With all my attempts to keep this site MORE CURRENT, I’ve been slacking and well….now I’m not, not today anyway.

 So here is a bit of an update…A few months before Thanksgiving, my grandmother became quite ill and I spent a week or so visiting and doing what I could to help my folks out with her needs, as she had gone to live with my parents during her final days. She also was dx with Lymphoma Cancer a very aggressive form of it and it took her very quick. She passed on ChristmaS eve….she sure knew how to leave this planet in Style and is now smiling in a world where she can be with her Love, my Papa Jule. She went very peacefully in her sleep.

 After that I’ve lost two other friends, in the music world and have been faced with that whole ‘we’re not getting any younger’ thing that happens at a certain age. A wonderful Journey life is, but as we hit our mid life, we certainly become more aware that we don’t live forever, and sometimes the things we did when we were younger, have a funny way of catching up with us as we reach mid life…..a lot if it is quite lovely and a much needed challenge, and some of it, is rather overwhelming when we find we must let go of so much in order to be happier.

 I saw this saying that made me laugh and it also struck me as SO TRUE.     “I am going thru a lot of changes right now, and if you don’t hear from me….You’re one of them” ….. I’ve let go of quite a few ‘toxic’ people in my life.  When I was younger,  I guess it never bothered me much to have toxic people around, because I also have so many wonderful Nourishing friends as well. Often when we are younger, we live with the ‘better to have a few toxic people than no one at all’ kind of thinking……..Now there is NO way I can handle that type of person in my life…..so slowly I have come to accept that life without these people, is sooooo much more free, so much more open…and of course, it has made a wonderful space in my soul, for some very special people that have ‘moved into my heart’…..I believe everything is for a reason…and I certainly don’t have to know what it is, but I do know and am witness to every day in my life, that the reasons are always good.  So 2012 is the year of ‘My way or the freeway’ and I prefer the back roads, the quieter paths, the space to move around at my own free will instead of being  burdened down by toxic personalities.   Granted, people come and go our WHOLE Lives, and rightfully so, all with good reason.  I spend my time feeling out the universe and trust that all my needs will always be met, and have found this to be very true…..and all I’ve asked for, I have been presented with…..of course not quite how I expected, but I LOVE the challenge of Mother Nature, the Challenge life presents us to change, to grow, to expand our comfort zone, to feel out things we’re not familiar with, because to stay in the same world without exploring things that can cause a lil Growing pains….is no life for me…..I expect to be challenged with radical ways to only broaden and strengthen my own world.   .          .  Having Lost the people in my life that have greatly impacted my own life, is not waste of time, it has been a sweet blessing to have known the people they were, here on this earth…and their soul, remains in tact with the Web of the Universe……and for those I have chosen to no longer include in my daily life, they have their own challenges too and my  best hope is for them to find a sweet peace within and to also expand and challenge themselves to always be strong and compassionate, to listen to what the world says.   When we spend ALL our tiime focusing on ourselves …we forget what the Wind sounds like, when it touches the leaves and plays with the grass, when the rain hits the ground and nourishes all we have planted in our lives……  L i f e is quite full of magic, when you take the time to listen to it.

 I’m finally getting back into Second Life and doing Live Shows again, but the grid is KiLLiNG my experience with all kinds of lag and other issues. From listening to others involved in SL, this seems to be an issue that I”m certain wiill resolve itself soon….and prob. come back from time to time.    The LiViNG RooM #13 is now merging with MOONACY where the SongWriters Sessions will grab hold of the grid in a few weeks……aka “Naked AcoustiC Sessions’ and we’ll be scouting out the artists of Original and Live Music…along with IndieSpectruM Radio….. I”m looking forward to yet another Wonderful Adventure in  Music.

The songwriting did a major BLOW out in a short period of time, meaning something snapped in my head and I wrote quite a few new songs while learning some mind bending changes in chords, rhythm, and song writing tips from some very close friends as well as one of my fav. musicians from Back in the day  ”Willey Wisely” he had Much to offer in songwriting and again, it was a challenge that I had already been grabbing onto that just seemed to finally make sense to me.  Moving FOrward is my plan, not just for 2012 but for Life…it’s been in motion for years and I love how things just come together, when the time is right.

