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~GriffinsJoy
Megan Smallwood
Artist | Professional | Traditional Art
United States
Creation: to give life to something new.
Art: defines the human experience through creation.
Independence: freedom from the influence or control of others.
Me: an independent artist who believes that life is art and art is alive.

I want to create beauty that lifts the soul. Life is Art and Art is Alive, therefore when I create I am making life. These two are inextricable.

Art is a cycle. It has no beginning or end because it is the interpretation of humanity; thought, existence and imagination. As a human expresses' the act of living by creating art, so art becomes alive itself, carrying on the life from which it came, sharing that life with each viewer. When we understand this, the potential for artistic creation becomes boundless.

My challenge is the exploration of potential. A starving artist in every sense of the word, my greatest hunger is to learn. My drive for knowledge gives me the energy to expand the boundaries of my materials, of physics, of my own physical stamina and most of all the boundaries of my mind. I have only just begun my journey into imagination and how it relates to the world around me. My work is always to find the most accurate expression of my original individual physical and spiritual perception. Space; environment is my medium. I will use any material needed to shape and control the world that I might share the unique sensory and visionary experience of life!

I also love to give my art away! Check out my Free Art project website>
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Hello my dear watchers and friends,
I have been lax in posting anything really new lately because life has become ever more challenging to me. The weight of everything that I have managed to get wrong or that has gone wrong naturally has me in a blue funk again. I wish i could be a more consistent person. Always my true happy self, facing the shit of life with out a flinch. I am normally so positive, but the yin and yang must balance even in the individual.
Humid heat has settled on Ohio, it sits on my chest like a wet hot dog, shaking me and slowing my movement to a crawl. My brain feels like it is caught on fly paper, slow to move, slow to answer... fighting uphill mudslides to get basic functions of life in hand. Creeping  hours of lost thoughts as i drift in and out of day dreams... nightmares.
The waking days have two small joys with blond hair to chase me back to a slender sun. And then I am reminded how i have failed to give them what they deserve, working constantly yet never able to keep up the bills that keep them safe and home.
Its a black place i find myself today. Not a rational one, not a logical one, i am sure i have much to look forward to.... but it has slipped out the sieve of my heart. I feel all i can do is curl up and wait patiently for this to pass. I know that it is indeed a dark hour when i put my hand to paper and nothing happens... nothing.
Where is my spark? Has it been sucked away by the curse of retail? Have i let it slip in self effacement and doubt? Is it hiding from the constant battering of the judgement of the world, who looks down on my like the accusers of The Wall?
I feel very much The Wall is a highly accurate description of my current state of mind... minus the drugs and fame and adultery.
Is this a selfish, angst filled pity party? I guess it turned into one, but that was not why i was sharing this with you all. I am sharing simply to show that even the brightest stars fall into darkness, and so that the many who feed off my joy will know that i am not an endless fount of happiness and light. Even i fall under the wheel of the world and am churned into the mud of despair.

"crazy...."
  • Mood: Distressed
  • Listening to: The Wall -- Pink Floyd
  • Reading: The Emperors Soul
  • Eating: nothing
  • Drinking: Coffee

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:iconczmartin:
thanks much for the faves sweetie!! :D
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~GriffinsJoy 6 hours ago  Professional Traditional Artist
Any time dear ;)
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~TotallyMad 17 hours ago  Hobbyist Photographer
Many many many thanks for the :+fav: :hug:
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~GriffinsJoy 13 hours ago  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank >You!! :D
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~TotallyMad 13 hours ago  Hobbyist Photographer
:blushes:
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*what-the-furf 3 days ago  Professional General Artist
thanks for the continued support!
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~GriffinsJoy 2 days ago  Professional Traditional Artist
:D what can I say? I like your work so I am supportive! Lol
Keep up the good work!
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*what-the-furf 2 days ago  Professional General Artist
:meow: will do!
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~ferruh 4 days ago  Professional Interface Designer
Nice Gallery (:)
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~GriffinsJoy 4 days ago  Professional Traditional Artist
Why thank you!! :D
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