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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even Me had its first exhibit at the <a href="http://www.ccpvb.org/" target="_blank">Ponte Vedra Cultural Center</a>! It was such an honor showing at their gallery for the month of March and April. The show consisted of 12 paintings including Maurin, John, Isaka, Neema, Irene, Beatrice, Glory, Frank, Kelvin, Aneth, Rebecca, and Mary (see photos above).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was also an honor having a couple write ups about my paintings with <a href="http://folioweekly.com/THE-ART-OF-COMPASSION,12253" target="_blank">Folio Weekly</a>, <a href="http://www.staugustinesocial.com/even-project-qa-local-artist-jenna-alexander/" target="_blank">St. Augustine Social</a>, and St. Johns Magazine! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">i finished </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">rebecca's painting</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">! here's the final product. all she needs is a crisp </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">white background</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and a custom frame with a </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">unique piece of african fabric</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> (and boy, do i have </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">some awesome pieces</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to choose from)!</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span><div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and here's the 12th painting, </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">kelvin</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. very early stages, but i'll post more on the </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">progress soon</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">! </span></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">xoxo.</span></div>
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-52332027943149516352015-01-28T15:54:00.000-06:002015-01-28T15:58:59.016-06:00Neema<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Neema, pronounced ney-mah, means</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> "grace"</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in Swahili. I love that name, and boy, did she </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">carry it well</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. Meet Neema! This is the </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">girl I'm painting (</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">it's actually the girl in the middle of the header photo above)!</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She has quite the story. Leaving out specifics, </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">she was found</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> at age three surviving on her own. The </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">orphanage school</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I worked for, <a href="http://www.rafikifoundation.org/" target="_blank">Rafiki Foundation</a>, took her in, </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">gave her a home</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and put her in school. While I </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">was in Tanzania</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, I got to teach Neema art! She absolutely </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">loved it</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. Her personality was a little timid, </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">kind</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, and observant - the personality of a true artist. I </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">sure do miss her</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I want </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">to show you</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> an Even Me painting in its early stage. The painting </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">process</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> is different from drawing. Instead of drawing from</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> left to right</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, oil painting is about building upon </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">layer after layer</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. The layers start out ambiguous and </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">evolve</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> into the specifics. I'm about three layers into </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Neema's painting</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. Most Even Me paintings take...I don't even </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">know</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> how many layers because it's so many... </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I want to say 50+ layers</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. Neema's still in its ambiguous stage, but you </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">can see</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the shadows, highlights, and, if you squint, you can start to see </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">a face emerging</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. After this layer dries in a </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">few days</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, I'll start stippling colors with my </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">itty bitty</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> paint brush. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">the </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">really good news</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> is my even me project has its </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">first showing</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">! it will be the</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> first </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">official exhibit (besides here at my shop) of the twelve paintings </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">together as a collection</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. the show will open </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">march 6th</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> at the </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.ccpvb.org/" target="_blank">ponte vedra cultural center</a></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.ccpvb.org/" target="_blank"> </a>from 6 - 8 pm and will be up for a month until april 17th. if you get a chance </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">please</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> stop by to see them </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">in person! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you're ever in </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">St. Augustine</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, come by my studio and see the paintings in </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">real life</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">! Thank you to all my friends and family who </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">continually</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> give me love and support!</span><br />
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-66941729628650987412014-01-07T10:28:00.000-06:002014-01-07T10:28:33.502-06:00Maurin's painting is finished!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-77451582467056689392013-12-31T10:44:00.001-06:002013-12-31T10:44:34.754-06:00i love this studio.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For those of you who </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">recently met me</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> or don't know much about me, </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">let me fill you in</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> (I'll be brief). I spent a year in Moshi, </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Tanzania</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> teaching </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">24 orphans</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. During that time, those 24 children </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">greatly impacted my life</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. In turn, I decided to </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">start a project</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> that would hopefully impact them. I </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1286252182/even-me?ref=live" target="_blank">raised funds</a></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to create 24 4 x 4' oil paintings of</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> their faces</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. My goal is to finish the paintings, show the paintings, </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">sell the paintings</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> (interested?), and use that money towards </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">each child's</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> college fund or </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">vocational</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> path.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Those of you have been </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">following this project</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> are probably thinking, "where the </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">heck</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> have you been?" I know, I know, </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">life gets in the way</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> (I won't go into it) and working in a 8 x 8' </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">shoe box</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> studio is not the most motivating of spaces. So, here's </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">the</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> exciting news...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am currently moving into a </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">co-op studio space</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">finish my Even Me project!</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Not only is the space in a great l</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">ocation</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> (with great lighting, too), but the artist I'm sharing it with is </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">quite talented</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and easy going (Laurel Baker </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">jeweler</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">/designer). I'm also using the space to promote my <a href="http://jenna-alexander.com/" target="_blank">photography</a>. The </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">studio</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> is in St. Augustine, Florida, where I recently moved </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">to be with</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> my husband! I </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">love being here</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> so far, and I would love if you came to visit me at the studio - you're </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">always</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> welcome.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">with that being said</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, as soon as the </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">shop</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> is set up - painting is on. I'm not going to make any </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">promises</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> about when </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Even Me</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> will be finished, but </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">know</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> that I'm putting 100% of my </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">heart into it</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> for those 24 beautiful souls. </span><br />
