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05 Aug, 2010

The Highly Underrated Art of Falling Apart

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Someone said to me recently how amazed she was because I seemed to have it all together. She told me I am focused and clear about what I’m doing.

Huh.

In actuality, I’m making my life up as I go and shifting directions all the time. After many years of mastering how to hold it all together, I’ve spent the last couple years learning to fall apart. (Yes, I wrote “LEARNING” to fall apart.)

What I learned is that falling apart is highly underrated.

For years falling apart meant having to face uncertainty and trusting myself to be able to handle whatever came up. I wasn’t willing to go there. So I simply refused to do it.

I clung desperately to things, relationships, places, and jobs even when I knew I needed to let them go. I stayed insanely busy to avoid thinking about how unhappy I was with much of my life. I stayed busy to avoid years of grief and tears that were buried inside waiting for me to fall apart and release them.

On the surface, I appeared successful and put together. I appeared productive and focused. I was. I was successful, put together, productive, and focused on a path that was not my soul path. Not allowing myself to fall apart was keeping me miserable.

I remember clearly the first time I really allowed myself to fall apart. It wasn’t very pretty. I got in my car one night after work and drove nearly 5 hours to the beach. I sat on the beach and sobbed. The blotchy, snot all over your face, gasping for breath kind of sobbing.

I cried for loved ones who had died through the years. I cried for the pain I’d experienced as a child. I cried for knowing that I hated where I lived. I cried for knowing that many of the relationships in my life weren’t healthy ones. I cried for knowing that I was on the wrong career path and didn’t know how to get off. I cried for everything and nothing.

Then I got back in my car and went back to the life I hated.

My hour of falling apart didn’t magically change everything for me. It simply opened up space for change to start. Most importantly, it taught me that I could fall apart and still be okay. I still practice the art of falling apart - but now I do it with a little more grace and acceptance. Here are a few things I’ve learned along the way…

• Falling apart can take different forms.

Falling apart can be internal - taking down protective walls around my heart, releasing limiting beliefs, or simply letting myself cry.

Other times it’s external - quitting the profession I hated, letting go of relationships, getting rid of all the furniture and stuff I no longer liked, or moving to a new state (although, most external falling apart is really an out picturing of internal falling apart).

• Falling apart can be terrifying and messy and chaotic. Or not.

Falling apart isn’t about drama. It’s about release.

Falling apart is the release of what isn’t working in my life. It can be something big or something very simple. I’ve learned that I know more, and can handle more, than I give myself credit for. And that falling apart gets easier with practice.

• Being “in control” makes me feel safe. That’s pretty much the only benefit.

Falling apart, however, has countless benefits. It opens me up. It reconnects me with my heart and soul. It shows me the wisdom and courage I already have. It clears out all the muck I hold inside. Falling apart is healing. It allows me to grow and expand. It shows me beauty and joy and delight. It lightens me.

• Falling apart can create space for something new (and better.)

A mentor of mine talks about trusting passionately in the chaos of the process. That’s what falling apart means for me - trusting passionately in the chaos of my process. Life is all a process. Trusting in that process brings so much freedom and joy.

Trust your process. Un-tether your wings. Discover your joy. Fall apart.

Emily Long, the self-titled Happy Poet, is passionate about writing, poetry, and spreading a little more happiness in the world. After years of depression, suicide attempts, and grief, she has truly become the Happy Poet. Emily taught herself to create a life she adores filled with happiness and love and now uses her gift of words to share the lessons and tools she learned along the way. To read more of Emily’s writing and experience her beautiful poetry, visit http://healingpages.wordpress.com.

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04 Aug, 2010

Art Deco Hotels In Los Angeles

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Art deco is a design style of architecture that was popular during the 1920’s and 30’s. This architectural design is very decorative and includes various geometrical designs with bold colors. The materials used in this type of architecture are typically glass and plastic. This design style is said to have originated through French luxury goods, which had these designs on them just before World War I. The name “art deco” comes from the 1925 Paris Exposition of Decorative Arts. Los Angeles has a variety of hotels with different architectures and ambience. There are also a number of hotels here that have been designed according to art deco architectural design and are called as art deco hotels.

