Monday, October 19, 2015

What's in a Name?




Quite a bit, it seems.

This is yet another post for my web design class, but I've gotta say, it turned out pretty snazzy. The site I used to create this can be found here. It's called Type to Design - a typographic challenge hosted on Instagram that allows its participants to explore the possibilities of graphic design. And quite honestly, from what I saw as I was creating my designs, the possibilities of such a creative endeavor are quite literally endless.

The picture located above, "Rose Ritonya" is my preferred online handle. My username, if you will. Basically, it's my pen-name, as I am an aspiring author. I'll get there. Eventually. Maybe after I stop being lazy and learn how to not procrastinate.

Anyhoo, the image found below these rambling chunks of text is my own personal motto. I came up with the phrase myself, and it's basically what's kept me going for the past few years. My art is my life, and my imagination fuels my art. Without my imagination, I would have no hope - because without my imagination, I would have no life. My stories are one of the only things I look forward to, and I've gotten better about that as the years have passed, but this phrase still rings true in my heart of hearts.



Saturday, October 17, 2015

Dewy Eyes and Hummingbird Dreams

Idle dreams and gilded wings
Have never captured my heart

More attractive, I find
Is the sound a soul makes
When it's broken, but sings
Tear-stained eyes and
Trembling lips
The sound of a pen
Screaming for her grasp
Because her voice is too choked up to speak
She writes what she doesn't believe
Of hope and happy endings
Of dewdrops and forgiveness
Of hummingbird wings and
Her starry eyes
They're always far away

And she looks back on yesterday and
She wonders.
Will today be the day when my dreams become real?
Will today be the day when I remember how to feel?