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Poem found at: lair2000.net

Gif found at: imgur.com

An excerpt from the Artist’s Statement:

Personally, painting is a silent but powerful language. It’s a way of communication between the inner and the outside world in my life. Art itself represents the purpose of my life and my presence here on this planet. Art is a gateway between reality and the spiritual world. I definitely believe that spiritual doors and gates, which are either positive or negative, can be opened by art. A positive spiritual impression from art is a power that can influence someone in need positively.

There are three main characters in my paintings. First of all, my art’s purpose is to bring luminosity into the darkness. I want my art to be a certain light to the world. Just like a beam passes through a prism and divides into numerous rainbow colors, I want my art to come from light, and make a rainbow into people’s hearts to give hope, love and joy.

My art spreads positive impressions to people in different ways, like internet or by mouth. Currently it is being used to financially help African orphans, homeless people on the streets, to bring hope into prisons, multimedia missions, and calendars in the United States and South Korea.

Second, my art is a performance as I paint live in front of the public. I finish almost 90% of my painting in a live worship setting, a conference, or with music on the street in front of people, not in a private secluded artist’s studio. When I paint in public, I deliver a message through live painting to the audience. As I fill a blank canvas with images and colors, people’s hearts and minds open and they communicate between the visual image and their emotions.
Third, I believe that my paintings have their own duty to people. My images bring hope, love, joy, and healing or spiritual cleansing to whoever looks at them. They are basically my children. Whether it’s an original painting or a print, I expect it to fulfill that duty wherever it is distributed, whether it’s in a bookstore or in people’s homes.

In this generation, a visual image is much more powerful than it was in previous generations. I dream about my art being and bring luminosity into the darkness throughout my life. This is why I paint.

Find more at www.Janetstudio.com

Boke Nup is the tale of a band of artists who live hidden deep within Griffith Park. One of the artists, Lucia (Jeanne Baron) finds out that a Swedish director owes her a royalty check. Lucia takes her lover, Endo (Jonathan Hance) and her two best friends, Jester (John Charles Meyers) and Velvet (Claudia Wit) on a journey across Los Angeles to hunt down her money.

Jonathan Hance creates in a barn in south Texas. Otherwise, bouncing between LA and NY.He studied editing for six weeks at USC. With regards to art school, he took a drawing class at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas. It set him back $70.

www.jonathanhance.com

The Title Design of Saul Bass from Ian Albinson on Vimeo.

Saul Bass was a famous graphic artist who created some of the most iconic movie posters from 1960s. Bass’s film posters are characterized by a distinctive typography and minimalistic style. Some of today’s graphic artists have taken inspiration from Saul Bass and have re-imagined some of today’s movie posters in his style.

Tron Posters by Hexagonall

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Posters by Nathan Boyd

Star Wars Posters by Tom Whalens

Breanna Chanson, photographer and co-owner of  Radiant Photography, shared with us the following resolution:

My goal is to escape from the slavery that running my own business had turned into so I can better enjoy the perks that it brings me! So my resolution is to create a daily schedule that leads me to a healthy balance between my personal and professional life and to stick to it!

A few months ago, Breanna launched rareexistence.com, a blog which dedicates its content to the art of exploring life’s endless possibilities and living “the life you are meant to live regardless of risk, difficulty, opinion of others, weaknesses, or failures.” Breanna shares inspiring stories and personal meditations to engage readers who endeavor to break out of the mundane and into the extraordinary.

Eat.Sleep.Work. wishes Breanna the best of luck in maintaining her 2012 resolution and hopes she enjoys her new ESW and Schwarzkopf bundle of goods! Keep up with Breanna on facebook at Radiant Photography and Rare Existence!

Meet Mr. Goro, general manager of  T.O.T  (Teishokuya of Tokyo) a restaurant in the heart of little Tokyo Los Angeles.  T.O.T offers a traditional style Japanese cuisine in a cozy homely atmosphere.  If your group can’t decide what kind of Japanese food to eat, I’ll bet you the lint in my pocket that this place will have something that will satisfy even the most undecided.

T.O.T is showcasing Japangeles art on their walls, so come by and ask to be seated in the booth with your favorite Japangeles design and don’t forget to say hello to Mr. Goro.  By the way, don’t let the T.O.T uniform fool you.  Goro is also a musician.  Rock on Goro!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! This weekend in Chinatown, Los Angeles had festivities for all ages. From performances, food trucks, to craft booths by LACE there were plenty of things to do. 2012 is the year of the dragon (considered the luckiest year in chinese zodiac), and when you walk the streets of chinatown you’ll definitely see dragons in all shapes and sizes. Coming to Chinatown I always feel like I’ll bump into Lo Pan or Egg Shen from “Big Trouble in little China” or eat at a Chinese restaurant and stumble upon a secret passage way that will lead to a forbidden city. (Fingers crossed) One of these days…

Tummy of steel!

Order Detective James Carter’s favorite MU SHU PORK!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Does this sound at all familiar? You’re not alone. Thankfully, this year we have a Lunar chance to redeem ourselves and revive our resolutions for the Chinese New Year! And if you haven’t heard already, 2012 is the Year of the DARYL (who just so happens to be a dragon).

The Year of the DARYL is one that can be of great benefit to those who are ambitious and willing to take chances. It favors the entrepreneurial spirit so, if starting a business is your ambition, this is the year to do it! If your goal is to grow your already existing business into a bigger and better version of itself, the elemental qualities of a DARYL year should provide the motivational tools necessary to take your next steps!

Entrepreneurs: the year is yours!