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Sometimes I wonder where time goes once we cast it aside.

Guess who's bad at keeping deadlines? Me. I've been busy with family visits and such all week, so I'll be starting the "summer challenge" back up around Monday. Been having inspiration issues. For some reason I just don't like what I've been making. Oh well. Wish me luck (anyone who reads this ).

Fantasy:
"The faculty or activity of imagining things that are impossible or improbable."

Imagining:
"Form a mental image or concept of (something)."

Form:
"Bring together parts or combine to create (something)."

Beasts and spirits are just as real as we are. We create them ourselves, and sometimes they bite the hand that feeds them. Keep your eyes open for lightning with wings, stones with hearts, and people with fangs. Somewhere dragons could still soar and elves could still dance, should we decide to stop forsaking them. Remember that this world will only ever live up to our expectations and that the dreams of men are sometimes too large to see.

After seeing so many talented artists I was inspired to start drawing myself. Unfortunately I suck at drawing anything alive, especially people. I know that I'm expecting a bit to much from myself and that skill will come in time, but I'm an impatient person. New skills have always come quickly and easily to me, so when I encounter something like this, where honest time and effort are absolutely required, I start to get angry. I started to lose hope yesterday, and my priorities shifted from wanting to create something wonderful to the desire to improve myself. Those two mindsets are deceptively similar, but I want to draw out of the desire to create, not fix my "mistakes." Yanrayinc, Exinaa, and I are all just getting started as artists who have accepted the "summer challenge." Draw a picture a day, every day, all summer. No other rules. No shackles. The challenge started three days ago and I'm becoming inspired again. There are some papers on my desk ready to be scanned, and I'll have my second and third pictures up tonight or tomorrow morning. This is only the start of summer, and I'm done telling myself "I'll get better- I don't need to worry about what I've done wrong." All art is beautiful, in spirit if not body. When I was in middle school I loved music. I sang and dabbled in several instruments. The clarinet was my main instrument, but when I told someone my singing wasn't anything special, and they agreed, I began to believe that I played instruments because I couldn't sing myself. The same happened with my art. The idea that I craft pictures with my words because I can't paint them myself has tainted my thoughts. I think I am a good artist. I think, therefore I am- or soon will be.

"Becoming a better artist isn't about acquiring something new, it's about realizing what you already have and building on that." (Uncle)

"What do you want to do?" (Aaron Commerson when asked what to do for a school project)

Don't give up, Never stop moving,
Fill this world, with darkness or light,
Walk with no intention of losing,
'Cause real men go out with a fight.