Art

Krystal on April 10th, 2011

I posted this in a Facebook group to inspire some conversation on the subject. The arts are being threatened with all sorts of cutbacks in my country for some strange reason people put little value on it. They forget that without artists their lives would be far duller. Art inspires, it entertains, it encourages and [...]

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Krystal on April 1st, 2011

Art is what makes us human. It defines us as unique from the rest of the animal kingdom because we can conceptualize and contemplate something that another has created. Art inspires us, it reminds us of our vulnerability and our own mortality. It stirs our emotions and stokes the fires of our hearts to continue, [...]

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Krystal on March 2nd, 2011

While this is completely unrelated to anything this dog is quite possibly the cutest dog I have ever seen. I’m not really a dog person per say, definitely lean towards the cat end of the spectrum but there are some dogs that you just have to like. I suspect this might be one of them. [...]

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Krystal on November 2nd, 2010

Sketching scenes as they happen in life has always been something I fancy. My life was forever changed in a grade 11 art class when we were asked to sketch our classmates. I sketched for weeks on end. I filled a notebook with sketches. Previously I had lusted after the talent that some of my [...]

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