The two well-known art deco hotels in Los Angeles are The Sunset Tower Hotel and The Georgian Hotel. The Sunset Tower Hotel was formerly known as The Argyle Hotel and was designed by Leland A Bryant in 1929. It has been known for its dramatic sunset effect, as it is located on the sunset strip and for it’s elegant art deco styling of architecture. This hotel has 15 floors and offers 64 rooms and suits that are all art deco designed. Apart from the art deco, the rooms in The Sunset Tower Hotel offer a true feeling of sophistication and luxury through their custom furnishings, upholstery and lighting.

The Georgian Hotel also features delightful ocean sunsets and panoramic views of Santa Monica Bay. It offers pristine services and amenities to business travelers as well as tourists. The Georgian Hotel was built in the 1920’s and 30’s during the coastal expansion of California.

The art deco hotels in Los Angeles bring in a feel of old Hollywood settings but in contemporary style. These hotels are considered to be unique as they help relive the rich history of the region dating back to the late twenties, the early days of Hollywood.

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02 Aug, 2010

Martial Art Karate

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There are many different styles of martial arts and by far the most popular is the martial art Karate. What sets the martial art Karate apart from the rest is how and why it was developed. It developed out the basic necessity of survival by peaceful people and became a way of life. Karate became a formalized martial art that developed in Okinawa as a way of defending a culture against armed warriors.

The martial art Karate in its purest form is an art of weaponless self-defense. It is comprised of punches, kicks, and strikes executed in circular or linear thrusting and striking motions. Combining these techniques with proper breathing and body position, forming animal like stances, Karate becomes a self-defense system worthy of defending against an armed or unarmed assailant or assailants.

With roots dating back to China, Karate emerged as a martial art capable of withstanding any adversarial challenge. Many of the techniques and self-defense philosophies within the Okinawan fighting systems came from the original form of Shaolin Kung Fu. The people of Okinawa did make minor changes to concentrate on power that would focus on inflicting injuries to opponents wearing armor.

Since Karate develops around the strengths of a practitioner some techniques were modified from original Kung Fu techniques to adapt to the physique of the Okinawan people and terrain of Okinawa.

Most martial arts have many essential aspects that make up the respective systems. Karate maintains the nine original essential aspects brought from China. Not many Karate practitioners know about these aspects nor do they practice all of them. The nine aspects of Karate are:

  • Breathing
  • Striking Vital Areas
  • Pressure Points
  • Joint Locks
  • Grappling
  • Pain Control
  • Throwing and Sweeping
  • Choking
  • Counters to all the above aspects

Through Okinawan Kata (forms) and drilling of basic techniques these aspects are practiced and perfected. Within the Okinawan kata most of theses techniques are hidden movements. With some techniques just too dangerous to practice on another human being some of these nine essential aspects have been neglected, put aside, or just forgotten. Most Karate practitioners only concentrate on two or three of these.

The uniqueness of the martial art Karate is the powerful strikes a practitioner can deliver to an adversary. Through countless hours of training Karate practitioners develop physical and mental strengths that seem super human in nature.

A benefit from practicing the martial art Karate is that it builds extremely strong bodies. A practitioner not only develops strength in the body, but the mind as well. This keeps the Karate practitioner young and healthy.

Modern day Karate has evolved into a mixture of many martial arts. Traditionally, there were only two types of kicks - the back kick and the front kick. Today you find just about every type of kick within Karate, which more than likely was influenced by sport Karate. Karate was never intended to be a sport, but only for use in life or death confrontations.

Sport Karate evolved as a way for practitioners to test their skills against other martial artists. The first karate tournaments awarded points for a kill strike or blow. Today points are awarded for tagging the opponent, and in many cases these techniques in sport Karate lack power.

