#3 podcast

I listened to spilled milk the podcast, and what they talked about was a mosier crock. A mc is a french version of a grilled cheese sandwich. It consists of fresh bread, a soft cheese, and slice of ham. They went into detail on how to make it too, buttering the bread, placing it on a low heat skillet with cheese so that way it melts, before putting it together as the master piece it is . As a kid I used to eat these all the time although i expected it to be exclusive to my family. I didn't know then that there had been an entire following about it in a culture. After this I decided to revisit this childhood favorite, and all I can say is that it was wonderful.

#12 finished piece

12# inspiration pieces

Amber doing a reading of her manuscript class, featuring her story about a brother and sister fighting for their lives in a fantasy realm. There has been many a time where I would sit and paint, as she would proof read her story to me. What a wonderful muse!

My cheeky little sister Sassing me as she's getting her hair combed. I see so much of myself in her, it's like I'm going through childhood all over again. She's been such a great inspiration to me in everything I do...

When I visited with my grandpa this weekend, he threw a guitar at me and told me to paint it for a special needs child. At first I thought when do I have the time to do this and he but he insisted so I took home. I finally got to sat down with it when I was super stressed and I found it quite relaxing

11# Work in progress

#11 inspiration pieces

Recently I've been investing myself into a color book that I bought, and for the past six hours at work I've been working on it. I have a lot of fun playing with colors.

I found this picture as I was going through my photos, and I think my sister will be my inspiration for my next piece.

Here are all my friends, people whom I absolutely adore I don't know where I'd be without them.

Response to Podcast #2

I listened to the podcast longest shortest time and their segment "Mama don't understand". In this segment they ,, the matter of race, how it is perceived, especially from the viewpoints of biracial children. It's starts off with a mother talking about her daughter who is half Indian and half white, and talks about how she struggles with finding acceptance with not only her two cultures, but with her skin color as well. She talks about how her family perceives it as well, all Indian, and how they favor fair skin and call it beautiful, and it makes her worried on how it will affect her child. They then interviewed another girl, who is half black and half white. She talks about being raised by her single mother, who is white, and what she faced trying to find her identity. She even wrote a rap song when she was 8 to her mother, talking about how her mother doesn't understand "the black thing". This story resonated with me, because I had faced something rather similar in my youth. I often felt that my own father didn't understand what it was like to be a different race, and though he tried to assure me that I was American, a lot of society is still very ignorant just because of the way I look...

#10: Finished piece