T H E -- D R U I D ' S -- E Y E
Nov 8, 09



<sub>My big news is that I am leaving in the morning to go to Beaufort, SC to visit one of the homes that Frank Lloyd Wright designed called Auldbrass Plantation. It's only open to visitors one weekend every two years so it's pretty special that I'm getting to go there. You can't take photos inside the home but I'll be sure to get some outside, it's a very unique looking house and I can't wait to show you! I love taking you all on my adventures with me, even if it's after the fact. If I can talk my sister-in-law into it, I want to visit the ruins of an old church as well that's on the way.

I've got some major projects coming up the next two months-

- Trip to Augusta, GA for a mini shoot-out with several alt models
- Summer Nymph shoot with Aleceyia
- Trip to Camden, SC to shoot a trash the wedding dress with Kira Alexis
- Gypsy shoot with a lovely young lady from Model Mayhem
- Winter Nymph shoot with Gabrielle (same one that did autumn) (tentative)
- Snow White shoot with Maharet Bloom in December

Not to mention some personal things-

- Doctor's visit to see about some surgery
- Barn Festival on a working farm on the 14th
- Getting my Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to the pickup spot on time. We are doing two of them this year. For more info see [link]
- The Leonid Meteor Shower on the 17th and 18th
- Thanksgiving Festivities!
- My birthday is on December 4th!
- Christmas shopping...a big pain in the ass if you ask me.

anyway just a little taste of my schedule, not to mention the daily grind which includes picking up my children from school every day which takes 1 1/2 hours due to them being in different schools, but I've been using the time I sit in the car line to listen to the CD's from the photography school I'm enrolled in now. Great stuff, gotta finish up Unit One and get my projects done. Oh and btw, we finally got our heat fixed just in time for the cold weather to strike (and cold in SC means in the 50's at night!).

OLD NEWS

Don't forget about Riley, she's a 9 year old girl with leukemia whose Make a Wish Foundation wish was to get lots of letters and pictures - here's her address:

Riley Philpot
206 Slaney Loop Rd.
Winterville, NC 28590
USA

Here's a couple news articles I wrote that have some suggestions for healthier emotional living--please check them out!

"Skills to Survive Life 1" [link]
"Skills to Survive Life 2" [link]
"Skills to Survive Life 3" [link]

My poetry book is now available via amazon.com - just put in the title (Tyranny of Hope) and it will pop up!

Daily Deviations
Here's the recent artworks that I suggested for a DD that got one! I regularly suggest DD's so there's a good chance I've suggested one of YOURS!

Featured 10-31-09 for Halloween, how fitting!
Thanks ^PurpelBlur!

Photography Spotlight

Theme: "World AIDS Day Project"
Don't forget about the AIDS Day project I'm hosting, here's the submissions so far!





CONTEST & PROJECT -- "World AIDS Day 2009 - Cover Contest"



For information see my journal here: [link]

News article is here: [link]

Project Guidelines

Start Date: October 1, 2009
End Date: December 1, 2009 - World AIDS Day
Art must be about in some way, shape or form AIDS
Mediums that will be accepted include traditional art, digital art, photography, photomanipulation and short literature
Send thumbs to =druideye in a note to be collected
Label note "AIDS Submission" IMPORTANT
No limit on submissions
Entry does not have to be new, but new art is encouraged
I will choose which submissions will be included in the full color book
Everyone will be given the opportunity to purchase the full color book whose proceeds will go to AVERT, an international AIDS charity. I will not take ANY proceeds for myself for hosting and putting this together.
I will keep an up to date list on my journals of how much is being donated to AVERT.

COVER ART CONTEST

I will be having a contest for the front cover of the book, the winner will receive a free copy of the book. The winner will be chosen from all the submissions.

Judges:


How to Enter

Send a note to =druideye with the subject line reading "AIDS Submission". I will collect all submissions and judging will proceed in December 09.

Deadline

Deadline is December 1, 09. No submission will be accepted after midnight (EST) on the 1st.