Understand one thing about the martial art Karate, the techniques practiced and if executed properly can deliver tremendous power making it an effective self-defense system for anybody regardless of their size and gender.

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01 Aug, 2010

African Art Projects For Children

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The ancient African art mainly consisted of masks and figures that were used for various religious ceremonies. Apart from these, the other artforms included sculptures, paintings and decorative objects. The decorative objects mostly included textiles and everyday tools, which formed an integral part of all African cultures. African art has always been appreciated for its intrinsic aesthetic value. It comprises of an enormous collection of rock paintings and sculptures that are considered to be their greatest achievements. Most of the artwork in Africa has tremendous visual appeal and inspires a number of children’s art projects in schools. Art teachers take various African art pieces as reference subjects.

The easiest African art project for children is to create a paper flag of one of the countries in Africa. Apart from wood, African sculptures were made from a variety of other materials, such as mud, beads, ivory, terracotta, metal and stone. Children can create replicas from ivory soap bars. Clay can also be used to create small figures, which can further be painted with gold acrylic, to decorate them. The Zulu tribe in Zimbabwe has been writing letters, using beads since a very long time. The cryptic messages and proverbs in these letters depend on the design, color and placement of beads. These letters are also good topics for art projects for children. The red, black and white shields of Kenya can be easily made of cardboard, paint, bells, shells and paint.

African art projects are easy to make, educational and fun for children. Children enjoy the process of involved and the colors and decorative items used. Some of these convey moral lessons and help to educate the children. The students explore the art and art forms and are enriched by the impact the art has on the present culture and environment.

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31 Jul, 2010

Mel Ramos Sets Himself Apart From Pin-up Art Legends

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Many art historians consider Mel Ramos a part of the pop art movement, grouping him with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, and James Rosenquist.

His nudes first caught the public eye in the 1960s when pin-ups were a popular part of American culture. In recent years, original pin-up art by artists such as Gil Elvgren, Earl Moran and Enoch Bolles have attracted attention from collectors, and auction prices for their images of scantily clad women have shot up.

But Ramos doesn’t consider himself a pin-up artist. “No,” he says from his California studio. “I’m not part of that group.”

Ramos, 74, says his inspiration was another art form. “I was attracted to comics back then, because of the eroticism before the Comics Code was imposed,” Ramos says. “After that, comic books got kind of boring. The drawings in those early comics books of Sheena and all those sexy comic queens, that’s what attracted me. Originally, I was just doing comic book images the way they appeared and then I decided I wanted to make them look more realistic, so I started adding the faces of celebrities, which I still do.”

Superman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern all got the Ramos treatment. His Sheena, Queen of the Jungle — like many of his images — features vivid colors within sharp contour lines, with the subject’s name spelled out in big letters. A private collector recently consigned Ramos’ classic Sheena painting to Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.

The New York Times has pointed out that modeling comic-book bodies on those of real women — movie stars like Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe — was Ramos’ innovation. “So despite their nonrealistic comic style,” the Times said, “Mr. Ramos’ women had an erotic presence that comic-book women of the day never had.”

His later works combined nudes with well-known brands, including images of women, for instance, inside a Baby Ruth candy wrapper or kicking back on a giant roll of Lifesavers. He’s also known for his “peek-a-boo” paintings, where women are visible through keyholes. Ramos says he’s working on such a painting for actress Pamela Anderson.

Although he owns an original Elvgren painting, Ramos says he’s never been particularly inspired by the work of America’s great pin-up artists. “The [Spanish painters], Joaquin Sorolla, Diego Velasques, those were the main influences when I was younger,” he says. “I aspire to those kind of heights.”

As for contemporary artists, Ramos is more likely to identify with his colleagues and friends Tom Wesselmann and Allen Jones. “Most of my career, I have received the brunt of criticism from nudity in my work. It’s controversial. I’ve been the target of feminists over the years. Not so much anymore. But Tom and Allen, we’ve suffered the same abuse because of the erotic implications of the work.

