Art of the Day: The perfect Duo

Art of the Day: the spot

wierdo

Art of the Day: Where I shall soon be

PYW & MJJ

Art of the Day: JANET

an excerpt

In all its complexity, places that make us feel well help us to get closer to our origin, our base.

I still have not found that specific place that I can say has defined who I am today because what defines me is a conglomerate collection of every place I’ve been to, every person that has touched my life. However, Mr. Momday was keen to emphasize the importance of the word “landscape.” Therefore, the closet landscape that come to, as Mr. Momaday described “indispensable to [my] well being,” would have to be whenever I’m in the wilderness. In the wilderness, I feel a deep sense of solitude, and the opportunity to create a relationship with my roots is given to me once more. It’s difficult for me to describe the transcendental feelings that I get once I’m immersed into this environment, but I’ll try. To simply put it: I feel at home. In detail it would be something like this: A feeling of wholeness and somehow knowing that it’s where my soul and being feels most comfortable. A sensation of complete safeness under the blanket of indigo, navy sky with the starlight coordinates of Greek Gods and Goddesses towering over me in every which way. The moon with all of its radiating light, casts a warm glow on my body. The solid ground underneath my planted feet stabilizes and supports me. The Willows, Sequoias, or Red Woods (my favorites), guard me from any fears; they are posts that protect me from harm. The distant sound of the flowing river, with the occasional “plop!” sound that’s made from the peeking fish below, soothes me into sleep. In the morning, the raging, red sun showers its rays over me and greets me the most tremendous hello, and that feeling of “I am who I am” rings true to me more than ever.

The Wilderness brings me back to a place that allows me to feel the most honest and uncensored feelings. Just thinking about the Wilderness provides me with some peace. I trust the wilderness with my thoughts and I enjoy confiding into the old mountains because they don’t judge me, The wilderness helps me to rediscover myself time and time again, and in so many ways it defines me because a huge a part of my well-being depends on it.

the prancer

I love this girl. This is Jeanine Mason. The crowning queen of dance. She is a remarkable dancer and she is phenomenally gorgeous. Watching her move and her huge, heart warming smile really inspires me. She seems extremely genuine, passionate, and funny. I cannot wait to see what else she will do as she begins her journey as a rightful star.

Art of the Day: The Perfect Stance

Doubt is humble

I just finished watching the documentary by Bill Mahr called, "Religulous." I've been wanting to look at it for some time, and I cannot believe I've been putting it off for so long. Overall I really liked it because it was humorous and it spoke much truth. Bill Mahr is fearless, I must say. The sensitive and controversial topic that he chose to talk about was approached professionally with much knowledge and curiosity on his part. He went onto a battlefield that I, myself, have poked at a few times but became too overwhelmed that I had to go back to my side of the pond and just ponder for awhile. The documentary was clever and it showed the truth and the light that I think many people don't want to see, but need to see. Especially the extremists. I suggest you all go and take a look a this film because it's one worth seeing!

Art of the Day: Ferris Bueller's Day off

Art of the Day: Silhouette

Okay, I'm a little obsessed with Chester's photos. It's just that I love so many of them, therefore, you will be seeing a lot of his photos popping up for my selection of the art of the day. I'm using this photo for the background image of my itouch and it just makes my heart beat faster whenever I see it because it think it's so beautiful. enjoy!

webbers

Last night during some late night Internet browsing, I came upon two websites that I really like. The first is: lumosity.com. It's a neat, educational website that has a lot of fun games that you will not get tired of! It keeps track of your progress and it also gives you an entire low down of how you're doing and where you need to improve. Arithmetic and memorization seems to be my strengths and vocabulary seems to be my weakness. This is not a shocker, but it's very disappointing. I love writing, but I don't know enough words! haha I need to read more! The only sucky thing about the website is that after your first week of trials and having the most fun ever, you have to start paying some doe. yup, you have to hand up some $$$$. My advice is: have fun the week that they give you and just use another email address to sign up again! haha beat the system. OR you can be a good person and pay the damn company. However, I don't know how much of a good investment it is. The second website that I found was actually some Guamanian's blog called Zen Habits. http://zenhabits.net/He began blogging about living a better lifestyle and he became one of the top 25 bloggers in just a year! He shares a lot of profound lessons with us that he has learned over the years and the fact that he's an average Joe, seems to make him more appealing. He's a working, married, father of six who had the ambition to live a healthier life. I suggest you check out his work; he's pretty amazing. Reading what he has to say will be worth your time. Well, as for me, I'm going to minimize my contact with the computer, ipod, and TV today as much as I can and do some good reading. Thanks to you for reading this and may God bless us all for another 24 hours. Peace.

