home

How bitterly glad I am to see you. You bring joy and pain in equal measure. Joy because you are with me, but pain because it won’t be for long.

LIFE OF PI, YANN MARTEL

8/30/10

day 24:

made lemon poundcake with heather. it's adventure week. i absolutely love home.

8/29/10

day 23:

drove to redding AND BACK yesterday with heather. wonderful, wonderful holy spirit filled day. and there was a really cool bridge. and i took lots of really cute picture of a really cute couple i know.

8/28/10

day 22:

i am home. today, there is nothing better than being home. tomorrow, there is nothing better than being in redding with heather. friday, there is nothing better than hugging kevin. every day is the best day if you go at it with the right expectations. i'm determined to have nothing but best days.

8/27/10

day 21:

the moon on the eve of the day i left my summer in milwaukee.

true love is a big deal

Piglet: "Pooh, how do you spell love?" Pooh: "You don't spell it, you feel it."

Winnie the Pooh, a a Milne

8/26/10

day 20:

hung out at the beach today. i leave this place on saturday. how bittersweet. i can't seriously believe what YHWH does sometimes. it blows my mind that He cares enough to give me things to enjoy and people to watch and weather than isn't humid simply because He wants me to be happy. really???? and then he goes and does all that for everyone else? it's so strange to feel special and humble at the same time.

a thought

i might switch to tumblr. you know, because im too cool for vowls.

sigh

Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.

THE PRINCESS BRIDE, WILLIAM GOLDMAN

alone

so i'm here in this large house for a few days with only the dogs to keep me company. not only are they starting to get on my nerves, they insist that that speck of dust that just moved outside must receive noisy warnings announcing to the entire household that it is in fact, being watched. it's freaking me out because good dogs just bark at bad guys.

8/25/10

day 19:

reused, highly edited, pastel tree. because i don't feel like pouring out soul into a new doodle that won't turn out very good.

happier note. amazing visit to jci's design studio in michigan. potential awesome job.

8/24/10

day 18:

ok so, i'm sure perfectly normal people have deeply profound dreams about rows of rusted green queen anne chairs. i'm sure it really matters to YHWH what my artistic interpretation of said green chairs is. i just don't know what it is yet....

home in 3 days!!!! so excited.

8/23/10

day 17:

this is not an original doodle. nor is it the final doodle (it will, in some form, be going on kelsey's shoes). also note today's to do lists.

8/22/10

day 16:

found out today about this super neat art show thing. check this link. these were some of the theme options i had. i've chosen science project gone wrong, because often, i'm convinced that's the theme of my whole education. not bad, just wrong. anyways.

super excited. i love artistic endeavors, and the Holy Spirit and i are stoked to see what sort of amazing God-glorifying things come out of this.

8/21/15

day 15:

said goodbye to my milwaukee family today. it was quite sad. went to chicago. more on all of that...eventually i guess.

drove home from chicago with the top down on the convertible. it was beautiful. and i sang the whole way. except only to take this picture...

8/20/10

day 14:

most people don't believe me when i tell them i make something with love. i do. i did not make this latte. but there's love in it. i have a sixth sense for these sorts of things. i call it the Holy Spirit.

i like starbucks.

anyone out there?

8/19/10

day 13:

a quarter taped to a spoon taped to a wall.

"i do not believe in art. i believe in Artists."

-marcel duchamp

8/18/10

day 12:

i feel a little bad that this explosion of doodle didn't happen on kelsey's shoes... in good time.

this is it. this is my brain. winnie the pooh quotes and attempts at being poetic, and stars, and bible verses, and wishing i was somewhere else, and crazy colors, and that cute piggy that says wee wee wee all the way home... that's a really good metaphor for life, but i'll save that for another day.

for 8/17/10

day 11:

i can honestly say that watching this commercial has been the hardest i've laughed all summer.

weeeeeeeeee! weee weee weeeeeeee!!!!!

8/16/10

day 10:

just made the decision to go home for a week before school starts. i will also be traveling on the plane next to a good friend. and i will get to see my mommy, bud, kevin, heather, and a few other lovely people. what's not to like?

also, my jeans came in the mail today. LOVE. who new denim could be so wonderful?

8/15/10

day 9:

went to the zoo. had a wonderful time. but i think zoos are kind of sad. for some animals like seals and dolphins and some primates (all the kinds of animals that benefit from and enjoy human relationships) and old animals (that would otherwise be suffering or dead in their natural habitat) it is a really neat thing to see. but for all the fish or the birds or the two year old tiger cubs i can't help but think that this is poor stewardship of God's creation and even though animals are interesting in their cages, they're only beautiful when they are where He put them. just a thought.

this is aslan or graograman. i don't need to say much else about that except for if you don't know what i'm talking about. go read the chronicles of narnia, and the neverending story.

8/14/10

day 8:

there are quite possibly less than 5 ways to spend an afternoon i can think of that are better than painting (two of them involve disney, two more involve direct access to uninhibited sunshine - i had neither of these things today). i recovered some painting supplies from the basement and we got to work. using our fingers as tools mostly. nothing especially beautiful came out of the process, but it was refreshing being reminded that my Heavenly Father is the most creative being ever and because He created me in His image, i get to enjoy being creative too. let's all just let that sink in.

so now, go create something.

8/13/10

day 7:

highly photoshopped doodle.

if you haven't listened to meet virginia (the train song) in a few years, go do it. right now. same thing goes for when i look to the sky.

how long do i have to do this before it's a habit? 3 weeks? 2 weeks? 10 days? idk.

i'm going to start drinking coffee at midnight.

for 8/12/10

day 6:

went to a train concert at the state fair!!!

love train. hate the state fair.

lost SD card adapter thingie.

pat monahan oozed uniqueness. i want some of that.

8/11/10

day 5:

i listen to too much twizzle and train. got some cool jeans on ebay. woot.

8/10/10

day 4:

this may or may not be an attempt at a self portrait.

if you look carefully, you can see on the back page, i had announced to my moleskine that it was my mommy's happy birthday. happy birthday mommy!

doode: 8/9/10

day 3:

it's not much, but it is what it is today.

non stop taylor swift does a princess lover good.

for 8/8/10

day 2

another picture.

anna and i went to discovery world. kid's museum/science lab/useless invention showcase/ aquarium/mechanical engineering heaven.

she calls me her big sister. :)

for 8/7/10

day 1:

so what? i failed at a doodle. a nicely photoshopped picture is good too.

i made anna and i caramel ice coffee blended beverages this morning. they were yummy. and i've decided that if i do ever get my own bakery, we will also provide the public with coffee beverages, served with love.

daily doodle.

i can do this. starting... as soon as i doodle today. i will post a doodle (or photo, for those days when i am particularly lazy, or happen on things you desperately need to see), for the world to see and judge and hopefully enjoy, every single day. for one year.