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-34072766185944269282013-04-22T15:12:00.000-05:002013-04-22T15:12:37.185-05:00Even Me at Cafe Davinci - DeLand, FL<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-82988057351064502102013-03-27T15:33:00.000-05:002013-03-27T15:33:30.925-05:00Beatrice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-6743361398251689982013-02-12T12:09:00.004-06:002013-02-12T12:19:05.296-06:00...because my boss is awesome.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She lets her assistant/</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">underling</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> bring in a 4x4 foot oil painting </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">into the office to paint on during</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> lunch break (well, the lunch breaks that we don't go to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">gas station Subway</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">). Truly, since I work in the middle of nowhere, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">aka Eustis</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, I have nowhere to go for my hour lunch break. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Alas, I paint</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. It's wonderful. Here's the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">makeshift studio</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">:</span><br />
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-67864041016902685912013-01-09T08:22:00.002-06:002013-01-09T15:48:41.272-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I blame </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">salmonella</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in the bloodstream for not finishing 12 paintings by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> 2012</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">However</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, I have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">12 paintings</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in progress (that's half of the project!!!!)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">6</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> of which are nearly finished! Now that I'm 100% </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">healthy Jenna</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> again, I'm going hard. Working </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">mornings</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, lunch breaks, nights, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">weekends </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">is quite effective - and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I'm thoroughly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> enjoying it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The ambition</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> comes from a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">new year</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, an </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">installation</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> this spring (at Cafe Davinci—come see it!), and, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">of course</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, the children. I get to see those </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">24 faces in 2 months</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> when I travel to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Tanzania for work</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Stoked is an understatement. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They'll all be asking, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Mees Jana</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, whuh is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">my</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> painting?"</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is what </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I've been up to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the past </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">month:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We "work" the frame as Brandy builds more!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then we get in trouble and get back to real work, kind of.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isaka's bright turquoise frame looks stunning against his orange complexion! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, and here's my custom-made Even Me easel that folds up small enough for my car!</span></div>
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-65940703541970864252012-12-11T12:48:00.001-06:002012-12-11T12:48:26.153-06:00Painting with my cat Leo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-77486718231246808892012-10-10T11:11:00.002-05:002012-10-10T11:12:47.612-05:00Beatrice and Maurin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-39406591408255550512012-09-13T11:20:00.000-05:002012-09-18T10:51:30.126-05:00Frank Even Me Painting Finished!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Frank's painting is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">done-skies</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">! I'm thrilled. And, I love having two </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">completed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> (minus the flat background coat and wooden-fabric frame) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Even Me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> paintings </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">filling</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">up</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> my apartment.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You're </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">not the first</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> person to see this </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">photograph</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. One very important person has </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">seen it already</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> — and he's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">all the way in Africa</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">! Yep, Frank's seen it!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">my friend Sara</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in Tanzania, who I've mentioned </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">a gazillion</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> times, (ergo </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">familiarize</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> yourself with Sara with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">no H</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">) asked </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank to sit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> down with her during playtime because she had </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">something</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to show him. Of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">course he agreed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, especially since she had her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">laptop</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Most of the kids get </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">pretty shy</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> when they're being recorded, but here is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">his reaction</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to seeing his 'picture':</span><br />
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-55504116363317707702012-08-30T12:10:00.000-05:002012-09-18T10:51:41.457-05:00The Little Things.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With a paint brush in hand, I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">carefully</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> mix titanium white, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">dioxazine purple</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, and cadmium red light hue to obtain the perfect color to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">place right under</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Frank's bottom lip. This mark is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">one of many</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> small marks, all varying in color. The marks are so small they are </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">hardly recognizable</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> when standing ten feet away. However, each brush stroke is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">important</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, as it's part of a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">bigger picture</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. The process is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">unhurried</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and the hours are long. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">It's the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">little things</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> that give me encouragement.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday, along with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">every Wednesday</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> at lunch, I skype with my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">dear friend Sara</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, who is currently working at the Rafiki Village in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Tanzania</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She gets to see Frank, Glory, John, and Beatrice </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">every day</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As we're catching up on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">recent events</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in our lives, she informs me of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">a story that I just have to share</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">: </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sara, also known as </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Meeses Neekos</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> (Mrs. Nickels) asks </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">the students</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to come up with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">adjectives</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to describe other</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">classmates</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Maurin,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> who is such a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">sweetheart</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, and might be the next Even Me </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">painting</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, shoots her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">hand in the sky:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Meeses Neekos (Mrs. Nickels), I know — </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">famous</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">!"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"That </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>is</i> an adjective</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, but no, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Maurin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, famous does not describe your</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> classmates</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. Your classmates might be famous in the classroom, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">but</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">they're</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">not</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> famous in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">world</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She thinks a bit </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">harder</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">YOU!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Meeses. Neekos, you are </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">famous</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">!"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Thank you, Maurin,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> but no</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, I am not famous."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"But even in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Uh-marica</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> (America), you are famous?!"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Nope."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She sits on it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">longer</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and her hand shoots up </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">once more.