Art of the Day: The Sunflower by Chester Chiao

The Sun will rise again!

My Chinese teacher, Mr. Li, would always tell me, "The sun will rise again! Don't worry Yuki." He rang truth.
The beauty about life is that the sun will always rise the next day (or at least we've gotten use to it rising everyday). Now, this routine of rising and creating a new day is a tradition that I really appreciate because it gives people like me a countless amount of chances. You see, I wake up every afternoon planning to be more productive and use my time more meaningfully. But everyday, I succumb into facebook, scoping the Internet, or even to a certain extent this: blogging. There are so many things I want and need to do that I just don't do, and I haven't the slightest idea as to why, other than the simple fact that I'm a lazy lard. I want to write letters to the people that I've been thinking about, I want to finish reading these three books that have been hovering over me, I want to walk my dog in the day time, I want to do my placement exams for college, I want to organize my shiza, and it goes on and on. I've become a master at procrastination and I'm scared that if I don't kick this bad habit that I've perfected for some time now, it's really going to come back and bite be deeply in the butt. So, because today is a new day and God will never deny a person who wants to improve themselves, I'm going to sweep away my laziness little by little and do the things that will make me feel and good and make me happy. Thank God for another 24hrs and never giving up on people like me. yay!

Art of the Day: The Sexy Vamp.

come back, please

Another day of missing and thinking of you.

I had a dream

I was thinking. Today I had interesting conversation with my auntie. We were talking about the idea of "not caring." I don't mean not caring in the sense that we didn't care about anything in our lives; actually just the opposite. We were talking about caring about not caring about what people think about us. The notion that if we all really and truly loved someone or authentically or passionately believed in a something, we really wouldn't care about what other people thought. It wouldn't even cross our minds to think about what others are thinking if we were as confident or asserted as we think we are. I know I'm not being articulate here. I'm never really good at explaining what I really mean. But i guess, it doesn't matter, so long as I understand it because the purpose of me writing this is not to convince anyone. I've just begun to question my own actions and my own beliefs. I don't know where I'm going with this. I really don't

Art of the Day: CHESHIRE

Although you generally keep to yourself, you sometimes make an unexpected appearance. You sit quietly and watch others, smiling occasionally at how truly amusing and odd people can be. You choose your words wisely, and others look to you for direction. You prefer to let others find their own way in life, but provide them with just enough insight to keep them looking for more!.

I've finally gotten my new MacBook Pro. I'm so happy and I feel like I can officially start blogging professionally. Not that my old computer was horrible. I owe a lot that baby. It pulled me through for four years and I'm so thankful for her. Yes! It was a girl. Her name was Tinkerbell and I love her. This is my new computer and great news! It's a boy! His name, you ask? His name is none other than, Cheshire.

Ok

Art of the Day: Angie

garble

What happens when what you think is an act of your own good intentions is interpreted as act of rudeness, evasiveness, and all around inappropriate? I've  been called to have a cookie cutter life style, a condescending point of view, and an invader of space by a person who has no clue of who I am. In all truth fullness, this has been bothering me and I can't help but think there's some possible truth in it all. However, I will attempt to show my perspective of the things that i've been labeled as. My so called, "cookie cutter life style" is only my way of dealing with the world. So as to say, I live simply with very little unnecessary, negative drama. I don't get mad at people, I don't bear grudge, and I don't ever feel the responsibility to use those negative emotions that only leave me and any other party unhappy. I try my best to see the joy in everything. I guess when I don't show any complexity in situations, it comes across as the cookie cutter's way. Whatever. Next, i believe in equality as much as MLK did. Sometimes being really good, nice, or doing the right thing is condescending. Whatever. Last, invader of space. My problem is, i always try to help. I'm just gonna butt out of people's business. My mama told me to do so because you just never know how people will react. People really scare me sometimes; they really do. Fini.

Art of the Day: Top of the World

It's a Godly photo. I kinda swiped it from a friend because i thought i was just too amazing of a photo. Today is a Wednesday. That means "So you think you can dance" will be on tonight; I love that show. This morning i spent my time eating two bowels of lucky charms while watching a MJ home video documentary on youtube. It was really adorable and truly humbling watching MJ's personal home videos. It just makes me miss him even more. Today I discovered the country duo, Sugarland. I have known of them for awhile now, but i saw them perform on a repeat of Oprah and I must say, i've fallen in love with them. And yes! i do love Country. I really do. They're music still tells stories and I love that they've stuck to their roots. Well, i need to go shower and get dressed. I'm off to the mall with my mother to go get some gifts for my family in Japan; my younger brother is going to Japan this Friday. Anypoo, catch ya' later and as always, God bless.

