Meditation, Website, – Oh my!
Today is my last actual day of practicing yoga in class at the community college here. But, that’s okay because I’m going to keep doing it and I am planning on becoming a teacher of yoga next year! So exciting!
I met a man at a seminar I went to this weekend named Brother Chi Sing. He’s a meditation teacher who learns from Thich Nhat Hanh. We are so excited about this because we are going to have him come down to Corpus Christi! We’re going to host him at a small chapel in town. He’s going to do a 4 hour long meditation group. His website is http://www.awakeningheart.org He’s so open and humble.
At the seminar I went to, I also got some ideas for art to do, but I don’t think I’m going to create them for Nuevo Cafe. They are war themed, and that – to me – is personal. I don’t want to ruffle feathers, but I do know I need to create at least one of the images I saw in my head.
I now have a boost to really work on making my website better, even if it’s only temporary. My Robert Downey, Jr. image is now on http://www.downeyunlimited.com How cool is that?! It’s not an official celeb website, but it’s still cool. Today, I am going to try to get a simple gallery website together for my actual website so that it’s not just a webpage (I’m paying too much for a simple webpage)
I will have a lot more time on my hands for the next week to do some work I need to get done for myself which is really a good thing. Expect more artwork (I want to get at least one piece started and completed by the end of next week) and I may be massaging at the airport soon!
I also got two Pell Grants for the rest of my community college career which is great and will allow me to learn how to teach yoga and I can get a mac laptop finally 
Woohoo! Life is wonderful!
LOL!! Regarding “I don’t want to ruffle feathers, but ” … I thought that was what art was supposed to do. Maybe that’s just my bias.
Look forward to the Nuevo Cafe presentation!
lol – sometimes that is what it is supposed to do. I know that’s what my war images would do – so, I guess a better way to put it would be that I don’t want to ruffle feathers with them YET, lol. War is a very sensitive subject and it’s one that I tend to shy away from in conversation even though I have strong opinions. Thanks! I can’t wait for Nuevo Cafe!
I think the trick is to separate the critique of war (the political event) from the warriors (who fight the war). I really don’t want to discourage or criticize the soldiers because they are simply doing their job and its a hard job at that. BUT! The politics of war (like the people in Washington who decide to send troops to war) is open season in my mind.
I had lunch at Nuevo this PM and discussed your upcoming show with Lorraine (who now works there). It’ll be a great show!
Yes, this is true. One of the ideas I have is more of a play on the psychology of what happens to the soldier who wounds/kills others, not necessarily the politics, but I can see my work being critiqued from that standpoint as well. We’ll see when I finally create it!
The other ideas I have are more light hearted – images of peace more-so than war.
Aw, thanks! I hope so – I’m getting the word out and I’ll be making some advertisements for it soon.