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Other Accounts
For Dark/Emotional Poetry ~pamelaski
For Artistic Nudes ~widdendreams
For STOCK Photos ~pamstock
Photography Community: =camerawhore
Art for the Escape: *ArtForTheEscape
Poetry Community: *versebyverse</sub>

T H E -- D R U I D ' S -- E Y E
Nov 1, 09



<sub>Here's my babies on Halloween...

Hudson as Mario in a costume my mother made for him, including the hat!

Josiah as a Dalek from Doctor Who, he came up with the idea and design and my mother helped him sew it.

I ended up dressing up as a gypsy, one of those costumes you can always figure out last minute right? It was fun, though I don't think my kids enjoyed themselves as much as I'd have liked. We saw all kinds of folks down at 5 Points including Michael Jackson, all the Muppets, an Elizabethan woman whom I stalked trying to give her my card so I could photograph her, Princess Leia and Han Solo, lots of angels and demons, Curious George and the man with the yellow hat, all the villains from Batman, evil clowns, vampires and more vampires... and I can't even remember it all now. Oh! And I think it was Saddam Hussein with a big missile through the chest, he was there too! Hudson was thrilled because three "hot" (his words) Japanese ladies wanted their picture with him as Mario. Haha. He's too young to know what hot is, isn't he? He's just 10.

OLD NEWS

Don't forget about Riley, she's a 9 year old girl with leukemia whose Make a Wish Foundation wish was to get lots of letters and pictures - here's her address:

Riley Philpot
206 Slaney Loop Rd.
Winterville, NC 28590
USA

Here's a couple news articles I wrote that have some suggestions for healthier emotional living--please check them out!

"Skills to Survive Life 1" [link]
"Skills to Survive Life 2" [link]
"Skills to Survive Life 3" [link]

My poetry book is now available via amazon.com - just put in the title (Tyranny of Hope) and it will pop up!

Daily Deviations
Here's the recent artworks that I suggested for a DD that got one! I regularly suggest DD's so there's a good chance I've suggested one of YOURS!

Featured 10-31-09 for Halloween, how fitting!
Thanks ^PurpelBlur!

Photography Spotlight

Theme: "Autumn's Here"</sub>




and from my autumn nymph series





<sub>CONTEST & PROJECT -- "World AIDS Day 2009 - Cover Contest"



For information see my journal here: [link]

News article is here: [link]

Project Guidelines

Start Date: October 1, 2009
End Date: December 1, 2009 - World AIDS Day
Art must be about in some way, shape or form AIDS
Mediums that will be accepted include traditional art, digital art, photography, photomanipulation and short literature
Send thumbs to =druideye in a note to be collected
Label note "AIDS Submission" IMPORTANT
No limit on submissions
Entry does not have to be new, but new art is encouraged
I will choose which submissions will be included in the full color book
Everyone will be given the opportunity to purchase the full color book whose proceeds will go to AVERT, an international AIDS charity. I will not take ANY proceeds for myself for hosting and putting this together.
I will keep an up to date list on my journals of how much is being donated to AVERT.

COVER ART CONTEST

I will be having a contest for the front cover of the book, the winner will receive a free copy of the book. The winner will be chosen from all the submissions.

Judges:


How to Enter

Send a note to =druideye with the subject line reading "AIDS Submission". I will collect all submissions and judging will proceed in December 09.

Deadline

Deadline is December 1, 09. No submission will be accepted after midnight (EST) on the 1st.

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Other Accounts
For Dark/Emotional Poetry ~pamelaski
For Artistic Nudes ~widdendreams
For STOCK Photos ~pamstock
Photography Community: =camerawhore
Art for the Escape: *ArtForTheEscape
Poetry Community: *versebyverse</sub>

T H E -- D R U I D ' S -- E Y E
Oct 31, 09



<sub>Happy Halloween my friends! It's officially Halloween in the Eastern US and so my special feature is here!

'Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
--William Shakespeare

Tonight should be fun for my household, my husband's band is playing down at 5 Points (the Love Handles - he's the drummer for those of you that live in SC)(www.thelovehandles.org) - and my kids have great costumes that my mother made for them. Josiah is a dalek from Doctor Who and it's amazing! And Hudson is Mario from the games, my mother really did a great job on that as well. I don't know what I'm going to dress up as, I thought my husband and I were going to be Daddy Warbucks and Annie, I even bought a wig- but he isn't going to dress up anymore since we aren't going to the party after. I told him he owes me 15 bucks for that damn wig, because I just don't see myself using a curly red wig like that in my photography, but who knows!

OLD NEWS

Don't forget about Riley, she's a 9 year old girl with leukemia whose Make a Wish Foundation wish was to get lots of letters and pictures - here's her address:

Riley Philpot
206 Slaney Loop Rd.
Winterville, NC 28590
USA

Here's a couple news articles I wrote that have some suggestions for healthier emotional living--please check them out!

"Skills to Survive Life 1" [link]
"Skills to Survive Life 2" [link]
"Skills to Survive Life 3" [link]

My poetry book is now available via amazon.com - just put in the title (Tyranny of Hope) and it will pop up!

Daily Deviations
Here's the recent artworks that I suggested for a DD that got one! I regularly suggest DD's so there's a good chance I've suggested one of YOURS!

Featured 10-31-09 for Halloween, how fitting!
Thanks ^PurpelBlur!

Photography Spotlight

Theme: "Halloween"</sub>




and just for something different, here's a poem I wrote...

"Descendere"

Birth
Tearing through flesh and bone
with a rage, a destiny--
Eyes closed, covered and nourished
by the dying body of a
woman who never wanted me.
You shouldn't have whispered
your secret fears. I heard them.
Now your torn body lies on a slab,
while I suck in the sweet air
and scream with preparation.

Life
As soon as we're born, we die.
Not right away, but gradually.
Humdrum mundane series of actions
that these insects call "living".
Utterly despise even a glance from them,
though it's the excuse -- "They saw."
My hands grow grimy and sticky
exterminating the infestation.

Death
Pressure, intense pressure,
as my skin folds around me.
Breaking off into shards devoured
by maggots and roaches.
Another stone in a garden of memory,
down below the surface
something stirs, rage boils,
bubbling over--

A baby's first cry
echoes in the murky night.





<sub>CONTEST & PROJECT -- "World AIDS Day 2009 - Cover Contest"



For information see my journal here: [link]

News article is here: [link]

Project Guidelines

Start Date: October 1, 2009
End Date: December 1, 2009 - World AIDS Day
Art must be about in some way, shape or form AIDS
Mediums that will be accepted include traditional art, digital art, photography, photomanipulation and short literature
Send thumbs to =druideye in a note to be collected
Label note "AIDS Submission" IMPORTANT
No limit on submissions
Entry does not have to be new, but new art is encouraged
I will choose which submissions will be included in the full color book
Everyone will be given the opportunity to purchase the full color book whose proceeds will go to AVERT, an international AIDS charity. I will not take ANY proceeds for myself for hosting and putting this together.
I will keep an up to date list on my journals of how much is being donated to AVERT.

COVER ART CONTEST

I will be having a contest for the front cover of the book, the winner will receive a free copy of the book. The winner will be chosen from all the submissions.

Judges:


How to Enter

Send a note to =druideye with the subject line reading "AIDS Submission". I will collect all submissions and judging will proceed in December 09.

Deadline

Deadline is December 1, 09. No submission will be accepted after midnight (EST) on the 1st.

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Other Accounts
For Dark/Emotional Poetry ~pamelaski
For Artistic Nudes ~widdendreams
For STOCK Photos ~pamstock
Photography Community: =camerawhore
Art for the Escape: *ArtForTheEscape
Poetry Community: *versebyverse</sub>

T H E -- D R U I D ' S -- E Y E
Oct 25, 09



<sub>I read in $Moonbeam13's journal that October is Self-Promotion Month, so I'm going to take the time to do just that in this journal and hope everyone that reads this takes the time to do so in yours as well!