MUCH Peace to ALL of you and thanks for your patience with my Slow Brew of getting back into the swing of things…….May your new year be CHALLENGING in a Mind Blowing and Strengthening way

The world has certainly throw some crazy punches! Between music, the sleeping and now wide awake muse and the constant and new changes in the Kittens….funny to call them kittens when they are practically the size of a regular house cat. They are 8 months old and btween 7 and 10 pounds each……both polydactyls with a unique walk, especi

ally 7, with his 7 claws on each front paw….he walks like a Lion Cat would….Luci, she has 6 on each paw…very easy going and gentle cat…Until recently…now she’s gone into heat….yeah at 8 months old, she finally hit that crazy cycle and she’s VERY VOCAL about this..of course 7 is almost worse,being he is the whiner cat, Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy is what he sound like, but suddenly this past day or two, a new sound, from both 7 and Luci….very new sounds, howls on a low surreal layer of sound….rather confusing for them both I think.  7 hardly knows what to do with himself and finds himself seriously attracted to Everything Luci does, then they’re both back in Kitten mode, playing and sleeping…..It completely fascinates me, every single new sound is just fascinating, they all mean something different…not to mention they’re never ending curiosity at every single thing they approach, usually good, sometimes…well sometimes curtains get shredded….

On another page…..Music has taken a mind of it’s own as of late. Springtime hit and my creative muse woke up  and went pretty wild for a period of time. She must be napping again…heavy, because now it’s more of a numbness that took over….as far as songwriting goes. She’ll awaken again…Spring keeps easing back and forth here and winter just REFUSES to let go….it’s almost 60 F one day and then 30 the next, snowing one day, thunderstorms and warm air again…then a snowstorm dumps out of nowhere….very Bipolar like this time of year is … I’ve taken a new interest in Alternative Tuning of my guitar. I really couldn’t tell you a thing about it,, as often goes, it just works and I like it and I”m not quite sure How it works, or even why, I just like it.  Working on a new song IndigO Road! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksDs6kO0pQs just something different. I find it unusually odd to video tape a song, with nothing happening….and well, I’m certainly not great at that sort of thing….But I thought I’d use my own art and photographs to match the lyrics of the song……and to fit, best i could to what the song translates….the lyrics are even in the video!!! Was fun to do for me, absolutely a nice little pool of creative fun to splash around in! Go check it out.

On another page…..how many pages is this so far?  The  Living Room #13 was moved, quite suddenly and is now located at House of Flames Performing Arts COmplex.  http://slurl.com/secondlife/House%20of%20Flames/186/151/1576 …that will take you rght there in Second life…and as you know…..this web page has the URL and Play button for my live stream, an y time I do a ‘virtual’ performance….real Life shows are rarely broadcast live..Too busy performing

Since about 2005 I’ve been on a long journey, to prove to people that YES SECOND LIFE does have Great Music…and it seems these days, with all the different viewers and new users it just keeps getting harder and harder to find.  I received a notice from a popular group about a meeting in Second Life, with some of the Lindens possibly showing up….I received the notice several times, because they stressed HOW IMPORTANT THIS WAS…I arrived (after several hard core crashes) about 20 min after the time it started. There were several people standing around…and after several minutes they finally said “Meetings over, we’re in skype”…which means ??? The meeting is in skype and why wasn’t that announced, OR the person is in skype and just Too Busy to let me know…as a participant and interested musician….eventualy the person (not a linden) said “With someone else”……which makes me think WHY Was this message SO important to get out, if the meeting didn’t last more than….20 min? TOPS!   and the person that sent the Numerous messages, was no where in site. The One Linden that was there, didn’t seem to notice anyone else coming in, and the group messages showed a couple Messages of IT HAS STARTED BUT NO ONE IS HERE…….

That’s only ONE of the things we like to discuss in Second Life. THe meeting was to be about EVENTS Listings etc….music, diff tracks on music….must not have been that important.  And Music…ONCE in awhile I get a nice advantage to be able to listen to different music from different countries around the world.  Although I must say it is Most difficult … considering the current MESS that Live Music Events is, there are so many categories in one file….hardly efficient… yet it is how I check out music…since I have no intention of following EVERY Musician I like, there aren’t enough groups for that NOR do I want the spam…SO I use live MUSIC events, that’s what it’s for!  There are also several MASSIVE groups out there, Independent Musicians and Live Music Enthusiasts, both have been around almost as long as Live Music has been around. I was there when Live Music Just started..back in 2005.  THere were about a half dozen or so of us at the time……  Now, to find a Live MUSICIAN..is almost impossible.   Sooooo I’ve heard the 14 yr old on Karoke, I’ve heard the bathroom singers, the happy singers, those that NEVER play in Real life, those that do both, those that think they can sound just like Celine Dion, those that do country, folk, blues, humor .. i’ve heard it ALL, I truly have…..and my ears favor that one instrument and that one voice, but I LOVE some of what i’ve heard w ith backing tracks…and DJ’S!!! I know a fantastic dj who plays guitar as well as tells us the story behind various songs and styles, he is  brilliant!!! ( Christopher Lung aka Chriscloud loon in SL )…..

