It's been two weeks since I've last posted here, after promising myself I would be here weekly. With good reason: my car's engine died, at a time when I simply cannot replace it (the engine or the car). Having relied on having one for the past several years, this is an immediate lifestyle change. I won't belabor how stressful this whole situation has been with every detail; know that it's been awful, yet everything is going to be okay. (I'm saying this to myself, too.) So yea

Having been sidelined by personal issues, and wary to share them, it's been hard to stay in touch with people that connect with me through my art, Facebook, or any other medium. My behind the scenes process has been improving tremendously, and I hope that my efforts will soon be more visible. Coming out of a long depression, I had found myself in an awkward transitional phase that was very uncomfortable. I'm a perfectionist at heart, but I have really been working to transcen