Doodles Everywhere...

With the hustle and bustle of daily life, it is hard to find the time to do the things you love. I am sure a lot of you would agree with me on that!...For me, one of these things is drawing. To draw, I like to have my ideal 'creative scenario'...and put myself in the head-space to 'make art'. I want to be relaxed, as well as have the right tools in front of me etc. But, to 'draw' doesn't necessarily mean making a big production out of it or dedicating an entire room in your house for studio-work. Everyday doodles can be just as valuable as a masterpiece you slaved over for weeks. 

 By carrying simple tools around in my purse (i.e pens, pencils, erasers) I always have the basic necessities to make art (art is subjective, after all). As for your 'canvas', you can pretty much use anything! ...in fact, it makes for more interesting art. Use a printed napkin from a restaurant, a pastry bag, cardboard or any other little beautiful papers you find throughout your day, keep your eyes open for these things! (some may say this is hoarding- haha) ...But now you have everything you need to doodle your heart out. Simple sketches and doodles made throughout your day can just be thrown into your purse, and you can do more with it when you do have more time on your hands. 

Doodle while you have your morning coffee, while you wait for the bus, while you are chatting on the phone, during commercial breaks, or even if you don't want to pay attention at work/school. (heck, Im not condoning it Buuuuuut... research has shown that some people can actually listen better while doodling).

Use your little napkin doodle as a thumbnail for a larger abstract painting that is %100 original. Or take your doodle and stick it into your sketchbook. Eventually if you collect enough doodles and little artsy scribbles you can have a nice multi-media art journal that is simple and interesting. 

so go ahead and doodle ;) 

banana popsicles

my skin is  dark from all this sun (well, dark for my typical white-ness) my hair is light and sun-drenched, so i guess summer must be coming to an end. does it have to?...what is it about THIS summer that I love so much? not summer in general, but THIS summer?. could it be the atmosphere, care-free and hot. fun and chaos is on everyones mind. getting into trouble doesn't seem all that bad. everyones a little more spontaneous, a little more skin is showing. twirling around in a sundresses. licking the melted popsicles drips from between your sticky fingers. I have had fun. so much fun. i have been free. no rules. running around in bare feet covered in mud kinda fun. jump off the end of the dock into the water fully clothed but you don't care because your so hot kinda fun. listening to your friend play that song you love on his acoustic guitar sitting across the campfire from you. sand between your toes. french braids. tomato colored noses. 


& So i am left with this: "you get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place, I told him, like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again." 


its like when your at a party where you know no one, or on vacation somewhere across the world, or you were just told you were going to die in a few days..... 


you are uninhibited. 
you are wild.
you are free.

sunday.