“When Picasso or Matisse did a painting of an undraped model, a nude model, they were called nudes,” Ramos continues. “When I do it, they’re called pin-ups. Somebody has a pre-occupation with this. I certainly don’t. I consider myself a painter.”

Hector Cantu is editorial director at Heritage Magazine (http://www.HeritageMagazine.com), where this story originally appeared. For a free subscription, visit http://www.HeritageMagazine.com.

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30 Jul, 2010

Classic Car Fine Art: Not Just Another Pretty Car

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In the musty halls of Fine Art and the critics, gallery owners and collectors who

walk them, there can often be felt a barely disguised disdain for the art of the

classic automobile.

Within the large population of Automotive Artists, especially in North America

and Britain, it has been difficult to find acceptance by the mainstream art

community. Perhaps many of the artists involved create illustrative portraits of

cars in styles that support auto racing fan merchandize more than what is

considered fine art. Some fit more easily into the areas of recreation, muscle

car, motor sport, NASCAR racing, or other thematic visual art. As such, these

gifted stylists and their work are considered commercial offshoots of these

areas. But there are many other automotive artists who’s work stands equal

with any traditional fine art. The only thing that marks this art apart is its

subject matter — one of the most ubiquitous and powerful icons of our society

– the classic automobile.

Artists such as Andy Warhol, Don Jacot and Audrey Flack have been able to

immortalize common mass produced items of popular culture with resulting

critical success. Artist Robert Bechtle placed cars within the context of street

scenes reminiscent of family snapshots and as such, made a statement about

society that included the auto but moved beyond it. The automobile was

included in many of his paintings as an important piece of Americana.

There are many automotive artists, who like Robert Bechtle, have taken the

image further than an illustrative depiction of the car in its perfect ’still life’

state. These artists deserve to be recognized for crossing the line, as it were,

between niche art and fine art.

Paris based artist Malquito uses his website’s virtual gallery to show his

automotive images hanging over a couch, as if to say “this too can hang in your

living room, not your rec room or garage.” Artists Nicola Wood and David

Snyder portray classic cars in scenes rich with color and design, comparable to

any contemporary art today. John Salt’s run down cars nestle amongst the rich

textures of urban strafed buildings. Margie Guyot’s impressionist paintings just

happen to feature the automobile, a common item that would most likely not

have been removed from the painted scenes of Claude Monet or Pissarro, had

cars existed in their time.

The automobile as part of society is as viable a subject for art today as were

the religious symbols and icons in the 13th century or hunting scenes and

sailing ships in the 19th century. Art has historically catered to its clients; once

the church, later high society, monarchs and noblemen; today, the common

man. Auto buyers come from a wide socio-economic demographic which

marks cars from all eras as a cross section indicator of societal tastes. The

classic automobile has a viable right to commemoration as a major example of

historic style and design, arguably as much as the architecture of any era.

It has long been a central role of artists to articulate contemporary lifestyles

and express the effects of society and everyday surroundings upon the mind of

man. Our society enjoys a love-hate relationship with the car. The cars of the

50’s and 60’s represent perhaps the apex of North America’s love affair with

the personal machine that gave both men and women equal access to freedom,

travel and the ability to expand their horizons. It is also the grand polluter of

our time and these behemoths of yesteryear the worst offenders. The classic

auto is strongly symbolic of the opposing emotions and attitudes of their eras

and the current era. And as such, it is a tremendously powerful subject for fine

art.

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Many VAC fans are going to or have heard this album and thought, what the hell? I did, but give it a chance; you will discover a great album. What Bryan Erickson has done is blasphemy to some industrial fans, he has created an album that features acoustic instruments - incorporating them into a similar VAC sound we all know and love. If you are a hardcore synth junkie, play it once and be shocked and repulsed! Listen to it again. Even the acoustic hating cyborg at the heart of rabid industrial fans will find something to cherish within this album. The mix of acoustic and electronic tracks including the tracks where both are blended work well without interfering with the flow of the album.