Who are you?
My name is Pamela Borawski, and I am a 37 year old happily married mother of two sons. My sons are 10 years old and 11 years old and keep me very busy! Any advice from anyone that has or has had pre-teen boys I'd appreciate! I live in the beautiful state of South Carolina, only a few miles from the beach and the mountains, with scenic rivers and lakes right around me.



What is your artistic passion?
I love nature, it's where I find my "religion" you might say and it's also my muse, not only for my nature photography but for my portraits as well. Not to say I haven't done your normal run of the mill portraiture but I really love to get out in nature with my models, or bring nature into the studio such as in my Autumn Nymph series.



Why did you get into art?
I've been interested in art since I was a child, I remember a drawing of a dog my mother hung in her room that I drew when I was very young. I also delved in photography when I was younger, just a point and shoot with film - this was in the 80's. I really got inspired to do more in photography when I lived overseas in Cyprus in 1994, and visited Egypt and Israel. I took tons of pictures, and sent lots home to everyone over the months I was there. I loved catching what I was seeing on film. After I got married, I got really sick... when you are sick for so long with no cure, depression comes. I began to use photography to escape the depression for just a few minutes, hours sometimes. My mind and heart and soul was very dark, but the flowers and scenes and pictures of my children were bright and cheery. It's odd because now that my mental health has improved, I enjoy taking darker photos, and love graveyards.



How do you inspire yourself?
I've only had a digital SLR for a little over a year now, so having my Rebel has inspired me a great deal. I had to learn to take lots of photos, I was so used to film where I would be very picky about what shots I'd take. So that's a great inspiration to catch the perfect shot. I also inspire myself by traveling a lot, whether down the street to the river or to other states (and countries sometimes). Getting into nature, no matter where that is, is super inspiring to me. I also inspire myself by contacting potential models through various means, and getting their ideas of things they'd like to see in a portrait. Reading, and research and just looking at tons of other photos from other artists is inspiring!



Where would you like to see yourself in 5 years?
Well, I just started taking classes at New York Institute of Photography (video and CD classes with projects) and I have 3 years to complete my classes - so one goal would be to complete my classes and get my certificate from NYIP. I'd also like to see myself with a better equiped studio (right now it's just a room of my house). And I guess it just goes without saying that due to me taking classes, I'd like to see great improvement in my photography.

I have a few different portfolios-

For models TFCD - [link]
For business - [link]
For art's sake - [link]

I also have a web site at [link] - it's my goal to actually start making money and I made this web site to help me with that, it's a goal for some day!



WORLD AIDS DAY 2009 Project
I have posted a news article and journal article about a new charity project I am going to do for World AIDS Day 2009 which is December 1, in honor of my uncle who I lost in 1996 to AIDS. You can find the info here: [link] PLEASE let people know about this project and please participate!

Judges: =druideye ^StJoan =evile33

I'm looking for one or two more judges for the World AIDS Day 2009 Project (cover contest), if you are interested please let me know. AND A HUGE THANKS to all of you who have been pimping the project! Much love to all of y'all!! See the entries on my front page. I'm looking for people to donate features to the cover contest winners too.

Don't forget about Riley, she's a 9 year old girl with leukemia whose Make a Wish Foundation wish was to get lots of letters and pictures - here's her address:

Riley Philpot
206 Slaney Loop Rd.
Winterville, NC 28590
USA

OLD NEWS
Here's a couple news articles I wrote that have some suggestions for healthier emotional living--please check them out!

"Skills to Survive Life 1" [link]
"Skills to Survive Life 2" [link]
"Skills to Survive Life 3" [link]

My poetry book is now available via amazon.com - just put in the title (Tyranny of Hope) and it will pop up!

Daily Deviations
Here's the recent artworks that I suggested for a DD that got one! I regularly suggest DD's so there's a good chance I've suggested one of YOURS!

