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something ends, something begins

the flickerflashfade project is now coming to a close.

something ends, something begins.

I will still keep making art!

I started this project back in 2014-2015 and now I will be starting a new project TBA and a new blog. So its not the end, just a new chapter.

This project originated with Neil Gaiman, Brief Lives quote: “ I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend...”     

It was exploring the concept of permanence and that we all must move with the river of life to the next moment. 

I’ve really enjoyed this blog and the art on here and all the people I met while creating it, so I will be leaving it up. This blog and the art on here helped me alot. It will always be a place of good vibes and hope.

Thank you!

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watercolors and sun

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ocean waves...foamy blue take me home

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city lights, as night approaches softly... for the sun has nearly left the sky and my heart is beating loudly

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What inspires you to paint?

Painting is sort of an outlet. At the same time creating art is just something I’ve always done. Growing up, I was always splashing color after color on to many pieces of paper. It was never a choice. When I am not creating art I feel sad and lost. So I suppose it is a way to make life more bearable, more beautiful...just more. I think there are many ways in this life to create art. Some people are artists in other ways than painting and do not know it. It is an escape into a world full of colors, lines, textures, emotions and thoughts. Occasionally, I just need to let out building emotions or sometimes I want to capture something. Yet, through this medium I can mold the lines and colors into an idea or meaning. This is something that no one can ever take from you.

Painting is a process. It is something innate to me, yet foreign. In the sense I must do it but I don’t always know how to bring my feelings and thoughts, to be exported from my head to the paper. One of my goals is to obtain some more art lessons to help advance my art. I really enjoy making art for other people. However it is hard to let others see inside of your head and soul. Because that’s what art is-an extension of yourself into something greater. I think it’s hard to be judged and seen for that, for what you are, for how you see the world.

Also to be real, painting is just fun. Throw some colors on paper. Drink some wine. Relax. Breathe in. Breathe out. It doesn’t need to be anything. It can just be whatever it is. Painting is just something I enjoy and sometimes that is all.

However painting is also the process of bringing an idea- a part of yourself -and letting it be realized in the external world.

I would like my art to help people realize something about themselves/this life we must all walk/the world that we exist and live in.

I hope I can help people feel something new.

Perhaps something that they knew all along but never realized.

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f l o a t i n g

#watercolors #paint #watercolor #art blog #art? #art therapy

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the sky sighs out pink hues; a mirage of shimmering warmth...for nothing was more real or true than the warmth of your hands holding mine

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A different point of view leads to something new

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Calm.

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Santa Monica dreams

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Floating

#watercolors #paint

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goosebumps

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