The Singer - my art.

It begins, as most things begin, with a song. In the beginning, after all, were the words, and they came with a tune. That was how the world was made, how the void was divided, how the lands and the stars and the dreams and the little gods and the animals, how all of them came into the world. They were sung.
The great beasts were sung into existence, after the Singer had done with the planets and the hills and the trees and the oceans and the lesser beasts. The cliffs that bound existence were sung, and the hunting grounds, and the dark.
Songs remain. They last. The right song can turn an emperor into a laughingstock, can bring down dynasties. A song can last long after the events and the people in it are dust and dreams and gone.

This is "The Singer".
Probably spent more time on this project than any other. By far my favorite.
Something like 30+ layers.

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The Cloudy Day

Oh gosh! This is my first blog entry! It's almost feels like I just cracked open a new notebook and now I am sitting here wondering what I should write on the first page. What if my first post isn't awe inspiring or funny or even slightly entertaining - I guess it isn't that serious, is it? How about I introduce myself and talk a little bit about where I am at in life? You should always start at the beginning, right? I am Jess! I am 26 years of age, I am (as of the last few weeks) the general manager of a small car rental company. I spent the last 10 years of my life working in various bookstores and generally devoting my whole entire life to the written word and with no avail there wasn't any kind of real future in sight so when this new opportunity presented itself to me, I jumped on board! It's strange to think but this job is actually much less stressful than working at the bookstore, sure I have way more responsibility but I can actually control the aspects of the business that people don't like, I can actually remedy customer complaints whereas when you work for a big cooperate entity, you have no say over anything and customers just do NOT understand that. Cashiers don't control the prices or stock counts, y'all! Oops, went off on a tangent. Anyway, I am from the south and I love it. I have 3 cats, I garden and I have a love of journaling and planning. I suffer from manic depression, general anxiety disorder, panic disorder and social anxiety disorder - I will go into this another day. Today all I want to do is create.

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