Featured 10-24-09

Photography Spotlight

Theme: "Self-Promotion!"</sub>


PORTRAITS



LANDSCAPES and WATERSCAPES



SCULPTURE



FLOWERS



MISCELLANEOUS



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<sub>CONTEST & PROJECT -- "World AIDS Day 2009 - Cover Contest"

For information see my journal here: [link]

News article is here: [link]

Project Guidelines

Start Date: October 1, 2009
End Date: December 1, 2009 - World AIDS Day
Art must be about in some way, shape or form AIDS
Mediums that will be accepted include traditional art, digital art, photography, photomanipulation and short literature
Send thumbs to =druideye in a note to be collected
Label note "AIDS Submission" IMPORTANT
No limit on submissions
Entry does not have to be new, but new art is encouraged
I will choose which submissions will be included in the full color book
Everyone will be given the opportunity to purchase the full color book whose proceeds will go to AVERT, an international AIDS charity. I will not take ANY proceeds for myself for hosting and putting this together.
I will keep an up to date list on my journals of how much is being donated to AVERT.

COVER ART CONTEST

I will be having a contest for the front cover of the book, the winner will receive a free copy of the book. The winner will be chosen from all the submissions.

Judges:


How to Enter

Send a note to =druideye with the subject line reading "AIDS Submission". I will collect all submissions and judging will proceed in December 09.

Deadline

Deadline is December 1, 09. No submission will be accepted after midnight (EST) on the 1st.

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Other Accounts
For Dark/Emotional Poetry ~pamelaski
For STOCK Photos ~pamstock
Photography Community: =camerawhore
Art for the Escape: *ArtForTheEscape
Poetry Community: *versebyverse</sub>

Hi friends,

I just found out about a project tonight from some friends on swap-bot.com where I go by "druideye", and I want to ask you all to take part.

I've also made a news article here: [link]

From "cbpoole"s forum post:

Riley Philpot is a 9 year old that is being sent home with leukemia, the doctors can't do anything else for her. According to the doctors, she has run out of options. Her one wish from Make a Wish Foundation she asked for LOTS of letters/pictures to be sent to her home that she could read/look at. If you would like to be a part of this effort, please send Riley a get well card to the address below. She has been battling cancer since 2006 and went into remission, but the cancer has since come back and there is nothing more they can do. Also, if you have friends and/or neighbors that would like to be involved in this effort, please pass this along to them too.

(I'd love it if you posted this in your journals and passed it along! - Pam =druideye)

Here's the mailing address:

Riley Philpot
206 Slaney Loop Rd.
Winterville, NC 28590
USA

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So, what I am thinking is that sending her a postcard, a card, an ATC if you make them, a pretty print, a Fella plushie, a nice package - anything, even just a hello card! It will boost this little girl's spirit and grant her wish! Please participate, I have and will continue to!

Here's Riley's web site: [link] "Riley's Army"



<sub>CONTEST & PROJECT -- "World AIDS Day 2009 - Cover Contest"

For information see my journal here: [link]

News article is here: [link]

Project Guidelines

Start Date: October 1, 2009
End Date: December 1, 2009 - World AIDS Day
Art must be about in some way, shape or form AIDS
Mediums that will be accepted include traditional art, digital art, photography, photomanipulation and short literature
Send thumbs to =druideye in a note to be collected
Label note "AIDS Submission" IMPORTANT
No limit on submissions
Entry does not have to be new, but new art is encouraged
I will choose which submissions will be included in the full color book
Everyone will be given the opportunity to purchase the full color book whose proceeds will go to AVERT, an international AIDS charity. I will not take ANY proceeds for myself for hosting and putting this together.
I will keep an up to date list on my journals of how much is being donated to AVERT.

COVER ART CONTEST

I will be having a contest for the front cover of the book, the winner will receive a free copy of the book. The winner will be chosen from all the submissions.

Judges:


How to Enter

Send a note to =druideye with the subject line reading "AIDS Submission". I will collect all submissions and judging will proceed in December 09.

Deadline

Deadline is December 1, 09. No submission will be accepted after midnight (EST) on the 1st.

---------------------------------------

Other Accounts
For Dark/Emotional Poetry ~pamelaski
For STOCK Photos ~pamstock
Photography Community: =camerawhore
Art for the Escape: *ArtForTheEscape
Poetry Community: *versebyverse</sub>