An Artist’s Journey

 

Hello, and welcome. If you’ve discovered this blog—a project I began in 2016—you’ll see a record of my life as an artist and thinker. My writing has been "on and off" over the years because life beyond the screen is demanding. I have traveled, studied, and navigated various career paths in search of my place in this world.

Like many, I have faced the challenge of leaders who view people as disposable. Through those trials, I have fought to keep art at the center of my life. I am still here, and I am still creating.

If my journey resonates with you, I invite you to support this passion. Whether through a small donation, sharing my posts, or simply visiting, your presence helps me keep this creative flame alive.

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Escape the Mundane: The mids 20"s (2020) Next Favorite thing

 

Do you ever feel like you just need to "unplug" from the digital world 

and actually create something? Guess what ?! Many people do !  

Since 2025 I have been listening and reading people's comments about 

how everything is automated, virtual and just not real. 

They are correct.

Years ago, when I was a kid, I used to draw (or how people put it on their LinkedIn CVs....design), cut and glue together my own notebooks, and I even made comic-style books. This month, I decided to create something that comes from my mind to reality. 

This collection of coloring books and notebooks, which I created on Amazon, was a perfect experiment for finding my creative flow. Yes, it takes a long while to figure out layouts, sizes, images, content,etc. But I did it.

Check them out and find the one that speaks to you:

Journey Through Bolivia

Experience the vibrant culture of South America without leaving your couch! From the iconic cable cars of La Paz to adorable llamas and traditional festivals, these books are perfect for kids and adults alike.

• The Vibe: Educational, colorful, and adventurous.

• Perfect for: Travelers, students, and people who want to disconnect.

• Link: [See it here]

The Mystic Coloring Book

For those who find peace in the stars and the moonlight. This book is filled with celestial patterns, magical symbolism, and intricate designs that help you tap into your inner zen.

• The Vibe: Witchy, soothing, and artistic.

• Perfect for: Late-night relaxation and fans of the esoteric.

• Link: [See this one here]

New York City Sketches

Bring the Big Apple to life with your own color palette. This minimalist, edgy style captures the energy of NYC—from the Statue of Liberty to the city streets. It doubles as a great notebook/sketchbook for urban dreamers.

• The Vibe: Modern, minimalist, and cool.

• Perfect for: City dwellers and street-art fans.

• Link: [This one is here]

Have you recently started other creative ventures ?

A post-mortem examination of Pushing Daisies.

 I say: #PushinDaisies #ReWatch !!! PD Quotes HERE !

You can watch it again on HBO max 

Many people really don't think about the message and the story of a TV show, does it mean something? Maybe this is because  99% of the shows that people watch are meant to entertain, distract us and just give us a good brief time. There still are a few TV shows about doctors who live a constant drama and at the same time are having sex with a coworker, or what about Upper East Side teenagers living in a big city ... they have sex too ( all the time),  how about reality shows of women getting married with excons ? There are a bunch of shows like that.

I can name many other shows that are all the same or almost  just with different actors and different plot but basically doing the same things.

 Pushing Daisies was among the few TV shows that had a message, a different one. The whole show is sort of a metaphor or allegory for pure, eternal, faithful and undying LOVE with a necrophiliac twist. The question was: Are you capable of loving someone after he or she is gone?, when there is a big distance between lovers, can love survive?, when there’s an absence of physical affection is it worth loving that person? Would you love someone who you can't touch?

Ned (the pie maker) has the ability to bring people back from death, back to life. Ned has a complex life hiding this secret but it's a simple man overall, a hopeless romantic. The show doesn't talk or show any of his previous relationships, but probably he didn't have any meaningful relationships before Chuck ( The Lonely Tourist and best friend who is revived by him ). I believe that Ned was obsessed with Chuck (who represents the idea of what love is supposed to be) because she was the only person in Ned’s life who knew what It meant to lose someone and feel lonely.

The shows often talks about Ned’s childhood, which is similar to Chuck’s youth. They both had a good life overall, but they were trapped in different ways. Ned wasn’t supposed to get out of the Longborough School for Boys but he escapes and Chuck had the option of leaving her aunt’s house but she never did, until she was brave enought to do so. 

 In this show the thing that keeps Ned and Chuck physically separated is his gift. This gift (touching the dead and bringing them back to life) nowadays could represents a distance of physical or even emotional, but I guess there are 3 big elements that define the fate of most relationship are:

 

 -Distance: When lovers are apart, when they live in different cities, countries or even continents.

-Time: The years, months, weeks, days, hours and minutes they spent apart or together. When distance is not a problem, the time they spent apart or the other way around . When there is no distance, time is ticking away…”will he/she change? When? Will we move in together? When? How long will this last?” Or the relationship last too long and the lovers get sick of each other.

 -Place: In this case it means the psychological/mental state of mind of the person according to a person's personal situation, employment status, economic status, maturity, the expectation that our family and society puts on us. etc.

Ned and Chuck's "only" problem is that they can’t touch, they can’t show their affection in a traditional, normal way: Holding hands, hugs, kissing, and sex. The show asks the viewers: Is it possible to love someone you can’t touch? Can love last through time? Or are you so desperate for physical affection that you are capable of losing the love of your life because of the lack of physical contact?  Ok, this is not what the creator of the show has said but, it is a good question. There are so many tv relationships that wouldn't be consider real enought if the characters on it wouldn't have sex. 

When I think about romance now, I think about Ned opening Chuck’s coffin at the graveyard, literally returning Chuck to the world of the living. Dead people, cemeteries, coffins... romantic or not ? part 2 soon.