The Art of Breaking Apart opens with a typical VAC dance track Tripped out before tentatively introducing the acoustic element in Vaporised. Definitely one of the strongest tracks on the album, Vaporised follows the tried and true structure of VAC’s EBM/industrial tracks that leads to the simple guitar riff becoming repetitive. Ultimately, Vaporised is a forgettable track. Thankfully, Black Rainbows breaks in a better acoustic track. With a sound reminiscent of the Cure, many older listeners may be struck with nostalgia for earlier days when the scene was more than just a beauty contest.

Phucked Up Preak is a call back to earlier VAC, particularly the track Phucking Preak, with the heavy inclusion of samples taken from the movie “Se7en”. Strangely, for me, this isn’t the highlights of the album. While Phucking Preak is a great track, the albums title track is my pick. Down temp, succulent acoustic guitar counter pointed by the calling of its electrified brother, brooding pads, droning eighties inspired bass, melancholic vocals and lyrics brings VACs acoustic direction to a peak.

Though Erikson says, with this album, he isn’t trying to bridge any gaps within the scene, effectively that what this album does, it brings in the old skool goths and the electro floor junkies alike. For those of you who aren’t into industrial or haven’t had the chance to give it a go, this album is a great place to start.

The Art Of Breaking Apart easily makes it into my top albums for 2009.

James Willey is a creative writing student at the University of Canberra, Australia. He is also the editor (and primary contributor) for Eclectomatic Ezine (http://www.eclectomatic.net).

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26 Jul, 2010

Ancient African Art

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African art is a terrific blend of visual imagery, spiritual beliefs and social purpose. The ancient African art mainly represented the religious beliefs and cultural ideas through the various artifacts, namely masks and figures. Apart from masks and figures that were used in religious ceremonies, these beliefs and ideas also found artistic expression in a number of utilitarian objects and tools of everyday life. The ancient art forms were extremely traditional in nature and they formed the major part of the African society. One of the earliest artforms of African culture were terracotta statuettes that were found in the Nok culture of Nigeria, around 500 B.C.

Ancient African art comprises of contributions from a variety of tribes all over Africa. These tribes created different art forms, unique and peculiar to the tribe. There is immense diversity in the African art culture and the artifacts, native southern arts and a variety of existent cultural art forms from the western tribes, have contributed to African art in a big way. Most of the art forms depicted the abundance of surrounding nature and abstract interpretations of animals and plant life. Some of them flaunted primitive designs and shapes. It is observed that the sculpture in wood is intricate and time defying. Most of the ancient sculptures were made of wood and other materials, such as terracotta, mud, beadwork, ivory, metal and stone. These sculptures mostly had humans as their main subjects.

A vast collection of ancient African art can be found in a number of museums all over the world. The art mainly consisted of artforms with human and animal subjects and depicted the positive and negative aspects of human behavior. The history of African art also proves the importance of religion and religious practices in the African culture and people.

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21 Jul, 2010

Exploiting The Versatile eBook

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Let’s haul our buns back a few years to the ripe ol’ time of May 2005 and read the following reference in an article featured in Discover magazine entitled, “Reinventing the e-Book,” written by Steven Johnson in their Emerging Technology department. This article states:

“More than 1.5 million e-books were sold in 2004, according to the trade group Open eBook Forum, compared with 1 billion traditional books. Author Dan Brown claimed the top four spots among e-book best sellers, with “The DaVinci Code” first. An electronic edition of the Bible was sixth, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary was tenth.”

While no where near traditional book sales, the e-book continues to catch on in our modern society with its fast paced, grab it when you can lifestyles.

Another interesting tidbit pulled from this same article states:

“Digital books could be laced with hyperlinks to breaking news. Or they could become a venue for discussion, hosting a reading group that comments on and debates each chapter”

Now granted, the article was written more than two years ago, and I’ll even go so far as to say in the world of internet marketing the writer may have been a bit clueless, but overall the statements are intriguing.