Ariella Hyacinth Silverston

Turns out that I used the correct SS# for my Driver's License registration! That makes me so happy and extremely relieved. Anyway, I've been very fashion conscious or very aware lately. I've been inspired to express myself more through clothing. Not that my clothes don't already for tell the nature of me, but through the influence of several people that i've crossed paths with recently, i've been more inclined to express myself through clothing even more. I love so many styles and I hate to limit myself to one. I usually dress according to my mood and how i feel about my body that day. The hot weather is not permitting me to wear the clothing that i really want to wear-Clothing that entail a lot of layers and of course those perfect boots that i still have not yet purchased. Anyway, I need to raid through my closet and dresser to give away some clothing. Also, I need to find this perfect hat that i keep imagining. I've been wearing hats lately. More like fedoras or even those baggy hobo head wraps; i love those. Anypoo, I have a schedule to follow, so without further ado, here is the art of the day. It's another photo i took myself, this time at the Huntington Library English Gardens in Pasadena, CA. I call it: Rose-bricked Road

Gumbo of thoughts

I have a headache. I've been getting them pretty frequently. I just read on "bite my ass, krispy kreme's" blog that there is this one hundred day challenge that some other blogger is encouraging. Basically, you pick a habit you want to kick in the butt and do something consistently for one hundred days. I really don't have much will power but i want to prove myself wrong. Therefore, I vow to not eat meat for one hundred days and only drink water with my meals. Now the former shouldn't be as hard as it should be since I was a vegetarian for three years but the latter might be a little tougher because I love milk and I do love juice. However, smoothies don't count because i drink smoothies for meals occasionally. Okay-- i am notorious for either forgetting my own challenges or simply just giving into them. So root me on! Also, i've been feeling extremely lazy lately. I just don't like getting off of my big butt. It's really horrid, i tell you. I make myself sick just thinking about it. I NEED to more active. Gosh! Also, i just watched "Saw V." It was morbid. I usually like the Saw movies but for some reason i just became so mortified by the movie and extremely disturbed by the content, images, and basic story line of the series. I usually like scary and grotesque movies but wow! Perhaps, i've matured or have become more sensitive, but these movies are really distasteful and really ridiculous. I no longer think that the series is clever or creative and definitely not artistic. Alright, here's the art of the day. I took it myself. It's a photo i took in Antelope Canyon. I call it: The tunnel. Enjoy and inspire.

Art of the Day: The Spotlight

Gracias, Grazie, Arigato,

My papa gave me a photo of Michael Jackson's star with all the commemorative flowers, pictures, fans, and etc. I thought that was very thoughtful of him. I have to clean my room today. I'm getting better at driving and i can do a three point turn! Anyway, I've kept a little pocket journal of the ten things I'm grateful for each day for about the past year. So, i want to share with you the things I'm thankful for today and hopefully you too can think about the things that you are grateful for; it can be anything as you will see.

The 10 things* I'm grateful for:

1. My parents

2. My dog, posie

3. MJ

4. My new shampoo and conditioner

5. Being able to drive

6. Running

7. My brothers but especially my brother Sean because today is his birthday

8. Hollywood

9. The voice

10. God

*note: in no particular order

hold my hand

This life don't last forever

So tell me what you're waiting for

We're better off being together

Then being miserable alone.

Note: DMV's are closed on Fridays. 

Note: Gotta make my life more exciting

Note: Remember Ennis

Note: $

Art of the Day: Children of the World

Art of the Day: Mark Rothko; Red Orange, Tan, & Purple

I'm beginning something called: The Art of the Day.

It'll be a piece of artwork that comes to my mind or catches my attention. Hopefully it'll spark some imagination in you to be inspired to do something expressive. Whether it's writing, dancing, singing, laughing, shopping, running, ANYTHING. Just do and make.

Fib

Today was a productive day. Got a tremendous amount of help from my auntie regarding College shiza. My  mom didn't let me drive today, but i guess it was the best thing for everybody on the road that she didn't let me. I had some yummy frozen yogurt. Tart: my favorite flavor. I need to do some more reading and figure out a way to be a contributor of the world even as a student. Also!! important note: i'm a fraud in every sense of the word. Me oh my! I'm such a ditz. I've been using the wrong social security number to register for my driver's license//i don't know what else. How idiotic is that? Now i have to go back to the DMV and clarify my fraudulent ways. Okay..back to saving the world and being a contributing citizen of the world. I need to come up with a plan. I'm gonna go brainstorm. Dinner was curry and it was quite scrumptious; i'm guessing it was made with love. Lastly, listen to "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson. That song will be sure to inspire you. Peace & thank God for another safe day. With all my love, PYW

wham!