Pushing daisies is a forensic fairy tale, which is full of romanticism and melancholy of the past and the things that are and can never be. Pushing Daisies is a show that is a feast to the eyes! Colors and combinations, a mix of the 50's style with the modern world in a city where we wish we could live, a perfect aesthetic that plays with somber and dismal issues in a world where love is worth waiting for, worth the sacrifice and it’s worth dying and returning to life for.

 Quotes and Caps Here!

I pledge my allegiance to The Moon.

If you watch the Moon for too long, you will begin to feel that you are getting lost in her shine and probably you will never come back. People of some cultures often fear the Moon because there are many myths that involve her. The most popular one : the werewolves and the vampires, free during the night to kill everything they want but slaves of the sun. We cannot deny that -She- is the silent witness of everything that happens in the realm of darkness. Another quiet witness of mankind's history. The Moon appears to be the only constant thing in our lives, in the lives of those who walk at night and thru time.... unchanging, loyal and reliable, the only ones that will keep our secrets save forever.

 There is such a fascination with her that we can find movies, books and art with The Moon as a main character.

 

-Myths about the queen of the night........

 

Werewolves are one of the creatures that we often see depicted in films about myths and legends of these "monsters". This creature is, of course, affiliated with the full moon. Typically it is believed that these are creatures that have human form but  morph into a wolf-like (typically violent) creatures when the full moon is in the sky. There are many different variations on this because of all of the books and movies that have been made about werewolves.

 

Various methods for becoming a werewolf have been reported, one of the simplest being the removal of clothing and putting on a belt made of Wolfskin, probably as a substitute for the assumption of an entire animal skin (which also is frequently described). In other cases, the body is rubbed with a magic salve. To drink rainwater out of the footprint of the animal in question or to drink from certain enchanted streams were also considered effectual modes of accomplishing metamorphosis. The 16th century Swedish writer Olaus Magnus says that the Livonian werewolves were initiated by draining a cup of specially prepared beer and repeating a set formula. Ralston in his Songs of the Russian People gives the form of incantation still familiar in Russia.

In Italy, France and Germany, it was said that a man or woman could turn into a werewolf if he or she, on a certain Wednesday or Friday, slept outside on a summer night with the full moon shining directly on his/her face.

This is only one example of some of the powerful stories that people across time and across the world associate with the moon. Using many different forms of symbolism, the moon itself has become a symbol for love, desire, change, passion, fertility, and violence.

Vampiric Connection (Wikipedia)

 In Medieval Europe, the corpses of some people executed as werewolves were cremated rather than buried in order to prevent them from being resurrected as vampires. Before the end of the 19th century, the Greeks believed that the corpses of werewolves, if not destroyed, would return to life as vampires in the form of wolves or hyenas which prowled battlefields, drinking the blood of dying soldiers. In the same vein, in some rural areas of Germany, Poland and Northern France, it was once believed that people who died in mortal sin came back to life as blood-drinking wolves. This differs from conventional werewolfery, where the creature is a living being rather than an undead apparition. These vampiric werewolves would return to their human corpse form at daylight.

 

Mayan Moon Goddesses. 

The Mayan people have several stories about different moon goddesses. One goddess frequently associated with the moon is Ixchel who is associated with the moon because she is a fertility goddess. However, it is believed that she may actually be the “grandmother of the moon” and represent aging and the drying up of fertility in old age so she is most commonly linked with the waxing of the moon and not the moon at all times.

Selene / Luna. 

These are the names of the Moon Goddess in Greek and Roman mythology respectively. In the myths associated with these goddesses, the goddess is paired with the god of the sun. He travels throughout the day and she takes over the journey at night. She is typically considered to be a passionate goddess who takes many lovers and who represents the desire associated with the moon.

This is: How I got more clients, more comment and more likes.

As a photographer and as a person who is investing in new entrepreneurship, starting something new is not hard. I mean you get your gear, you open a Facebook, IG, Twitter, and other accounts and you are ready to post and share your work, yes that is the easy part but the hard part is to get clients.

Many times I spent trying to figure out what people want, who my clients are and I've tried to guess their needs but there is a simple fact that is stopping you from getting clients and growing; opportunities! A chance!

People trust services or products when they see Likes and Followers on business pages and REVIEWS are very important. It seems like no one wants to be the very first one to give you a chance to prove yourself. I've been there many times with the " almost" client who in the end didn't call back or just said, " no thank you".

I always play by the book but let's face it, sometimes you have to create your own rules. When I tried to make my business flourish I realized I needed my reviews, so I opted for other people's services to get them, how? I looked into different web pages but I wasn't sure until I tried with socialmediafriend.wixsite.com/helpinglike first, guess the name made it easier since I really needed someone to help me out. Basically, this person posted a few great reviews in different reviews pages and it did work ! for a considerable time I got around likes and a few DMs asking about my service. This page did deliver.

A short time ago I turned to fiver, I won't share the persons link because Fiverr apparently sabotages people who share their own links many times but the account name is siete7fotos. This person got other gigs where she provides....ready for it? Reviews! likes, comments on social media, and things of that nature, he/she sent me a pic of each review posted. The next thing I knew, I was getting more visits and likes. The service is cheap and a GOOD one!

It comforting to think that I am helping someone earn some money and this person is helping me too. I will recommend both ways to get reviews and attract traffic to your social media pages but remember, getting followers will count on the quality of content too. Remember, Likes and shares don't cost anything! help out a hard working stranger!

How do you get people to visit your pages?