BELT UP, BETTY!
“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven” Shakespeare
TAKEN AT THE SUPERB CLOUDBREAK
Photographer – Kess Crystal
Musings
Okay – I admit it- I have huuuuge picture envy ! Those of you who know me well will tell you that I’m always doubting myself, I ask for feedback and I’m the worst/harshest critic on myself – so much so I’ve been known to bring myself down. However, I’m not taking a ride on the pity train or fishing for compliments – I’m just telling you how I am and any of my friends will back me up with this.
My wonderful, talented friend, Kess Crystal, suggested doing something a little unusual for this blog for UC – she came to me and suggested that we took each others pic and blog them – so whilst this is me in the picture I’m not the photographer – Kess is! What a great idea, I thought!! You can see why Kess works in marketing and PR – she aces all of these ‘thinking outside the box’ moments (me? I’m more of a sleeping inside the box, type of girl!). Kess even announced it to the UC group suggesting it might work for other bloggers – Mr United Colors was all for it – which is very supporting!
Mine & Kess’s photography styles are very diverse – as mentioned before in an blog, I have very much an ‘editorial’ style and every one of Kess’s pictures has so much depth and tells a story. My sister, Tessa, also has this skill – to be able to look at something and know what will work and what won’t. I don’t have that skill, I might have a vision of what I want but it’ll take me a night to get it right,,or to find the right shot or, and usually, give up and tp back to my studio.
I applaud people who like Kess see’s something in places that I don’t – who can see the shot, the angle and isn’t afraid to take their time capturing it – something I also do a lot of is take my time (anyone having pics done with me will know this from experience) ! 🙂
Moral of this story is: We are all different, all diverse and we bring different skills to the table and that’s what makes SL so very special. I do have envy and have self doubt but I’m learning to embrace that as encouragement, ask for advise and help and just spend time pushing myself. I will always have envy- when I look at Kess’s pic above, I see the warmth and composition – the pics tells a story and I so badly want those mad skills!! I am just blessed to have such talented friends/sister with superb skills that make us all very different. However, we all have one linked skill and that is creativity! Thank you, Kess ♥ #PicEnvy #GreenEyedMonster #Puffsoutchestinpride
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Musings:
Life is a merry-go-round – up and downs, swings and roundabouts, peak and troughs – blah blah blah! Times that by 100 and you have SLife – it’s non-stop, full on and whirls around even faster.
On all SL Social Media platforms, one topic has stood out regarding a disagreement between x 2 designers – regardless of if you’re interested it or not – it’s there on my SL Facebook and it seems that everyone has an opinion – as always.
I scroll by – personally, this isn’t what my SLfb is about and am not in a position to be judge/jury or executioner – so, yeh, I scroll on by and look at the pretty shiny new things I can buy or terrorise my friends on messenger – or, and mainly, look at the amazing talent that’s out there.
Kess Crystal and I are new(ish) friends and both being fellow brits we found we have similarities in both worlds and have just clicked – almost every other day the phrase ‘OMG we are so alike’ is uttered! Kess has created a breathtakingly beautiful sim, Take Heart, with help of her friend Sady which is not only a photographers dream it’s also a beautiful spot to chill out with friends, explore or, for the more romantically minded, take your loved one(or ones – this is SL after all!) for a date – it’s stunning so please, take some time to check it out.
Moral of this story is: Don’t get caught up in other peoples crap! RL deals us way too much of that so why would we want to have it in our SLives? Take Heart (see what I did there!!) and appreciate all the good stuff that’s out there – all the amazing creators regardless if they are just starting out and can only make a flower box (like me!!)or those that completely blow your socks off- in any genre around the grid. #TakeHeart #NoCrap! #WorshipCreativity
“Sweet as Sugar, Hard as Ice, Hurt me Once, I’ll Shoot you Twice!” Cowgirl Wisdom 101
“Sweet as sugar, Hard as ice, Hurt me once, I’ll shoot you twice!!”
“Where no gods are, spectres rule”
“Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day” John Wooden
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