Endless Possibilities

I truly believe that anything is possible. Those things which were thought to be impossible in the future of a people, are the very things which make up the history of my people. My greatest desire is that my children will see with their eyes those things for which I do not yet have a vision, and that they will hold in their hands those things which I am not yet able to hold in my thoughts.

Working it Out

I am still trying to figure out how this blogging thing works. I'd like to upload some pics.

These are some paintings that I've done in acrylic on stretched canvases in various sizes. I am not too sure how to adjust the layout, but I guess I'll figure out how to manipulate these images eventually.

A New Day

I completely forgot that I even started this blog until I had a class recently that talked about blogging. I can't believe that it's been about a year or so since my last entry. Lots has happened of course. My focus this year as an art student is on design and design research. I am working on an illustrated children's book. I am an school now (the one where I teach, that is,) so I've got to go.

My Lovely Little Girl

This is my beautiful little girl.  She is the second of three girls.  This is a photo taken at her primary school graduation a few months ago.  

Sick Child

My daughter is ill and I'm really worried.  I don't want her to know how scared I am because I am afraid that she will become more upset and depressed.  There is some blood clotting in her left eye which caused some blood vessels to burst.  The tissue is healing but there are scars formed during the healing process that affects her eye sight and causes pain in her eye as well as severe headaches.  I feel really helpless in that I have to watch her go through this ordeal and there is very little that I can do.  

I also feel very guilty because she had been complaining about the pain in her eye and headaches for about three weeks and I only took her to see a doctor yesterday.   She constantly complains about aches and pains especially when there are chores to be done and her tendency to be overly dramatic about every little thing makes me take her complaints less seriously than I would my other kids.  I don't know if I can ever forgive myself if she loses her eyesight or worse happens because I was negligent.  

She now has to go through several tests to find out what caused the clotting in the first place.  God help us.  If anyone out there reading this knows anything about blood clots in the eye or burst blood vessels or could offer any advice or support, I would be deeply appreciative.

First Entry

This is something new for me.  Never tried journaling on the net before.  It's kind of weird to be so public with my feelings and opinions about things.  Also I may be exposing some of my art work and I am kind of dreading feedback.  Mostly because my art is such a deep reflection of who I am and any comments that are even remotely negative might feel like rejection.  I guess I am not really good with criticism.  Strangely enough I tend to be my own worst critic.