1.22.2011

1/22/11 update

Im in Kona. God is big. Everyday I thank God for this time. This week our class speaker was Micheal Harrar. It has been challenging and I’m learning about art techniques, volume, composition, balance, line thickness, diff mediums... the 10-15 hours a day mon-fri I spend doig art does not seem enough. There’s the other aspect of this university, The God aspect, it is ministering to me and challenging me daily.

Now, I love watching it when the waves are big, right now its 6’-8’, such a beautiful mess!
Since I’m staying out of the waves for a while, I go to the salt water pool as often as I can, its not a big spot so don’t tell anyone. When the waves are big they crash into the pool.





- Everything around here has changed, but I’m thankful.
- Still dealing with the whole "whoa, is this guy ok" vibe from people, but it doesn’t bug me too much, Portland was good prep for that, but it’s still hard not to mess with people.
My focus is still art and God!
It’s time to communicate visually. So many people are communicating verbally. Its ridiculous to add to the noise, I choose to communicate visually, so I’m learning how.



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This is what I learned at my spot today...
When I watch the waves I’m used to a certain perspective: watching from the front seeing side to side and waves come to me. (just like life, I want things to come to me)
This spot is different (life is different)
Waves go away from me & I just see the back of them.
-It is uncomfortable
-it’s different
-then really interesting
-now its my favorite point of view
I’ve been missing out on this view the whole time, wasting my time because I was focused on comfort more than anything.
This is so much like life, we want things our way and when we get it its not that cool and we usually miss out on the best.
Then i noticed something
People can spend their life on being comfortable (but never being fully satisfied because that life is all a about 'self gain')
or
You can work for something meaningful and rarely be comfortable but still have peace