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Art Class

In school I was always critiqued on my heavy lines and poor shading in art class. In terms of line work and concept I always felt like I was good, but the hard line was always there ha-ha.

Since then I have changed that slightly, as I draw for film storyboards, the idea for that is rough ideas so no need to focus on details and heavy lines, well, most of the time anyway. I feel this is a key factor into where my art had gone today, free of lines, out of bounds and unrestricted.

For years in art class it was, paint this and draw that and mould this, and even if you did just do it yourself, off the cuff, you had to have weeks of progress sheets OK’D by the teacher before you could start. You would end up with a final sketch on which to base your mould or project on.

I now sit with paints, water, brushes, newspaper and a canvas, and I just, paint. I see where things go and don’t step back to admire the piece until it is finished. I don’t remember a time in art class when we were given paint and told “ Do anything!” free of rules, to be allowed escape into the process of painting.

The people in art class who struggled with basic line work, sizing, shading and the likes, I bet they would of produced their own unique pieces of art if given the freedom to do so, and regardless of the quality of it, they did it themselves. Of course I learned vital drawing skills and theory in art class, but as soon as I left school the amount of artwork produced dropped rapidly, the interest was gone, and I imagine most of my class mates did the same.

Only recently I jumped back in and because there was no one there other than me to decide the process of painting, I have never enjoyed it more.

Sláinte! Agus go raibh maith agat,

Ró,

ActionRec.

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My First Blog Post

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.

This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

A Rare Cloud

This photo was taken on one of those days when you immediately recognise beauty in the sky, I was driving and my immediate reaction was to pull in and take a photo, my phone was all I had with me but I think I captured enough to show the wonder of what I was privileged to witness.

Later sharing my photos with friends I realised that these clouds are the rare Disc Shaped Lenticularis Clouds, and that they occasionally appear stacked one above the other.

The most popular lenticularis clouds are altocumulus lenticularis, they typically look like UFOs and would get a lot of attention on social media.

Its quite emotional looking at nature at its finest,

Mags,

ActionRec.

Crossroads

For a while there in my life I somewhat neglected the guitar. I moved on to synths and digital instruments, and in my eyes at the time “ moved on” from the guitar. After years of playing and then years of not, I picked her back up last year after I heard Metallica’s “ Fade to Black” for the first time in a while and my mind just jumped to the memory of playing the chord sequence from the song. Immediately I wanted to re learn the chords.

I picked the chords back up in no time, like my brain had just switched on guitar mode yet again. Forever that chord sequence will be important to me as it was a catalyst for kicking my passion for music up another few gears.

And so in the last few months I have studied a lot of guitar methods I never knew and genres I never jumped into, country music and blues being at the forefront. I recently stumbled upon the tale of Robert Johnson.

A blues guitarist who “as the story says”, sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the gift of playing the guitar at the highest level. He walked to a deserted crossroads at midnight and started playing his guitar, poorly.

A man dressed in black approached, took his guitar and tuned it. He handed it back to Robert and sent him on his way. After returning to his hometown where he was known as a poor guitar player by some, just six months later, he’s playing the guitar like no other man, inspiring guitarists across many genres for many decades to come.

A fascinating story, but the image of the crossroads at night, ripples its way through all forms of media. The popular film “ O Brother where art thou?” based one of its character’s off Robert Johnson and also the 1986 movie “ Crossroads”.

A person reaches a crossroads in their lives, someone comes out of nowhere and offers to help them, to aid them in their search for what they seek. It seems that path only leads to destruction, as the route taken by Robert Johnson and many, many others, doesn’t end a happy one.

A crossroads is a great metaphor for life, you approach it and with the lack of signs around or people, you’re lost. Do you go forward? Or left, right, turn around? Only you can decide, people who sit in the passenger seat telling you where to go, only think of what’s best in their case, and will lead you down a road not designed for you.

One must take their own path, choose a direction to go and embrace what comes from it, as long as you know it is your choice, it WILL work out.

And sure look, you might even get out of the car and start running off road,

But where? Somewhere.

Go raibh math agat,

Ró,

ActionRec.

“A Call to ActionRec”

Welcome to ActionRec’s blog ” A Call to Action Rec ”

We are Ireland’s newest independent multi-media company, and our blog will be focused on topics within our field of work and also personal interests. Topics including, music, film, art, cuisine and lifestyle. We want to bring you along with us for the journey, and in the words of our CEO Mags ” you can share a nut ” so we want to share our knowledge with you, and maybe you guys and gals can share your knowledge with us!,

Ró,

ActionRec

Innovation, always.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
What topics do you think you’ll write about?
Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.