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Last week my roomie and a friend of ours took a stroll Downtown for a bit. It was good fun. :]

This weekend Tim came up to visit me. We decided to take a bit of an adventure and just drive over the bridge to South Carolina. There wasn't much to see but we found a nature reserve. Had a nice little adventure roaming about the park.

Tim snapped the photo on the left.

I met this lovely lady randomly at an art show. Broke the ice because of her wicked longboard design. :]

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I'm slowly (re)learning not to hate my own body and embrace it in my art.

“Work freely and passionately, you will make progress sooner or later if you have any worth they will recognize it. Above all don’t sweat over a canvas; a great emotion can be translated instantly, dream about it and seek for it the simplest form.”
— Paul Gaugin

I've had such a weird relationship with myself and my photography over the last year. I think I am about ready to snap out it.

It is unfortunate when the things you love to do suffer when life happens. Luckily, I've made it to art school and can start studying the things I enjoy most. I feel pretty fortunate that my hard work and patience have finally gotten me here.

This quote really got to me when I was studying for my art history class the other night. Even though painting is a different medium, I definitely feel that this can apply to all artists struggling to master their art and getting some sort of recognition while doing so.