INEXTRICABLE COLDNESS

today i experienced the feeling of REALLY REALLY cold hands.. to the point where they start to hurt so bad because they're so cold.

currently its 13°F in Providence but because of the wind it feels like -6°F...

can you believe it?

i never knew of sub-zero weather till today... sub-zero degrees in celsius i've experienced.. but not fahrenheit (wow such a complicated spelling .. german?)

today was so cold that it hurt....

i've been thawing for almost an hour and i think my body temperature is slowly coming back.. still kinda cold though

if i had to choose a way to die it definitely wouldn't be by freezing to death.. probably worse than burning.. because it would take longer.. or maybe it's the same.. hmm... dying in you're sleep is probably the best way...

what a depressing topic...

how would you die?

iPAD

HOLY COW...

check this video out now!

apple never fails to surprise me... so innovative.. how do they do it...

...i want it...

AMAZING

life is amazing isn't it?

music, movies, art, creativity.. how does God do it? He seems to inspire me daily :)

.... but i really wish i could sing better ....

FRIEND (noun) :: 친구

"...옆에 내가 있고 니가 있으면

무서울게 뭐가 있겠어

친구야 세상이 널 속여도

친구야 모두 다 널 욕해도

옆에 내가 있고 니가 있으면

뭐가 또 무섭겠어 뭐가 또 두렵겠어..."

-친구야 by 김진표

i like this song a lot... it really says a lot about friendship...

if someone asked me to pick a song that could describe my relationships with my friends it would DEFINITELY be this one :)

translation?

"...When i'm by your side, and you're by my side

what is there to be scared of

friend, even if the world fools you

friend, when all curse at you

if i'm by your side, and you're by mine

what is there to be scared of, what is there to fear..."

thats just the bridge and last chorus of the song.. but the verses are even better..

but i'm not gonna take the time to translate it, it would take too long.. its good :)

AUSTRALIA

so i just finished watching the movie Australia with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman... its good i like it . a lot! if you have time you should watch it.. i think it had a good moral to it, even though it was pretty long...

australia's so beautiful.. i want to go there again soon.. its too beautiful to leave unnoticed..

NEVER REGRETTING WHAT YOU LOVE

today is friday, i didn't have class and the studio was open all day (on wednesdays and thursdays they're closed for classes) but i went today and worked around 6 hours straight.. thats not that bad for me because i've gone longer.. but thats not the point.

as i made my apple teapot today, which is coming along nicely, i messed up a couple of times but i kept trying and trying and finally got it into the right apple body shape, i'm pretty satisfied with it so far, i just need to perfect the lid and create a creative handle for it and i'll be done, but as i was working i didn't realize that my body wasn't liking the fact that i was working in one sitting position for so long.. because when i finished, i tried to stand up but my back and knees hurt so bad that i thought is this pain really worth working on a teapot?

*currently i am laying straight in bed with pas on my back and knees..hopefully it'll be better in the morning*

YES. to me, art and being able to make things are worth all the pain, energy, and time that i have, why? because it's what makes me happy and i know that art/design/basically creating with my hands has been the only things that i have and will never regret. sometimes you regret not doing something well enough or not studying hard enough or just something you did that you wish you could take back.. well not for me, not for my art work. no matter how bad it is, no matter how weird and broken it may look, i never seem to regret anything i make.. that though "i wish i never made that" has NEVER, NEVER crossed my mind, not even once, why? because i put all my effort into it, all my strength, emotions, my thoughts, my pains, basically my whole self into everything...

i think that's why i never regretted going into art and design, coming to RiSD (only sometimes when i'm homesick but other than that, no regrets), because i know that it's the one subject that i put ALL into - from the biggest basic shapes to the smallest detail, all of my thoughts, my energy, my soul are focused on every single part - no regrets~ :)

my pain is worth my work

do what you love, and put your all into it and you won't regret it! ^^

TO: ... YOU

★daniel: because i changed my font and now its still small but readable now :D

★tim: because we were talking about blogging and writing a post

★linda: because we talked on the phone today about my "true happiness" post and made me realize that i want my posts to inspire other people the way it did for you

★charles: because you always help me with art haha :)

its really amazing how i've known these people for so long.. some for almost their whole life and some for most of their life lived thus far :)

if someone asked me if i would ever change anything about my past it definitely would NOT be the people i know. My friends, younger, older, same age, i wouldn't trade their friendship and my relationship with them for the world. they're the people i care about 2nd most in the world (1st: God, 2nd: family - they are my family) i love them and that's that: their place can't be taken away or replaced ♥ ♥ ♥

this is for you,

sending my love from 3 hours away ♥

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also.. i'm making teapots right now and i'm gonna make an animal set based on a kidrobot toy, and baby animal pictures (aka cute animal pictures) i'll blog about my ceramics stuff once i'm done too so wait for it!

they're so cute :)