Marketing self-help books abound on the ‘net. For years, assuming you possess the right software for binding these books, making clickable links also has been an option. That’s the whole point now, isn’t it? To convey information while referencing yet more information outside the e-book, specifically to the website or product the book tends to promote.

But, that’s not really the reason for this article today. What caught my eye was the “hosting a reading group that comments on and debates each chapter.”

Now there’s an idea that I haven’t seen exploited to its fullest!

Think about it… you publish a new ebook to help others understand the virtues of using XYZ or learning ABC. In each chapter, your ebook covers another aspect of this item. Then, as a Call To Action, you strategically place a clickable link allowing your reader to come on over to your forum or group discussion area and add their two cents!

Interactivity!

Sure lots of publishers have their own blog or forum. The idea for having these particular interactive tools is to invite input (content) and traffic to the website.

Now imagine “niching” your readers interest even further. By focusing the reader out to a specific site to discuss specific chapters you would be cultivating a very specific, very narrow focus of interested individuals.

They (your readers) would be given the opportunity to read and post and interact. You, as the publisher, gain an even greater value! By watching and reading and responding carefully to Chapter discussions, you would be able to build your own “expert” status on your given subject. In addition, their comments and questions just may prove the ideas and reference points for your follow-up ebook!

Your public library has known the value of reading discussion groups for years and years. They learned a long time ago how to draw their patrons back into the library above and beyond the sporatic visits to get and return one’s library books.

Interactivity and inviting discussion can be the thing that sets your works of art apart from the other guys! Develop your next ebook with this idea in mind and watch it explode!

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12 Jul, 2010

Dublin is Abuzz With Activities

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If Dublin is the next blip on your itinerary, be prepared for a very hectic and exciting tourism experience. The city is abuzz with intense energy and bubbling with life. You would hardly find a breathing space amid the hectic sight seeing through parks, and gardens, museums and theatres, libraries and historical buildings, churches and castles, heritage sites and galleries. The list is almost endless. The one place that is a must see is the Airfield House in its rural setting surrounded by enchanting garden along with café where you can sip coffee and marvel at the beauty of nature at the same time.

The Trinity College Library that retains The Book of Kells dating back to 9th century and decorated copy of the first four copies (in Latin) attracts hundreds of visitors every day.

There are libraries like the Chester Beatty Library that amaze with their variety of collections. They are supposed to have the earliest version of the holy Bible. They are famed for housing a rich collection of Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Islamic art apart from the richest collection of rare books rarely found anywhere else. This library and museum rolled in one is claimed to house the largest number of printed works including books.

The other places of interest are Christ Church Cathedral founded in 1030, Croke park, Dalkey, more than 150 years old Dublin Zoo, and Dublina.

If you are interested in history and understand a little of Ireland you must visit Croke Park to get a wonderful experience.

Dalkey, the 15th century monument that was once a tower house has been restored today. A tour of Dalkey will come with valuable historical information on history, culture and folklore. There are a number of bars, bistros and cafes at Dalky to sooth your nerves after a hectic and tiring day at Dalkey.

Dublin Zoo is today more of a historical site with a long and interesting history since its beginning in the 1830s. This zoo was designed to house as diverse animals of as different varieties as possible.

Dublin with a long history of a thousand years and the musical nightlife combined with a large number of bars and restaurants will keep you excited during your stay. Most probably you might never exhaust the attractions available to a visitor.

Dublin has a chain of hotels catering to all the needs of their clients and providing quality services. The hotels are in various star categories. In the budget range a last minute hotel deal can work out for as low as 33 Euro per room per night there by saving almost 85 percent. A three star hotel with discount can be available for 36 Euro per room per night thereby saving you 74 Euro or 67 percent. The hotels that charge 40 Euro per room per night have breakfast included in them. These are discounted price for two or three star hotels and their price indicated above includes all taxes.

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