art equals happy.

Summer holiday in Devon. :: Friends and Photographs.

When the days were longer and the evenings bright.
Late July, staying in a big Victorian house with friends. In a tiny little town next to the sea. In Devon. Spending the days walking, thrifting, photographing, painting ceramics, goofing around, and crocheting. Spending the evenings down by the estury and driving around the countryside.Such lovely, happy times. Beautiful Devon, I will be back soon. :] 
kimxo
p.s. some of these were taken by Jazz. We just shared all our photos so I forget which ones. hehe! 

Meet Alonzo. :: Cats and photographs.

When I was on holiday in Devon, I met this sweetie pie. His real name is Alonzo- but I started calling him 'Fonz' and then, we were drawing pictures of him and I accidently wrote 'Alfonzo'. So- he is forever Fonzy in my heart.The sweetest little cuddle bug you ever did meet!

This summer, slow down. :: My Life & Photographs

Hey everyone...Are you finding that summer is going by really fast too? Considering that I've had a pretty long summer already- it seems to just be disapearing! How is it August already? Why haven't I read more books yet? Why haven't I started in ernest my summer project?
It's good. I'm the type of person who finds it VERY difficult to have an honest break away from work and stress. I'm a workaholic. Seriously. It's one of the reasons I got ill in the first place- always pushing myself too hard.
So, in a way it's good. It's great that I've been able to let go a little bit and be free and let myself breathe. I'm proud of myself for that. For saying, YES- I'm going to go to Devon for a week. YES- I'm going to visit a friend in Birmingham. YES- I'll come on a mystery road trip this weekend! YES- I'll ride in the back of a van with no seatbelts so we can go fly kites on the beach! YES- I'm having some time to do some art journalling.
After years of teaching myself to say 'no- sorry I can't, I need to stay in and rest(or work)', it feels liberating. Thank you, college, for giving us such a good bunch of time off- we needed it! 

My calendar is still pretty full (of fun!) for August- which is exciting! But in between taking this time off- I've been preparing for Renegade! Sep 15+16! Looking forward to it a lot!

Lets see- what else? Oh, I agree wholeheartedly with Amy on this: Beauty Standards are Stupid. This post too on similar thread. I've been listening to these people, basically on repeat: Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, OK GO. 

I started using Pinterest properly.  You can see some peeks of my inspirations for a re-brand of Art Equals Happy. It's the begining of something special. 

:] Thanks for letting my catch up. The above photo is a double exposure I created digitally using photos that Jazz took. We were on a windy and sunny ferry. kimxo