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Meeses. Neekos, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I know!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Mees John-uh (that's me) <i>she </i>is famous. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">She is a <i>famous</i> artist</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">!"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I was painting last night, my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">best friend Chryssie</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> called. She recently </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">moved to LA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in pursuit of her dream job: working in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">communications/advertising</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in the skate industry (might I add, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">the beautiful</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, talented girl is a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">rockstar skater</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and already has an agent for modeling! Let's be real: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">she's cool</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">). We're reminiscing, laughing, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">catching up</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> when she tells me she's been thinking about how to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">advertise my Even Me project</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. "Jenna, I want the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> world</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to see my best friend's art." Her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">ambitions are high</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and excitement </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">contagious</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. Her ideas left me with, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">hmm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...why haven't I thought of that? Those <i>are </i>splendid ideas!" </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Someone I've </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">yet to mention</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> on this blog, and will probably </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">kill me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> when he reads this, is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> Za</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Alexander. I've never had someone who is more </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">encouraging</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, motivating, and just </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">plain helpful</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. He always has </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">practical solutions</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to my questions. In frustration I ramble on, "I <i>need</i> to transport four Even Me </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">paintings to Pensacola and back</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, and they </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">don't fit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in my car...bla bla bla" His response to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> question, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>every other</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> question is, "Jenna, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I'll take care of it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All these </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">little things</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, the words, the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">thoughts</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, and generosity <i>make</i> Even Me. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Thank you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> all for the encouragement </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">you give me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> every day. </span></div>
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even.mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558520401122836364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965948430304138476.post-2611313788715037022012-06-22T12:15:00.002-05:002012-09-13T11:39:40.045-05:00Faces ALL Over!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The phrase "even me" is one of those </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">idioms</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> of Tanzanian English. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">It's used</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the way Americans would say, "Me too," but coming </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">from a child</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> it sounds so sweet and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">touching</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. Always responding with a "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Yes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, even you," not only </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">verifies</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> that child's statement, but also confirms his or her essential human </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">dignity</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Originally, I thought I would finish</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> all </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">24 paintings by 2014, but I don't want to compromise the quality of the work to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">reach</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> a certain deadline. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> being said, I hope to finish in a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">timely manner</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am 100% </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">dedicated</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to this project.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ultimately, I'm </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">not</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> sure. However, I want to show the 24 piece </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">collection</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> anywhere that's big enough: airports, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">galleries</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, warehouses, banks, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> name it. I am currently networking and making connections for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">venues</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> now (so if you have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">any </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">recommendations, let me know). </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I want to go </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">big</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">bigger</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I go, the more </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">value</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> each painting will hold, which will </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">ultimately increase</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the price. Increasing the sales is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">crucial</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, as </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">all proceeds will go to the child </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">via</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.rafikifoundation.org/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Rafiki Foundation</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">“This makes </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">no sense</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> at all. Why would you paint portraits </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">without eyes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">? The portrait isn’t complete, it’s unfinished – something</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">missing!”</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When this </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">statement</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> was directed towards me regarding my even me project, I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">couldn’t clearly </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">explain</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> why </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was, indeed,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> leaving </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the eyes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> out</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> of twenty-four portraits. The faces are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> large</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, and it’s quite noticeable that the eyes are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> missing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. In fact, when I showed the first finished painting to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Glory, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> subject,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> the initial </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">response</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> from her sisters was, “Glory! Where are her eyes?” Nonetheless, I still </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hadn’t come up with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> an eloquent, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">genuine </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">answer. Instead, I responded: it’s a new type of portrait; I’m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> exploring</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> with artistic elements such as </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">composition</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, negative </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">space</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">shape</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. Pre-verbally, it was</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> more</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, but I couldn’t muster up the words without sounding </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hostile </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">in my</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> explanation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> However, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">now </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am ready to tell you </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">why</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I am </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">not</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> painting the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> eyes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">In today’s society</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, we have access to anything, everything, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">all </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the time. On my way to work, I heard an advertisement for a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">smart phone</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. A small, curious boy asks his father a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">question</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, “Daddy, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">what</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> are batteries made out of?” He </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">didn’t know </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the answer off the top of his head, so the father </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">quickly </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">takes out</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">his</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> phone</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and, with a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sigh of relief,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> types or speaks his son’s question. Within</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> seconds</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, he </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">explains</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, “Batteries are made out of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">five </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">basic components: a resilient plastic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> container</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, positive </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> negative internal plates </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">made of lead</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, plate separators made of porous </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">synthetic </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">material, electrolyte, a dilute solution of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sulfuric acid</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and water, better known as battery acid, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lead terminals</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">connection </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">point between the batter and whatever </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it powers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.” He is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> happy, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">his son</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> is informed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, and we are </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">convinced</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> to buy a smart phone. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Convenient, immediate, accurate</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">: the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">world</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> is at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">our</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> fingertips.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Not only has </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">technology </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">given us the ability to know all the answers, but it has made </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">every </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">corner</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">world</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> virtually</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> accessible</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> to anyone. I can see the Northern Lights, the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ancient pyramids</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, the Taj Mahal, or the Petrified Forest with a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">few</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> clicks. I can see </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">whatever</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I want. This </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">availability </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">makes me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> wonder</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">: if I’ve seen the images, have I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> experienced </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">it? I know what it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">looks</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> like, and my</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> imagination</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> can only take it from there. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Imagine this </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">situation</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">: my friend recounts in great detail her trip to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Zion</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> National Park, and I respond with an </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">unimpressed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, “Oh, cool, well, I’ve </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">seen</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> pictures, I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">know</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.” Or, “Did </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> make it to Watchman trail, the one that takes about two hours? Hopefully you </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">didn’t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> hike it during mid-day, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">because</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> it gets pretty hot. The best </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">time</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> to hike it is either in the early </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">morning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> or late afternoon. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I’ve </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">read</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">all about it. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I know</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.” We can </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Google Maps</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> any remote spot in the world and speak </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">as though</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> we’ve been there, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">experienced</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What if all this access and availability is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">tricking </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">us? Have we truly experienced by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">solely seeing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">? What about the other </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">four senses</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What about the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">emotion</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">spirituality</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> that come with these? Honestly, I haven’t </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lived</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Zion National Park – I don’t know what the canyons </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">smell</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> like, what the wind </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">feels </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">like, what the dust </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">tastes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> like, or what the desert echoes </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sound</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> like.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So what happens when we see </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">commercials</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> about </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">starving</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> children in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Tanzania</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">? We see the white man holding the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sickliest</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, most frail-looking </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">child</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> in an effort to convince us to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">get involved,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> to give </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">money</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, or at least to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">reconsider</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> tossing our </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">leftovers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> in the wastebasket. This </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">overplayed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> commercial has </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">turned </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">into a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> cliché</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. In a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">multitude of settings,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> school cafeterias, five star restaurants, at our own</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> dinner tables</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, we hear: “(Child’s name), </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">there are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> (adjective) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">kids in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> (country).” </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is followed by, “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So eat your food</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.” Has the starving child </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">only </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">convinced us to clean our plates? Surely, that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">wasn’t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">objective</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> of the commercial.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Something</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">missing. Something is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">not</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> quite </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">right</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. And </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> is exactly what I want people </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">to feel</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> when they look at a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">wall</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">eyeless</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> portraits: dissatisfaction. I hope that this emotion will </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">evoke questions</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, “Why are the eyes missing? What has </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">this child</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> seen?” </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don’t want to tell the whole story, because we don’t know the whole story.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Not one of us, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> included, has any idea what these children have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">endured</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">If</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I give the impression that the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">whole</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> story is told, like it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">appears </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to be in the starving children </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">commercial</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, we leave </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">un</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">changed. We </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">feel </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">as though</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we’ve</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> experienced, and thus, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">can relate</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. If the eyes, the windows to one’s soul, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">remain unseen</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, we feel cheated. We feel </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">wronged</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, like there is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">something</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> more, but we </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">can’t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> know it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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