I don't know what today will entail. So far it feels like just another day.

I had the weirdest dream. There were two parts to it. 

1. Shopping in a huge shoe store and finding these fabulous boots, but the sales clerk is really freaky and there are all these rules and cameras. They freak me out and i feel like i'm being watched really closely. it was gross.

2. I'm a part of this cult that's trying to brain wash my friend, Jamie into believing these horrible things that anyone in their right mind can see is completely absurd. She's at the brink of falling for their convincing and manipulating tactics. I speak up and protest against them. I'm trying to save her, but i cannot. 

Random dreams, i know. 

Anyway, today I hope i get a pleasant surprise phone call or something positively unexpected happens. More later. Peace & may God protect the world for another 24 hours.

My favorites of Gustav Klimpt's work

According to my birthday, the tree for me is this: THE ELM TREE

MJ-we're going to put those docs in jail

A great day with the madre

I think the most important thing that i was reminded of today was how much my mother loves me. She does everything she can for me. I am so grateful for her and i'm so thankful that i have the kind of relationship that i have with her. She is my best friend and i cannot imagine my life without her. She's a strong pillar in my life and a tremendous inspiration. I love her so much. Thank God for her beautiful soul and heart. 

Satisfied

I got my permit today so i feel very accomplished. i didn't get my new computer today so i was a little bummed, but i'll get it in the coming week. I met a an overweight lady at the DMV today. She was so kind. I asked her how her day was going and she said it was great except for the fact that her knee was bothering her. I wanted to take away her pain. she'll be in my prayers. My dog is back, sniffing me again. He just ran away. Okay, well i'm going to go dance.

Peace

Rise and shine, Good Afternoon

It's another hot day. I don't like it. In fact, i'm sick of it.

I can't wait for the San Francisco weather. My dog just walked into the room and he's sniffing me.

He probably doesn't like the way i smell- he just walked away. Anyway, here is the plan for the rest of day: 1:30 i have a orthodontist appointment. I have to get new retainers and get xrays to see if i need to pull out my wisdom teeth. Afterwards, i might go back to the DMV for my second attempt to take my driver's permit test. Then! shopping. Possibly for my new MacBook Pro. I'm super excited. Mmkay, more later. May God bless the world for another 24 hours. Peace

I love you, Michael. Another day thinking about you and missing you.

Shuyokai

So, I recently finished a one month long spiritual retreat called Shuyokai.

It's a course that's taken by most followers of my faith. In Japan it's three months long, but for we Americans, it's one month; time is money. But money cannot buy what i learned while living at church with nine other partial strangers that had immense problems of their own. We had the complete package: the depressed middle-aged, the midget, the druggie, the foreigners, the loud comedian, the three musketeers, the love interests, and the philosopher. Everyday I woke up at 5:15AMand got ready to go clean the men's bathroom that unfortunately had pee on the ground everyday left my males who don't have the proper skill to aim in the bowl. The cleaning went on for about twenty minutes and then from approximately 5:50 to 6:55 I would go back to sleep.

7:00, rise and shine once more from my nap and off to do morning service; this lasted for about thirty minutes. I skipped break feast to get some more shut eye. Classes began at 9. Three consecutive lectures, each one and half hours long with lunch in between. Depending on the teacher, my level of complaint varied and my complex questioning fluxed. Instrumental practice was excruciating because there were about seven old women who stared you down and nit picked at the slightest detail in playing the traditional japanese intruments: koto, kokyu, and shamisen. Dinner was gooooood.  Evening service, then hand dance practice. That was usually fun. 

okay..i'm skipping A LOT of details in between that go on throughout the day. But hey! my fingers hurt.  I'll continue talking about the more important things tomorrow. I just wanted to lay down a foundation for this topic

Peace

I've always wanted to do this!

I've been meaning to begin a blog for the longest time. I think it's one of the neatest and fastest ways to connect with people from all around the world to share a part of myself.

My intention is to share with you my thoughts and hopes for the world. To follow the footsteps of all the greats. People who practiced what they preached and became living models and examples of peace and harmony. This will be my way to maintain my own spiritual journey and documentation of obtaining my wildest dreams.