The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. -Albert Einstein

After having spent the last two years in the art world, I suppose there is some truth to this statement. Most of the artists I've met, studied, befriended, or appreciated have been a bit reclusive.

The ability to be comfortable in solitude is a quality I have really grown to respect. Those who can sit around for hours drawing or writing and don't need to utilize the mental escapisms of television or wine are fascinating. The high-brow creative thinker, the person who wants to constantly be learning and knows the most important part of life is to be confident in who you are, the person who enjoys hanging out with number one... that is who I'd like to be. 

2 problems: 

1) I'm co-dependent

2) I'm obsessed with social media

I blame being a twin. I blame my generation. I blame being flat out lethargic. But if someone doesn't like my facebook posts or doesn't want to grab a drink after work or doesn't want to watch Dance Moms with me...I get a little nervous. With all this time spent worrying for no reason, sometimes my hobbies are hard to maintain (much less being creative). Luckily, the brains behind social media have created ways for me to indulge my creative interests while still getting my yayas out! Incomes...INSTAGRAM!

For those of you who aren't familiar with this, instagram is simply a way of making the pictures you shamelessly post to facebook look cooler. I, myself, am a shameless instagramer. Anyone who has had a conversation with me in the past month knows I bring it up...often. So in light of my new obsession, I decided to post some of my instagrams so everyone knows...I'm a lot more awesome when painted in a false light:)

Here's what I've been up to via different digital filters (quotes added for effect). Enjoy!

“This is New York and there's no law against being annoying” -William Kunstler

 "Food should be fun." -Thomas Keller

 "A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires."-Hedy Lammar

 
 "Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interest you."- Leigh Steinberg #Dell Computer #PhillipsdePury

 "If you're gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom."- Margot Kidder

 

"Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer." -Henry Lawson

"A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter."- Nicholas Johnson

"All the windows of my heart I open to the day." -John Whittier

 

"We all have these places where shy humiliations frolic on sunny afternoons." -W.H. Auden

 

“A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.”-William Arthur Ward

 

"All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites." -Marc Chagall

 

“It takes a long time to grow young.”- Pablo Picasso #HappyBirthdayPeter

"From the top of the quarry cliffs, one could see the New Jersey suburbs bordered by the New York City skyline." -Robert Smithson #JerseyBoyinNYC

"Any girl that's got $500,000 and $5 shoes, I'm in love with."- James Brolin

 

 

“Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up”-Orson Welles

"Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves"- Julia Morgan.

"I'm the star of the show. I should have a decent haircut."-David James Elliot

"I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles." -Audrey Hepburn

 “Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable”- Plato

Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage. -Drew Barrymore

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