Staying calm & true in my heart today, new poetry & drawing post- Have a happy Sunday everyone!

Compassion; Dona Morgan, 22x17, Graphite pencil & charcoal on painted wood canvas 

It's your World. Create it. Explore it. Define it!

 In today's generation we as individuals cannot help but battle with the constant idea of who we are as people and who we are suppose to be as people. We fail to realize that we are our own person with ideas, beliefs and passions. We live in a constant comparison to others through a nonstop social media dictation. - And yes, "dictation",  I am a firm believer in that our hand held smart phones and social media apps serve as dictators of our life and appreciation for our own day to  day encounters.  It becomes all about who went to the party with who, who is on this extravagant vacation to Bermuda on a yacht, or posts like look how much fun I'm having hanging out with my friends!  

But guess what? who really gives a shit, right?  Well actually we do. Unconsciously we begin to compare the things others are doing to our own, and when we are doing something great we want everyone to see it and know about it. Validation and celebration is a good thing,  but let me question this. Who would you be if no one was watching? 

Would you do things less perfectly or kind? Maybe would you explore new interests that you are embarrassed of because other people think they are dumb or ridiculous? Why can we not do things for ourselves?  To achieve our greatest goals for "me" rather than someone else to be proud of, or to show a societal view that you fit in to what's considered "right" or "successful". But who is to say who you can, and cannot be? Whats "right" and the best way to go about things? No one can say you're wrong in a way you choose, and that your desires are not valid. We shall not allow these judgements or doubts damper on the potential we all have to make a mark on this world. Do what you love, and do it passionately. -For you and your own happiness.  Live in this world as if it were a dream and appreciate every moment of it that you come across. My current and in Process Serigraph Print make Edition, It's your World. Create it. Explore it. Define it. This piece is composed of a photograph I took of the ocean in florida on a spring break vacation.  Digitally manipulated into a circular design, the ocean photograph now reads in depth and movement. With an addition of hand drawn imagery,  the elements now overlay into one unique composition. My efforts with this piece is to help us understand that we are all one of a kind people, and to give this one shot at life we have with infinite love, compassion and determination. 

xx, 

            DMG 

 In today's generation we as individuals cannot help but battle with the constant idea of who we are as people and who we are suppose to be as people. We fail to realize that we are our own person with ideas, beliefs and passions. We live in a constant comparison to others through a nonstop social media dictation. - And yes, "dictation",  I am a firm believer in that our hand held smart phones and social media apps serve as dictators of our life and appreciation for our own day to  day encounters.  It becomes all about who went to the party with who, who is on this extravagant vacation to Bermuda on a yacht, or posts like look how much fun I'm having hanging out with my friends!  

But guess what? who really gives a shit, right?  Well actually we do. Unconsciously we begin to compare the things others are doing to our own, and when we are doing something great we want everyone to see it and know about it. Validation and celebration is a good thing,  but let me question this. Who would you be if no one was watching? Would you do things less perfectly or kind? Maybe would you explore new interests that you are embarrassed of because other people think they are dumb or ridiculous? Why can we not do things for ourselves?  To achieve our greatest goals for "me" rather than someone else to be proud of, or to show a societal view that you fit in to what's considered "right" or "successful". But who is to say who you can, and cannot be? Whats "right" and the best way to go about things? No one can say you're wrong in a way you choose, and that your desires are not valid. We shall not allow these judgements or doubts damper on the potential we all have to make a mark on this world. Do what you love, and do it passionately. -For you and your own happiness.  Live in this world as if it were a dream and appreciate every moment of it that you come across. My current and in Process Serigraph Print make Edition, It's your World. Create it. Explore it. Define it. This piece is composed of a photograph I took of the ocean in florida on a spring break vacation.  Digitally manipulated into a circular design, the ocean photograph now reads in depth and movement. With an addition of hand drawn imagery,  the elements now overlay into one unique composition. My efforts with this piece is to help us understand that we are all one of a kind people, and to give this one shot at life we have with infinite love, compassion and determination. 

xx, 

            DMG