moonlight filtering through from the window. A man sits quietly to the left, watching the patterns forming in fascination. Amazing things really can be found in the quietest of moments, he thinks.

The man sits at his desk, a page out and a pen in hand, he tries for the life of him to form the words he knows need to be said. That familiar nagging tension stands locked within his shoulders, creeping down his spine. As if subtly trying to avoid his attention. Time was inching towards its inevitable climax and he had but one chance to get this right.

The man squares his shoulders in determined dominance, poised over the paper, with a firm grip on the pen. The tremors were thankfully, at a calming pace today. He takes a deep pull of oxygen to re-energize his brain and begins his writing.

Dear Seth

As I write this, you are asleep in the very next room curled up with your favorite teddy, all exhausted and seven kinds of adorable.

You have been born unto a very different time indeed. Humanity now has tolerance & acceptance for things that in my day, were of the ultimate blasphemy. Technology has almost entirely invaded every aspect of our lives and more and more people are becoming "self-taught". With the information all out there on the Internet webs at the touch of your fingertips. People no longer have the excuse of ignorance, when the information is now as easily accessible as just tapping away at their mobile phones.

Yet I feel, as your father, I owe you what needs to be owed. An account, an explanation and a plea. For even in such a world, preparations must be made.

Firstly, understand that your story may not be mine and I sincerely pray to all the gods that, I haven't believed in, that you aren't one of the afflicted in the way that I am. The experts as experts go tell me that you might just be like your old man after all. So it is with a heavy heart that I must convey this to you, in hope that you make a better go of it than I ever have.

Secondly, I would like to tell you just how proud of you I am. Supremely so. Of all that you are and all that I know you will continue be. You are truly the apple of mine eye and I thank all heavens of grace that you come from me.

So without ado, let's get to it.

There will come times when the day is a great, bright myriad of colors full of wonder and sun-touched moments. You will find that in these moments, you are a god in your own right. Able to create the best of experiences with the best of people in the best of exuberant emotional intentions. Such will be your power, such will be your gift. People will look unto thee with renewed motivation and awe. They will flock, oh they will flock.

But alas this is not the happiness that I would give up my soul for you to keep. For their will come times, just as frequent, maybe more so. When the world will swallow you whole, throw you against a mountain of hurt and then spit you back out. Bear with me because this is what I want you to know. You are perfectly normal in this, more so than most. Because what you feel is true and real. Don't let anyone ever tell you different. There were moments in my youth when I was told things like

"Man up."

"Do you just like the attention?"

"I thought you were stronger than this."

You see son, unfortunately, it is easier oh so much easier for people to judge externally than internally. To dish out advice when it is that very same advice their own lives are sorely lacking. It is in these moments that your true self will be defined.

At times, I remained flabbergasted. How could I be so jubilant and flawlessly happy in one moment? Then, like the snap of a whip; feel like all hope had been taken from the world.
The agony of it is almost unbearable, blurring the line between what is sane and what isn't. The anguish and guilt I felt were indescribable. Back then we didn't dare name it, back then we didn't dare justify it. None of it was known for being what was defined as a man. But now, now I tell you this in the wisdom that I urge you to listen to. There are no 1, 2, 3 easy fix steps here son. No magic pill or elegant soliloquy to face this monumental giant of despair for you. The only way through.. is through!

Every day will be a fight, the fight of your life. Every day will feel like an emotional roller coaster with no safety bar holding you down. Stand fast, my son, grip and hold on with maddening anger. For in this life, life itself is the greatest gift.
In the immortal words of John Green, "Pain demands to be felt."

You must, above all else, everything else. FEEL! Feel it all, let it all in. Embrace the darkness with open arms and let her consume you. Find comfort in the abyss, don't wait for that light to shine through or that hand to reach out to pull you through. If you're drowning, learn to swim. If you're falling, build your wings on the way down. Do not be like your old man, bottling it all up until the obvious and eventual explosion.

They will try, oh they will try so very much to "cure" you, change you and otherwise refuse to understand you. Never give this much thought, you are exactly as you were always meant to be. Live in the Helping of others but don't not live For them.
Showing them that there's more than rooted routines and predetermined roles.
It's only the crazy ones who ever change the world.

I am not long for this world now boetie, my journey must continue elsewhere but wherever I am, I want you to know that nothing will ever change. I am your father and you are my son. Such is our relationship that it will even transcend death. I will live on within you, through you and of you.

You have been such a man of the house these last few months, especially when the tremors started. The waking in the dead of night to help me through it all. Taking care of me and your mother without any thought for yourself. I know everyone has been focusing on how your mother is handling all of this. I know that not everyone sees all that you do and all that you are. Because they can't, no one can be with you 24/7. It's much easier, in the hustle and bustle of life, to overlook things. But I do son, I do. I see it all. And that matters above all for I will always be your biggest fan, your biggest supporter. In this life and the next.

Go forth, unto the world, be brave, be you and if you so desire it, help them wake up.

I love you boetie, with everything that I am, I love you.

Sincerely, your father
Emmerson Wailey

A single tear glides down the man’s cheek and falls silently, landing over the word “love”. The ink, not dried yet, smudges the word with deafening significance.

DeviantArt Cred: The BiPolar Bear
By paulhull69

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Authors Note

One of the most important posts I've ever written, what was said here has deep, deep emotional ties to me. 

This was written in complete support to #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek & the #EndTheStigma campaign. The Blog Tag has been truly inspirational this week, helping their bloggers open up and share their amazing journeys in relation to this topic. I have absolute gratitude for them in this. #SharingIsCaring

Show Heart: Click through to the links above to help raise Awareness & End the Stigma surrounding Mental Health. 

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