…So about 6 years ago (i took one year off) I started Naked AcoustiC Sessions, which is a showcase for Original Musicians…a very relaxed atmosphere where a songwriter/musician can experiment with their new material, tell the audience the story behind it, share some insight….even some Question and Answer moments are embedded in the conversation and music.  Some musicians do a cover or two because of the importance to the song….as it represents the story at hand…..And lately I’ve been looking into other aspects of Naked Acoustic…Naked COmedy, Naked Poetry, Naked Art….etc….giving US the audience and insight into the Mind of these talented souls….

I do this for a few reasons….Because I LOVE THE ARTISTS that perform at Living Room #13 for the Naked AcoustiC Sessions, and I love the vibe, the good ‘juju’ they bring, the melting pot of fans flowing from one musicians to another, the community that happens…. I don’t have dance balls, I don’t have games or exploders, because Naked Acoustics isn’t about anything BUT the Musician…and that is it. It’s not about the venue (although the venue completely focuses on music and art) it’s not about what kind of clothes people wear, or how many prims they wanna lag around with them, it’s NOT about managers or hosts..it IS about the musician. In fact, managers and hosts are encouraged to ONLY shout the artist out ONCE in the beginnng and ONCE in the end….for an hour set…..it’s just respect for the chat and the ambience that the Living Room #13 has always prided itself in.   Forcing Midnight is your best viewing experience…. Living ROom #13 Many of the Musicians that perform at Living Room have approached me to perform there, and almost every musician has asked to come back! Each week, someone new is added to the rotation, and there are 30 min sets and one hour sets….Some weeks we have a Large number of Fantastic Performers and some weeks we have a minimum of 4….My favorite part is, exposing different artists, to other artists, and to attract new fans to each various artist that steps up on that stage. It goes well, the feedback is wonderful and I continue to look forward to sharing my passion in music with other music lovers!!!  You can peek at the updates and musicians on FacebOok  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_189287457767333 The Naked AcoustiC Sessions updates on this page often!!!

If you would like to donate to my project, which requires a generous amount of donations for the production of my upcoming CD as well as the maintenance involved in keeping this site running, my stream, broadcasts, guitar maintenance and fees that come along with the stream rental and music update….You can do that on the EVENTS 2 Page…..This site is undergoing changes and soon the Donation button which is used for CD sales as well as art…and of course simply because of your support will be better located.

Again, word of mouth is free, and the more you tell people what you hear and like about my passions of music and art, the bigger the web we live in, gets….So thank you!!!!!!!

ART is here…and I will continue to add to it!

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I have been flying by the seat of my pants for the past few weeks just preparing for the House of Flames van to pull in my driveway…which it did, on Saturday! Along with several friends that I’ve met all through the awesome gift of music that we all share. Steve Kimmel, Steve Crooks and Robin Hill-Sheridan all showed up, along with Debe Wise, from House of Flames.

Debe was here about 5pm in the Giant House of Flames van, which certainly seemed to attract the neighbors attention, more than once I saw their faces pressed up against their windows. Debe came in and I introduced her to my nieces,  brother in law, husband etc….and of course, my little zoo of furry critters. Debe doesn’t like rats much…didn’t take long to discover this.  She had her camera in hand and started taking photos of my studio all the while telling me how very much it reminded her of the Virtual Living Room #13… we talked a lot, went through some of the things that’ll take place, on Jan. 25th when she does the live video cast…WHICH I am ONLY Beginning to get nervous about!!! I know it’ll be fine, I just stress more about  ’will the wide screen make me look um…wide?’….’what if my cat jumps up my leg and starts his little singing rampage he goes on from time to time?’….what if the internet crashes, what if we can’t all fit in my studio, who’s coming..what will we eat…will people in second life BE THERE? will anyone Watch? What if no one watches….what if no one shows up…..’ and the list…goes on   … and on….   and on…and I remind myself that 90% of what one worries about NEVER HAPPENS….that’s why meeting up with everyone on Saturday made this whole experience much more relaxing.   On Top of THIS normal stress…my voice is pretty much gone…another worry..this one being the 10% that DOES happen…the high top range of my voice sounds like a cracked up canadian goose…..I’m good and rhaspy with my original songs and hopefully won’t Crack or Wobble when I perform this evening….I already have my remedy in a hot steamy mug with lots of local natural honey in it, mmmmmmm.

