SynapticBoomstick

The last two dA events got me interested enough to make pieces for each of them but the currently running Pride Month event in particular is a milestone. For the first time in years, I got an idea in my head and stopped worrying about it being a perfect translation of the thought or what people would think of it before I'd even started. Instead, I grabbed the good paper I bought a long time ago and some colored pencils, got a soda, turned on some music, and sat down.

Then I sketched. I sketched and sketched, caring nothing for imperfections or overlapping lines, or whether that even looked like a circle or not, checking my various references until I had a collection of shapes and outlines that I was happy with. Then down went the outlines, away went the pencil, and then the colors and shades started to pour across the page as the voice of Phil Lynott sang out from my speakers to the wail of twin guitars.

I was in The Zone, a place I had been but couldn't remember how to get to, more ideas pouring into my mind. I was drawing like I had so many years ago, unafraid of what anybody might say or think; if I mess up, I fix it and continued. Now patterns and pixels and phantoms cavort in my mind and they can exist on the page just like that.

I've spent the last three years saying that I'd get myself going again. This time, I've actually done it. Don't stop now.  

-pop goes the Boomstick

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Hello!

It's been a few months since I wrote anything here. I'm still staying at my brother's place, both because it still helps with our father-in-law's passing and covering some costs, and because they've gotten used to me being here. I do plan on returning home once my agreed-to assistance is no longer required. I have friends back home who keep calling to ask if they should just tell me what my Christmas presents are.

My creative abilities are starting to reawaken. I no longer plan out what I want to do and I've been doing a bunch of those intricate coloring books, feels pretty good.

My new blog keeps me busy, happy, and somewhat distracted from the wildfire that is America right now. I just got some crazy toys in from China to cover and have a nice backlog of weird movies and shorts to discuss. Thank my sister-in-law, if she hadn't pushed me to take the idea and run with it, I probably wouldn't have had the confidence to do so. "I don't know how!" Bitch, learn through the process!

-pop goes the Boomstick

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I have been visiting with my brother and his fiancé for a couple weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. Our father-in-law lives with them because of his poor health, which has been getting steadily worse for the last six months.  Last week we took him in for a doctor's appointment from which he was admitted to the neighboring hospital for testing. His condition began to rapidly decline and I am sad to say that he passed away last night. He was going to be sixty-five on Monday (or today). The family is getting together and our parents are already down here. It's a mess here as we deal with the speed of events and with Thanksgiving still scheduled to go on.

I've turned to drawing with renewed focus as a way to deal with and distract myself. It's slow at the moment and I keep restarting with plenty of erasing but it's something.

-pop goes the Boomstick

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Last night was very difficult health-wise and problems extended far into today. It wasn't until this evening that I was able to move or function. It's fortunate that I'm in a situation where that's ok. I'm punching through pain and hoping to do at least one of my goals later this evening; after serious episodes such as this one I don't sleep very well. If I'm unable to, that won't be viewed as a bad thing. Life is unpredictable.

Goals: bake the cake or work on more of Lesson Two.

Thought of the Day
Today already happened, don't worry about it or it'll affect tomorrow.

-pop goes the Boomstick

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