Endless Rain

I promise I am not dead. Perhaps I'll come back here now and begin writing to the public. I miss it.

Annoyance and Euphemisms

A statement:

In a seemingly ridiculous attempt to not offend people by my speech, I've decided to begin saying "exclamation!" in place of "Oh my gosh!" or "gee!" or "holy cow!" because apparently all of these words are offensive. Euphemisms, they are called. A words used in place of another in allusion. This makes sense then, doesn't it? If we (as Christians, or anything, really) are trying to keep our tongues harnessed and unoffensive, words like heck, gosh, golly and geez should be banished from our vocabulary like the plague. Because obviously when we say them, we really mean every dirty curse word they could possibly allude to. Those words that we're not saying (which, by the way, only "bad" because we decided they were)...yeah....those are what we mean.

So when I say "exclamation!" instead of "golly!" I won't be substituting anything in place of God's name.

OH WAIT!

I still am. I'm saying something in place of God's name therefore the word exclamation "exclamation!" shall then be banished as well! Then I shall only gasp when I feel the need to express surprise or excitement. Oh no! But then I will be gasping instead of swearing! Therefore gasping will become a euphemism.

This is a death spiral downward.

Maybe we should remember what controlling of the tongue really is. Words are bad because we make them bad. Words are bad when used to tear people down or encourage evil. Whether you call someone a a** or a jerkface, if you say it in mean spirit, you've sinned either way. Perhaps it is not the words we use, but the intent behind them. 

My stance? Be intelligent. Be kind. And if you consider words like [pardon me] damn, hell etc. bad, then don't be upset when people don't use them.

~haylee jalyn

Looking for a puppy, found an art gallery

It's kind of funny how things turn out, isn't it?

So here's the poop. (The what???) The poop. The scoop. The 411.

I was on Craig's List a couple days ago looking for a dog because I want one so badly I could burst. A big one. One that will protect me and run with me and catch a frisbee and be cute. So I was looking through the pet ads when I sort of drifted and saw a category that was titled "artists" under the community tab. Curiousity led me to it and therein I saw an advertisment for an artist who would display some art in a new gallery this month. I promptly responded and emailed the poster, sending pictures and whatnot. Turns out she had attended LCU and knew the pictures from the art gallery I sent her over email...and had even met Michaela--my roomate and fellow artisan--once before. 

Before I knew it, both Michaela and I were up in an art gallery hanging/displaying our pieces for the First Friday Art Trail!!

A tired, but super excited Michaela is setting up her lovely hats.

And here is the shelves after a little of work. I think they ended up changing a bit more as the night went on, but were neglected pictures.

And here is my wall of paintings. It was fun trying to fit as much happily on one wall as possible. There were several that had to be kicked out. :(

Over the next few days I will have more pictures and more stuff. In the meantime, make plans to visit Lubbock's First Friday Art Trail August 7th, and don't forget to stop by and see our work as well! 

Here is our location:
Creation Arts studio and Gallery
2431 34th
Lubbock, TX 79411

We're upstairs in the building called Imagine That! which is a little craft fair store thing. It's all just awesome. We will be hanging out, talking about our work and enjoying the company of our visitors. Come and see us!

Painting Iradoa Black

My latest, and biggest, art project is the painting of my queen-size head board. Her name is Iradoa. Say hello:

She is irrevocably boring in this sad state, of which she has cried at night and disturbed my sleep. It was time I finally did something to redeem her from her sallowness. Here I have already sanded down the finished wood surface. She will soon be happy and unique. My tools are these:

Black acrylic paint for wood and such, some big foamy brushes, smaller brush for details, metallic blue, green and purple paint, a silver paint pen, shatterable mirrors, and Hobby Lobby bags. Just kidding about that last one. They just edged their way into the picture, which I did not feel necessary in editing out. Ha.

Oh yeah...and see that sunlight? Yeah...it was shining (I mean, of all the annoying things it could do), and it was hot. So I quickly did this:

Now she has her first two coats of black. Yay! Hopefully soon I shall be able to finish. I will wait until it is evening or morning...and not blistering hot. Thank you.

Someone joined me and watched me paint, continuously making me laugh.

My plans are cute detail work with the colored paints around the edges and stuff...but the kicker is going to be the mirror mosaic in the two middle rectangles. I might throw in some colored glass in the event that I can find some. More updates soon!

~haylee jaylee

Let the blogging begin!

As I attempt to move up in the blogging world, I begin afresh with a new site, new journal and clean slate. My aim of this little shrine to myself is to accomplish several things:

1. Write daily. I presently do this (most of the time). However I do not post my journaling, dreaming or creating. I would like to do that and use this site as an outlet for my endlessly flowing words.
2. Promote and journal artwork. I have set up an Etsy account and hope to soon be posting artwork/craft work for sale. 
3. Share and get feedback on my endeavors, experiments, adventures, thoughts and randomosity. (And yes, I am aware that randomosity is not a real work, but I desire it should be, and I therefore use it quite often.)

Sometimes I think there is a great deal more I want to accomplish. If I think up anymore I was most certainly let you know. Thank you for your time and please leave some love and return tomorrow to learn more about me...and let me learn about you!