What Do You Wish to Give?

It's Wishcasting Wednesday over at  Jamie Ridler Studios and today's prompt is "What do you wish to give?"  First, I wish to give my daughter more of my time and I wish to instill in her the knowing of how she can do and be anything she wants, of how absolutely amazing she is.

Second, I wish to give it my all. And by IT, I mean life, the great adventure, my dreams. I mean really, really give it my all, beyond excuses.

Third, I wish I could give all the sweet, sweet animals in homeless shelters and rescues a loving home. Especially the sweet pit bull pups who have an unjustified bad reputation. I wish I could them all a loving home, so that they would know the kindness of humans. I think dogs especially, need that connection.

Happy Accidents

While unloading the last pics from my old camera, I came across this little guy who is the perfect example of the type of shots I want to capture, experimenting with depth of field. That's how you can achieve the crisp clear foreground and fuzzy blurred background. The only problem is I don't know how I did it! But I do believe that if I did it once I can do it again. I can ask my photographer friends. And of course, I can always read the book! Love this shot.

Disbelief

I can't believe that I haven't posted in so long. In that time period, I have had an awesome art show, been diligently working on commissions, planning the festivities including Hanukkah, Christmas, block party, Pot Luck artist party, cookie day at school, 1 last field trip to the planetarium. I have gotten a new camera! Haven't had time to check it out yet. One thing I need to do......holiday cards! I'll post more soon, hopefully with a picture attached!

C'mon, get in the picture!

There is a quote by Maya Angelou that reads..."Ask for what you want and then be prepared to get it."
Well, I asked for a camera and a few hours later, got a camera! My friend Lisa and her hubby generously are lending me the use of one of their cameras until I get a replacement. At first, I turned her away because it doesn't have enough mexapixels for my artwork (I can't believe how spoiled I am!) But then, after getting a hold of myself I realized what a blessing! I can use it to get those candid shots that I've been missing for a week and for the updates here and.....for taking more pics of myself. It's amazing how one Wishcasting Wednesday can set you right on your path. Suzie made a comment about how maybe I need to get in front of the camera instead of behind it all the time. Get in the picture! Something about this just clicked with me, like the shutter on a camera! Thank you Suzie for checking my blind spot. She has an awesome blog if you haven't check it out yet.

I feel like yesterday I made the intention to set out on a journey to my dreams. And I am so thankful to all of you who surrounded me to give me the tools, information, wishes and encouragement to get there.

Feeling Lost and Wishcasting Wednesday

First, my camera died and I feel lost without it. I'm having a hard time getting over it. And I am finding it difficult to find a replacement. I guess that's how it goes when you really love something. I am realizing just how dependent I was on my faithful Canon, just how many moments I captured on a daily basis. It feels so weird to not post a pic with this post. We had to use an old Nikon film camera that Leila uses for our Halloween pictures. Needless to say, they are still in the camera....wonder when they will get developed. I am so OLD SHCOOL about so many things, but cameras are NOT one of them. There is such satisfaction of whipping out a digital camera, getting the shot, and being able to check it, right then!  I hope a new camera comes into my life soon....

And on a lighter note, snicker, snicker....It's Wishcasting Wednesday over at Jamie Ridler Studios and the question today is "What do you wish to dare?"

I dare to live my big life. I dare to really see what it's like to give it my all. I feel like I have held back in almost all areas of my life for quite a while. I have hidden. I have shyed away from being seen. I have even put on extra weight as a form of this. There are a myriad of reasons behind all of this and I am so introspective that they do not escape me. There are feelings of not being good enough...they won't accept me. There are feelings of being too good...they won't befriend me and I will be ridiculed.

I look back and remember times when I surrounded myself with people who chided me as being "Goody Two Shoes" or "of course, IT was HER, she always does great."(the latter, said snidely and overheard). For some reason, I got it twisted that these were bad things. That it was better to remain at a level not any higher than those around me. That if I rose higher I would lose something. That if I was better, they couldn't stand to be around me. I was too good. I know this stems from a neediness, from a placing value on what others think instead of how I value myself. The truth is I was just being myself way back then, before I was squelched. I wasn't trying to be better, I was just growing and doing at my own pace, before I learned that was wrong.

So, today, on this Wishcasting Wednesday, I dare to bring to the surface something that has been brewing for a good while now....I dare to be good! Really, really good. So good that I am happy with what I see and happy with what I do. I dare to give it my all in my art and in my life. I dare to be seen. I dare to live my BIG life!

Boo!

I just love Halloween! Isn't it exciting roaming around the neighborhood at night? Pretending to be something other than yourself! I love all of the creativity, making something from nothing. Fabrics being glued and pinned. Seeing what kind of faces can be brought to life from the makeup kit. All of the little beasties dressed up in the their finest spookery! Oh, not to mention later, perusing through candy spread out on the table, complete with sparkling memories of childhood swirling about.

I've got my witch gear all ready. What kind of magic can I conjour up tonight?

A Treat for Me!

What a nice surpise this morning to find out that I won the Halloween giftie from the super-talented inspirational Marisa over at Creative Thursday! If you need something to cheer you up, check out all of her cute little sweeties. Thanks Marisa!