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Paint Me Pretty

If I had someone paint a picture of me, I’d ask them to paint me pretty. If I had someone paint a picture of my life, I would ask them to paint it beautiful. If I painted anything myself, it would be everything but. I may be no painter, but art is beyond what you [...]

Beauty [CULT]

What defines beauty?  Could it be the million dollar make-up industry that convinces us that the definition of beauty is something found in a tube, jar or at a store?  Or could it be the clothing designers and fashion folks who would probably suggest that beauty is translated in the clothes you adorn or the [...]

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Cannibal Flower | Los Angeles

Cannibal Flower is a collective that produces shows every two months in Los Angeles that allows local artists to display their finest masterpieces. Complimented by local musicians as well as the creative minds and art fanatics residing in the greater Los Angeles area, the weather was not enough to rain on this parade! I brought two [...]

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Indie Scene

“Indie”: a term loosely tossed around and often presented in front of nouns like music, art and fashion, is short for “independent” which is a state of being that we all know is quite challenging to achieve. When you’re independent, are you really on your own? I have discovered that there is a movement to [...]

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3 Eventful Things

I’ve been busy lately, but I would like to think of that as a good thing.  FIRST|Poetry Slam What I’ve grown to love about San Diego is that there is a massive appreciation for the creative scene and tremendous amount of local support for amateur writers, musician and artists. La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas is a [...]

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A Walk in Balboa Park

The whole family was in San Diego for president’s day weekend and we took a day trip to Balboa Park to enjoy the rain-free San Diego weather. We stopped by the Spanish Village Art Center and checked out the open galleries. We picnic-ed with Dudley’s famous rosemary & olive oil rolls, delicious! 

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Garage Pop & What Not

Monty Montgomery // High Octane  It’s always sunny in San Diego and yesterday was no exception. Especially when you find yourself on the eighth story over looking the downtown skyline at 2 in the afternoon. This is where I met up with San Diego artist Monty Montgomery at his Studio in East Village, to chat about his work as [...]

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Ray At Night: Art Walk

Since my sister and I have been driving all over North Park and Hillcrest for the past few days, I have found myself falling more in love with every little bit of San Diego. Last night we checked out North Park’s Monthly “Ray At Night” Community Art Walk and Showcase. Every second Saturday of the [...]