House of Flames will be running the live media feed as well as Wirecast! This will be broadcast into the Virtual Living Room #13 … those in attendance at the Virtual LR #13 will be able to see the live Media Stream, which will  be broadcasting my live concert in my home studio…because This is How it Works, this is what I do, this is how I do it….and that’s what the point of Debe’s study is…Virtual Musicians in the real world….

You can read more here

A Study by Debe Wise (Flameheart SoL in SL) will be wrapping up it’s final phase at Living ROom #13.  I’ve been a part of this study for a couple years and it’s all about Musicians in SL using the web, and media and SL vs their real life….In my case, I’m a musician in both worlds…

Feel free to show up early, the entire show will be broadcast Live from my Home Studio in Minneapolis, into SL so Anyone, anywhere can watch….something I rarely do, and am truly looking forward to!

Debe Wise has a PHd at the University of Colorado and is finishing her 200 page dissertion to present…featuring virtual artists and their real lives……..

http://suzenjuel.com for more information on calendar etc…..

FOR THOSE Watching OUTSIDE of second life

Copy and paste this URL for Broadcast…check your time zones

Open a browser window and enter this url:

rtsp://video.slserver.com:8130/live.sdp

Deb took some video of Saturdays jam with the Steves… JueLink

I’m still in process of finishing my CD and also working on some unique styles of a few originals I’ve done, with Boris Van Luger, and again it’s turning out to be a really incredible trip through these large vast spaces, that bring our music into the same room…you can check out some of Boris Van Luger’s work on his YouTube page. Little projects like this, are always good for the soul of my inner muse and with so much going on right now, my inner muse is quite busy!

Living Room #13 has kicked off again for the 5th year of Naked Acoustic Sessions! I have a great line up for Jan. 26th and for all my Euro Fans, it starts EARLY in the day and the first musician is a french musician…one of the first to ever play at Living Room…One of my favorite things to do, when I have some moments to just transport around the grid…is check out who is new on the scene, and often go to hear some of the favorites that I rarely get a chance to hear!

Please join the links above and around this page and share with someone today! It’s going to be a VERY LONG day for this chica here, woke up Very Early… If you are not In Second Life it’s free to join…

Last but not least, check out Steve Parry one of those Soul SOothing songwriters that simply quiets my soul when I listen… I’m honored to know his music and his personality through small chats about music and will be working on some sketches for him once this week settles back to normal…I’ll keep you posted on this, and other little projects that come along and tickle my starving artist soul!  Speaking of Steve, he also recommended staring an art page, and WHY I haven’t is strange enough, usually I think of those things. So I did!!! JueL ToneS … Now I must go forth and stir the soul inside, play with the kittens, create some food and stay relaxed If you see me wandering around with a starry look in my eye…feel free to startle me out of it!!!

ONE LAST THING!!!

1000 Avatars! Do check out Gracie’s place in SL and her 1000 avatars! I was thrilled to have been asked to be a part and spent a couple hours at her place several weeks back while she took photos of several people around me…when it came my time, I did what I’m best known for from  back in the day…Naked Musician Style!!!

This was recorded on May 22nd in Grand Forks, North Dakota for our first show of the day, taking place in the park…intimate sort of crowd….great performances by Heidi Stink and Mj Kroll as well… check out flickr.com/suzenjuel for some pic’s etc…or suzenjuel.com

Sure, I’ll admit, I had slight anxiety over this broadcast…but once the camera’s started rolling and the curtains opened up…and all the amazing patience and positive energy coming from my fans, it was as easy as breathing!  I stood on my wooden stage, with a view of bright stars, animated giant guitars, flowers and a colorful display of virtual dress, flexi colors waving around, stars moving from beneath me and a full 30 minutes to dive into nothing buy my own Original Songs. Treet.tv was wonderful…patient as always. We ended up starting a bit later than scheduled due to the Treet Tv live stream which was also up, for people that couldn’t make it to the live show, so they could view it on the Tv.

