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The Drums Are A Callin'

The Drums Are A Callin'

Sometimes my nerves get ta itchin" and I begin to feel somekinda way, I listen for the drums. The drums call for my feet to dance and my spirit to soar! Music is so very powerful and that is why I play it all day everyday. It drowns out the crazy and the bad and gives me energy. So, I am in my studio listening to PJ Morton, the Chicago Kid, BJ and the HamiTones. The song, " Gumbo" is the song of the day! I dance in between the phone calls and the work. It's giving me life! Ha
More Things

More Things

I really try to keep a positive out look on life. It's not always easy, but I really try my very best to do so. The world is such a horrible place to be in sometimes. People killing innocent people. sick folks. Parents harming children and children killing parents sometimes it just gets so overwhelming that I just want to curl up into a ball and disappear. The world is not a perfect place with perfect people or situations. It is what it is. It's like a bunch of hurt people
Playing With Color

Playing With Color

Color is a very powerful thing! It can create a mood and make you feel somekindaway! I love playing with different colors against brown skin. I was reading something last week where a beautiful dark skinned beauty was wearing a yellow bikini and some one made the stupid comment that , " She would look better if she were lighter skinned!" which pissed me off!!!! I WAS HOT LIKE FIRE! As an artist and illustrator I appreciate the whitest white and the blackest black. Color is be
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