⋆｡‧˚ʚ TGIF ɞ˚‧｡⋆

Hi, all! I hope this week treated you all properly! We have had some roller coaster weather that put me in a real sleepy state. I took a few naps this week, for sure. I also went to get my nails done because I needed a pick-me-up and was pleasantly surprised that my nails matched my book cover PERFECTLY! I did finish Sense and Sensability and LOVED it (though I felt like there was so much build up for the final tell of lovers and for Austen to brush over all the “happily ever after” details is BEYOND rude! Girl, WHY?!◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜) I accidentally started The Canterbury Tales right afterwards. I doubt that I will read the whole thing but I picked up the Nevill Coghill’s version of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales at a thrift store. The original works were written circa 1360’s and, honestly, it is interesting as hell. I’m such a history nerd. It is fascinating how humanity got on all these years and if any of you are familiar with the Canterbury Tales, it is a story OF story tellers from the time. Chaucer writes of (in entire rhyme) 29 travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, each with their own narrative and personality. Again, not something I will finish but is VERY amusing to read. Plus, Chaucer is coined as the “Father of English Literature” so how could I NOT give him a go?? ‘Twould be disrespectful!

This week I also put up my newest painting, “The Cactus Hollow Hotel”, at the Arts Council of White Lake. I felt like it deserved to be somewhere it could be viewed as it waited to hear about the gallery exhibition we applied to. And I’m glad - it looks really nice there (big thank you to Sue for helping me hang art!). So if it does NOT make it into the exhibition… it still looks fabulous and has a chance to be seen! I’ve had a lot of family/friends tell me this is their favorite piece of mine thus far… Which makes me so proud but lights a fire to keep going and keep making more. I took most of the week to catch up with household chores but I was able to begin my newest painting, an 11×14” acrylic on canvas of my Butterfly-finned Sharky!! I’m WAY too excited to paint this fella. I’ve wanted to for soooo long!! The canvas has been prepped and I can’t believe how much smaller it feels. This is my normal size but since painting that big mamajama… this canvas looks adorable!

Did anyone watch the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary special?? It came out this week. I’ve been a pretty big Miley fan. I loved the show. I loved her music! My boo thang even bought us Miley Cyrus tickets for her BANGERZ tour (in 2014, and we ended up having to sell the tix because we were broke college kids & needed the money more than we could afford to see her show). Even now, her previous albums SLAP and I still listen to Plastic Hearts and Endless Summer frequently, but I could NOT watch that special. I got maybe 10 minutes into it and was like… Is this whole program Miley talking about Miley? Yes, she WAS Hannah Montana but SO many people made her that. How bizarre to have a big special about a show and not talk about said show. I think I’m just over celebrities at this point. Unless you are using your platform and attention for spreading positivity, love and awareness to injustices surrounding you… you are a just a societal pawn and it is blatant that you can be bought. ˎˊ˗

ANYWAY, sorry about that, I’m wrapping up this post by saying thank you so much to all those that are keeping up with my blog posts. I’m trying very hard to come back to a healthy baseline of posting/corresponding/viewing. I literally stopped replying to everyone. I stopped viewing friends’ profiles and keeping up with their art and just ‘them’ in general and I wholly apologize to those whom I miss. It was not you. I think I became overwhelmed with the state of the world and how my existence feels absolutely insignificant in proportion to it. I’ve thought a lot about carving my name into a large rock just to have some type of evidence that I existed long after I’m gone. Taking a step back has helped already so I hope those of you that are sticking around, know how much I appreciate you being here. ❤︎

xxx - Kanda °❀.ೃ࿔*

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