Now, upon watching it, a couple days afterwards, there are a few things I would have done differently. MOUTH HUDS…get used to them, they are incredible. I didn’t have time to play with this great little piece of technology enough to make it work for me, so I have been completely distracted if I Watch the Video…when the camera is on my avatar’s face…the lips just aren’t quite moving the way I would have liked them to. My avatar looks like she is going through a series of constant surprises, opening her mouth and sucking in some air with this Startled look on her face. It makes me laugh…so this is always a good thing eh? And I would also like to get more familiar with the animated stage moves that come along with Live Tv Broadcasts in Second Life.       Considering SL is a virtual atmosphere, people work very hard to create content and scripts that allow us to be as much like our Physical real life selves as possible (if we so choose to look like we really do..) So, a microphone is set up that has built in scripted animations…to make the performer move in a way that they feel most comfortable.  Someone else controls your animations (if you so choose to have that..or if it is TreetTV) So my friend and Live n Kickin Host “DELINDA” was in charge of the animations. We went through them all before showtime, and it worked out quite well.  It’s best not to watch yourself when performing HAA!!!

All in all, the crowd and staff of Treet.Tv were amazing, the filming went great, and the compliments on my Living Room #13 Art Shack were never ending. Considering I built that one myself, I was quite pleased that people enjoyed the Flow of color, textures and the interactive things I have placed everywhere … as I do in all my creations!  I’ve had the Original Living Room #13 for about 5 years now…and LOVE LOVE it…it was built by Attim Hokkagai….after some time, I decided to add onto it…The Art Shack!!! It’s located above Gwampa Lomu’s fantastic sims and it’s because of him, that my Living Room #13 continues to thrive with fantastic events and musicians.  This is NOT to be confused with the Look Alike LIving Room #13 where Lauren Weyland does her show!!! She’s a great friend as well, and of course asked permission to Build her place similar to mine…you’ll have to check her out  on the grid!!

Again Thank you Everyone for all your support and for being part of my journey both in the virtual world, and in my physical life!

Still Looking for some Music? Check out #13…my newest release and my least expensive.  I am currently NOT using iTunes and choose to sell my Cd’s the old fashioned way…by having them delivered direct to your mailbox…so you can hold it in your hand and do as you wish with it. Untitled #13′s Tab is located at the top of this page.

MUCH PEACE!!!!

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Tuesday March 9th at 9pm PST , Treet.tv will be broadcasting at my Living Room #13. Please check the link above for details!

WOOT!

I’m excited! Collaborations are always a good thing, and in the era of technology, we have so many opportunities to reach out and connect with people that live oceans away from us. A few years back, I started to dual stream with a friend of mine in Second Life, ‘Ricardo Sprocket’ or Rich Petko. He had introduced so many musicians from around the world, to some simple ways to dual stream…meaning, that everyone who is tuned into the stream we use to broadcast a live performance, hears us as if we were in the same room. In fact, often that is what newer people in Second Life think…Eventually I was hooking up with various musicians for the dual streaming…I would perform and they would do a lead guitar while I played or harmonies on vocals.

The first person on the stream…gives their stream info. to the 2nd person on the stream. That person, is the main Broadcaster. The first person begins and the 2nd person hears everything as if they were in the same room. However, the first person can not hear the 2nd person. Make sense? It’s actually much simpler than it sounds. Anyway..more opportunities came along outside of the realm of SecondLife. Phil Rossi, Linus Radford and currently am dual streaming in second life with Tukso Okey who plays a MEAN Acoustic Blues! We do this every Thursday at Living ROom #13. The benefits of this include reaching a bigger audience. Their fans come to see them, yours come to see you…imagine the possibilities with this!  The 2nd person on the stream is the one who can record the stream, live…that way you can listen back to it and hear what the other person is doing…it only gets better!

Boris Van Luger, a musician from Switzerland that I met about 2 years ago on TheSixtyone.com and I have been working on little things, ideas here and there. About a month or so ago, he asked me to write something for a video he was working on ‘Stories from Pain’ and so I sent him some words..which he used at the end of this video…and now, it’s “lover”…a song I wrote a couple years ago…This guy is pure genius, no doubt about that, and we talked about the song Lover. Thinking how great it would be for Boris to do his version of my song…a couple days later, in an email was the song…Lover-retake. I was in awe..No words..he wrote “Put your vocals on this and send just your vocals back to me, I will do the rest’…WOW. Now I wasn’t quite expecting this…So it’s the newest project here with me. Not that it’s hard for me to lay down a vocal track, but it’s doing my own song, to someone else’s interpretation of my song…it flows just like my original…but Boris put some very sweet sounds in his retake, Big bending lovely guitar sounds among other instruments..percussion etc.

