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<sup>...Love is all you need.

Just want to send out some love(although virtually) this brand new year!

So even though you are having a bad day, you woke up at the wrong side of the bed, someone pissed you off... it's okay! Inhale! Exhale! Let out your brightest smile and know that this day is going to be awesome~

If you do not feel comfortable about yourself as you look in the mirror, know that you are beautiful and someone out there is crazy for you.

If you feel heartbroken or lonely for whatever reason, learn to get up, turn your head from the past, and just keep moving forward. 

If you feel weak, tired, broken, and weary.. anything negative, know that you always have the strength to overcome whatever obstacles in life.

If you feel anxious, look at the bright side. Don't worry life away.

All these things are easier said than done, but know that nothing is impossible if you believe.

Don't ask why this sudden entry, I really just want to send some good vibes.
Good morning! Good noon! Good Afternoon! Good Evening! Whoever and wherever you are.</sup>

<sup>A Reflection...

I'm not always active in this lovely site, I know.. 
and it's sad because, I lost contact to deviant-artists that I made friends with before. Many of them have their accounts closed down. 
But.. One of the reasons why I have the urge to check in on my account is because I want to reminisce and reflect. Also, I want to "change my image" in this site.** I looked at my old journals, drawings, and photos that I took before and obviously they are mostly sad, depressing, and painful. As I checked on them, I cannot help but cringe and feel overwhelming embarrassment.  I can't help but ask myself, "Was I really this annoying, desperate, and negative?" As I check on newer and newer artworks, the themes of my works get a little better and better and more colours are added. But it is funny how majority of my works are still about my lonely, dark past.

The beautiful part of this little journey in my small gallery is that I mostly do not remember how the ideas get in my head, but suddenly they are drawn on paper. There are some works that make me suddenly say, "Wait, I drew this?" And that's what made me reflect deeply because I see that this site is more than just sharing your art and talent and getting a lot of attention. It is also about self-expression. It is interesting how I see my gallery as my life story. It started as a 13-year-old teen who is all depressed and heartbroken mostly because she does not want to move out from her beloved country, to living a life of pretense, to becoming empty, but desperate for love, to suddenly becoming an optimistic Jesus-freak! It does sound so random, but I also realized how becoming an artist can be a journey. Personally, I still don't know what kind of artist I am: a comic artist? A painter? A photographer? But through art, I was busy trying to find ways just to express myself that I didn't know I was making an interesting story through my works.

Now I bet that all artists, if not most, may look back on their past works they had done and feel as if they are looking at pictures in a photo album. And suddenly realize that they just created a story through images (or for writers, through the emotions poured in their stories).
**Now, going back to my purpose of "changing my image" here, what I meant is to keep on drawing, painting, and capturing photos in order to continue the story that I have already started. Obviously, I am way different than how I was years ago. NO more heartbreaks, homesickness, depression and emptiness. But majority of my works still give off a sad message. So I want people to see and know the 'new' me. I am expecting and maybe everyone else may be expecting to see more colorful works and optimistic images in my gallery.

So, bottom line: A new chapter in an artist's life means new themes of their works that may reflect their life, emotion, or inspiration. And through an artist's works, s/he is making her or his true self known.</sup>

I have a desire..
A desire for unity, a desire for peace
Where every single Christian cares not where one worships
But cares only on WHO we worship
Let denominations be a make-believe
For God loves unity
and He smiles when His sons and daughters unite
to reveal the Good News to the ends of the earth
So why can't we all just come together?
Catholics. Protestants. Methodists. Pentecostals.
Don't we all have Christ in our hearts?
What is the point of comparing and debating?
What is more important?
The certain small differences that each believes..
or the One Spirit that unites us and calls us to do this One Mission?
Suddenly this becomes my very desire
Something that I would so love to encounter
In this generation today
All we really need is a powerful revival!
In Jesus' Name.


1 Corinthians 1:13 (NIV) says...

¹⁰ I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. ¹¹My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. ¹²What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas"; still another, "I follow Christ." ¹³Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified to you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?

Okay, so my aunt entered this design contest for Havaianas. And she is asking people to vote for her design in order to win. The results will be on 18th of August. Since there is still time, it's not too late to ask you guys this little favor:

..Just wanna say "Hi."
It's been so long..