Great Tunes! Check em out!!

https://soundcloud.com/jimi-katz

http://jimikatz.blogspot.co.uk/

So proud of my talented fella! Take a few mins to check out his tunes. Funky, heartfelt vibes from a master lyricist and musician. Enjoy!!

Album cover photography by meeeee - http://pictureboxdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/

How to write a picture book...

 Apparently "It needs a vital spark"...oooh I had one of those a few days ago!


 10. A good story is more than just an idea - it needs a vital spark - an impulse. It's a bit like an electrical charge. You could even call it love. It's that moment when an image, or an incident, or some words, strike you as funny, important, or interesting. This is what brings a story to life. When you have written a really good story - you usually know. It feels as if you have written something that was already there, just waiting to be discovered

12. Be patient. Be gentle. Stories can be shy, furtive creatures, like fish. You must cast your line and your hook, but then be still for a very long time, making your brain an inviting place for a story to swim into. This rarely happens all by itself. You have to sit in the chair, write something on the page, make yourself available. Sometimes, you don't catch a fish. You catch a tin can or an old boot. Before you throw it back, look inside the can or the boot -there might be a story inside.

Liked this article...fishing for genius....
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/writing/writing-tips/36

If you can't fix it, ditch it!

Redid The Open Box blog....love the new feminine look! Couldn't fix the button issue, no html solution that I could work so I ditched dynamic for dependable and am rly plzd with the result. Lots more posts and pages added. Will get them all done asap....my mind's unloading, it's so liberating!!
http://openboxtherapy.blogspot.co.uk/   Check it out! I could use a little company over there too if anyone would like to join me?!

Limitations of dynamic blogs...is there a fix out there? Anyone?

I never thought this would be me but I'm actually scanning the internet for html code!! No way is this me! Yep I'm SO SO frustrated with my dynamic blogs apparent incompatibility with social media links/buttons etc. Can't for the life of me see how to sort this on blogger......other than hack the code myself. Love my mosiac blog, hate how limited it appears to be!  Anyone out there can help, plz drop me a line! 

The Black Wolf Legacy

One day I was talking to my Grandmother about me, like we did on many ocassions. She was the only one I could talk to about me who would make me feel good about who I was. Grandma liked me, I knew it....I was a little wild and untamed and just like her.

We spoke about how I'd always felt I didn't quite fit in with the rest of the family, how I felt outside...different somehow, always fighting and wrestling something wild within my being that just wouldn't be contained. Others seemed to target me, misunderstand me, were fearful of me and saw me as a threat to their peaceful lives.
She listened, agreed and said quite matter of factly, " well my darling, you are the black wolf of the family...."

For a moment or two I assumed she had meant black sheep, but I was no sheep and she knew it.....and anyway, I didn't want to be a sheep, black, white or otherwise.... so black wolf it was!  I claimed it, made it my own, and set about learning of my black wolf within.

Being such a visual thinker and growing up primarily with my Grandmother's influence I was well aware of the spiritual realm. The language of archetypes and symbolism were native to my way of understanding messages and guidance. The black wolf ressonated within me naturally, what she represents I saw as positives within myself. I had already studied the work of Clarissa Pinkola Estes so this confirmation of my wild woman heritage was a blessing and a confirmation for me.

The she wolf has legendary achetypal status, and is a powerful symbol of good and dark forces. Kept in balance she is a great asset to me!  I am so glad I was named Black Wolf...thank you Grandma.

Today I created Black Wolf Publications - I was born to write, to create, to communicate...I have a vision and one day soon I hope, the Black Wolf will give birth to my dream. 

Love this one! RIP Patrick, you set the standard babe!

You know you're feeling it!! Admit it, enjoy!

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Take a look anyone interested in Game Art Design /Concept Art - Proud Mama !!

James Teeple Art and Design: Group Work 3: So here is a screenshot of the final line up of my assets that made it into the level. Some were specifically designed to be featured in the...