BIG Gratitude here…and how the whole world can connect through social media websites such as T61. Reverbnation. Youtube and now UVUMI.com is sweet as well! (I like it MUCH better than T61). I just wanted to share that. I realize I haven’t been keeping this updated as of late, and I thought I’d fill you in on some of the tastier things that have come my way. My hopes and goals here, are to continue such wonderful collaborations. Making music is my passion in life, writing lyrics and the biggest compliment ever, is when another  musician, wants to do your song.  There are about a half a dozen musicians doing their own interpretation of my song Lover…and each one brings a certain sweetness to how they do it. Such BIG LOVE to them for asking, and for taking it to a whole new level of perception.

I’ll keep you posted, and perhaps even upload part of this completely remarkable experience…there is more to come.  If you get a chance, stop by Living Room #13 for Dirty Thursdays at 4pm PST (SLT).

Much love, peace and bright pretty stars!!! -

-Suzen

It’s Really Simple!  Here’s the deal!  I’ve been struggling with too many things at once…I know, many of us do, this is life right? So then I thought of What a truly amazing fan group I have all over the world and how wonderful they have been to me. So this is what I’m proposing:

Tell at least 2 of your friends about my music…why ya like it, perhaps that you ordered the CD and LOVE it!!!!  And…sell a disc!  Whoever gets the most people interested, gets the BRAG rights! and whoever can lead the most people to Purchase the cd ($10.00 that includes Shipping ANYWHERE!) wins a Bonus Live CD! It will be about 45 minutes worth of Original Music, performed Live! If you are at the show, I’m certain you’ll hear your name on it!

Think you can do that?

Some suggestions, Twitter it. Facebook it. Add it to any of your social networks…AND MOST IMPORTANT, when you purchase the cd, there is an area for notes, YOU MUST add in the notes, WHO recommended you to the site and is responsible for your purchase They win a bonus CD of the live tracks, as I said. It will only be available here, and all the songs are Pure Raw Original.

This contest will go Until Sunday Noon.   Not very long! If you are in second life, tell your friends, have them tell their friends…..and just use the link to purchase!

Comments welcome! if your friends subscribe to this site, it Looks Great for you, for them, and I promise, I will love and cherish them as my own !

On your mark, get ready, get set……..Send this out!

You Should be able to click this Photo for a direct link to Purchase via paypal. The price is right there, the rest, is self explanitory.

THANK YOU So much!

-Suzen JueL

P.S.

I joined a new site called Uvumi.com Add yourself if you are there, or if you feel so inclined.  PLEASE have a great weekend and feel good for the help you have given!

Been Busy…been buried in things.  I feel like I’ve racked my head against a brick wall for WEEKS and MONTHS even, until finally I found an old program I downloaded over a year ago…..I used to work in Mental Health, and I would spend every other weekend, taking care of the mentally challenged. Basically I had a A LOT of time on my hands, so I downloaded ‘Gimp’ a program much like Photoshop, just a bit of a different lingo. I was a bit frustrated with it, back then. Or perhaps I just lacked patience. Anyway, I pulled it back up and decided to mess around with it, and well….needless to say, I’ve been lost in it for about a week now.  I’m quite impressed!  So I’ve taken my paintings, the ones hanging here, in my studio now, surrounding me, and put them thru the wringer of my imagination, and WOW…..

This is a drawing I kind of, sketched out, for ideas, on how this program works, what Can I do? What does this do? What’s this? and so on and so on…….so this is something I drew, put through a grid, with burns, with circles, with curves and fractals…and whatever the lingo might be. Here, you can find more http://www.etsy.com/shop/SuzenJueL.

My Family has been here for almost 3 weeks. It’s CRAZY! I’m not used to being around a lot of people, I’m a bit reclusive and I rather like it that way.  So it’s going to be non stop, once they leave, to go back to Georgia, my other son is joining the Airforce as well, just like the one that has been visiting….So another son of mine will be living with us, temporarily, til he goes to Texas for basic Training, in January, THEN my brother in law, is going to  move in with us. Times are tough all around, and it’s the right thing to do. HOW my sanity will hold up, is entirely another story. Stay tuned!

This is why I bury myself in things I can get my ‘creative flow’ out…inside of. My madness. It’s my own kind of madness. We all do what we need to do, to get through life’s  bends and curves, jagged lines and steep hills….ya just never know where it’ll take you.

Meanwhile, I’ve put up a display of some of my art at Living Room #13 as well. I’ll be messing around with that from time to time, adding new things…til I burn myself out on it, and it becomes useless to me, for awhile, until again, one day I rack my head against a wall, until a few bricks come loose, and allow me to peek into another realm, and something else, grows…..