Quote: " By choosing to avoid actions and thoughts which weaken you will lead to true wisdom. " --Wayne Dyer
" I would rather die a meaningful death, than live a meanigless, and uncreative life. "--Corazon Aquino.
"tHERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR EXCEPT FEAR ITSELF"
Location: MO. moving to Massechusets next mon.
My Crafts:
Mary Taz
Mbeetles' Crafts
I draw with chalk, pencil, ink, and other sources. I love carticature, but sketch everything. I create with watercolor, am just learning watercolors. Scrapbooking, creative journaling, crafts of a genreal nature, of all types, with fugality in mind, crocheting, beading, photography, poetry/writing, collage work, painting on wood, small scall creations, quote and inspiration works/words, art collector and inventor. I love black and white photography. I have just also started scrapbooking. Interior decor, sewing: decor for home, accessories, clothing, home decor, bedding, and art projects with fabric. I like calligraphy, photo matting, and collect frames, old cameras, and old jewelry to use in crafts. I love old vintabe clothing and brooches. I go to second hand stores, and take men's suits apart to make women's , I recreate lots of clothing from second hand. I used to make women's pj's from men's of good quality second hand, and did well with it.
I love art...creativity is my life. I also aspire to learn filmography...someday. I extroidingarily, keenley and sharply more observant than average. I can ID and remember human faces, name the person, age, etc. by observing gestures, and other movements, a certain walk, voice, you name it. For example, like on films, I can id just about anyone, from any time era, no matter the make up or the trained actions, even a decade or two passing with adding age. Baby pics, I match them w/proper adult. I can see from take to take on movies what is wrong, ie beds or furniture gone or added, anything gone changed or added, which should have been paid attention to. I also have high levels of ASP, reading minds, and predicting certain events. Woe, weird, huh?
I love to take pictures of people in the home and in all types of interesting themes and in all environments. I am currently working on a project, portraying poverty in Midwest America, with Photos and Intervies.
I love ABSTRACT art, that is my baby besides Photography. I do many types of photography, and am a self-taught home interior specialist.
My Inspirations:
Helen Birkwhite, Stephen King, Ansel Adams,
My Shows:
None thus far. I used to show child art with my father long ago.
My Movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes, anything with Robert Redford, The Ocean's movies, The Young Philadelphians, Forrest Gump, Rounders, Two Weeks Notice. A River Runs Through It, Any Zemicks film,
My Books:
Anything by Jodi Picoult, Stephen King, Issac Asminov, William Faulkner. Lots of old liturature, and classic literature from all over. I love inspiration, the Chicken Soup Books, Norman Cousins, and Dale Carnegie. Good day to day philosophy. Wayne Dyer, Fannie Flagg, Pat Conroy, Sue Grafton, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Go Ask Alice, too many to name, I have been an avid and advanced reader since childhood. Laura Ingall Wilder, I still love her and her books. Poetry books, old and new.
My Magazines:
More, Lucky, Photography Mags of all types, National Geographic, Artists Journal, Writer, Psychology Today, All Science Mags, Craft mags, Real Simple, Country Home, All decorating mags, especially country and vintage and cottage style genre.
My Music:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, The Eagles, The Electric Light Orchestra, Pink Ployd, some country, Garth Brooks, he was kick-but in concert for sure. Alan White, Madonna, Don Henley, ( most inspirational, his love songs) Bush, lots of 80's bands I cannot think of now. The Cure, and The Talking Heads. I love the guitar, and of course Ted Nugent.
My Occupation:
former nurse, Art and Psychology Major,
My Family Members:
My cat Brownie, who needs a cat shrink, for peeing on my bed out of meaness, my husband, Don, kids, Rachel, and Kyle, 23 and almost 16 respectively. My son is a gifted athlete and has a great sense of humor, and they are both practical jokers and brats...and geniuses.
My Other Hobbies:
Advocate work, cooking, collecting antiques i/e cameras, photos, pictures, and prints that tell of our time,books, dishes, mostly porcelin and depression and milk glass. I do like some carnival glass. I love the vintage things of the 40's, 50,s and 60's, some seventies stuff, like popular posters, old pictures, porcelin high healed shoes, cofee cups from all states, coffee cups with birds, bird watching, research, coloring, collecting new and older toys, esp. stuffed animals, and dolls. I love old and new beads, brooches, marbles, certain styles of vases, vintage fabrics, like chenelle, and vintage clothing. With my sewing talents, I reproduce or re- do old clothing, take apart anything to make it sylish, I love the Shabby Chic and Cottage Style, furniture and home decor and style. I love to talk: to anyone with insight, genuity, and kindness, but I love to explore the taboo, with interviews for my books in progress, the poor. I am currently working on interviewing women victims of domestic violence, recovering or not, and getting permission slips to take graphic photos, of them , injuries, the way some are forces to live, and compiling a book. I advocate for the victims Love, reading, I read three books and a textbook per month, even out of school, walking, hiking, building small wooden projects,natural art, lacy clothing, making something and crafting out of what one can find around the home, outside, and around town cheap!!
♥Good day, I am a newbie here and look forward to meeting all, and learning and using this site.
Most of my bio is self-eplanatory. Bit I am a very attractive and young 47, a lady, a Christian, and have been interested and or doing artistic projects for as long as I can remember. My FaTHER WAS a wonderful artist. I am super liberal, assertive, and a fighter. I have been told, that all i have been through should have put me permently into a locked mental ward,,,,for life. But I enjoy and try to help others with an innate strength WHICH i HAVE B EEN BLESSED WITH. Love people and socializing, My fave food is lobster, my fave artist of the past, Picasso, and Monet, my fave name is mbeetle cause my Dad called me that, and I loved it.
A funny story: I have been around art from my Dad and galleries and showings, etc. since birth. When I was about five, I got out my art tools, my paints, chalks, etc, make up about 10-15 pictures. At the time, we lived in Biloci, MIss. Since it was so natural to see my Dad sell his paintings , I took my projects, and at barely five, went door to door, speaking of the type of art they were, the titles, etc.
I sold most all the stuff to a very nice couple who let my swing on thier tire swing, a young courple then, wanting and loved kids. I remember the many reactions of the people, cause I was dead serious, and trying to raise money for a new Barbie doll.
My mom of course scolded me, but the laugh lines and the twinkle in my DAd's eyes was reassuring, of my adventure. He was my biggest teacher and inspiration.
He did reward me for the intelligence and imaginative sales tachniques, framing, etc. for a five year olds art, and my courage and tenacity to go door to door, even continuing, when one lady insulted me.
I sold every picture, painting, etc.
I made about 10.00 in 1966, can ya believe it? I did not buy a Barbie, I bought a DRAWING and Abstract Art for Beginners Book.
What a life, so precious, and loving art is terrific.
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