"Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"


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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Character




Greetings! So nice to wake up early this morning and receive an email from Behance's Chief Curator Oscar Ramos Orosco. My Lesser Known Dumptys Series has just been featured on Character Design Served's front page. Go check out and appreciate the featured project and make my head really big, like these characters. Actually, they don't have a head, just one big ovoid body with thin stick-like extremities.




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10 comments:

  1. A well deserved honor. Congrats!
    I love this series.

    I'm waiting for some nationwide recognition for your acorn body of work.

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    1. Ah, thank you Rick. It tickles me to receive special mention like this. I do these things because I need a lot of stress relief from my mentally arduous job. So when once in a while I get this it makes me smile.Other than than there's nothing much happening here. Hehehe.

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  2. YAY! What's this, like your third time? See???? It's not a fluke. It's recognition of incredible talent. Congratulations! Tsup!

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    1. Not necessarily. Someone just happens to like my work.

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    2. umm, yeah, of course they do!

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  3. Well, someone else likes your work--me! and NOT becuse the "real" Humpty Dumpty is a violinist, serenading his pig...before sitting on the wall--rather FALLING from the wall, etc.....

    HA! Of course Ces--it IS "all about me."
    It is so late after a blong day (I did post a blog Monday), I'm coagulating...now clotting...time to put it away, and go to ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
    TSUP!

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  4. BOY! This quote from Timothy 4:3-4 "For the time is coming...." hits right between the eyes, doesn't it? But who is reading? Worse, who is understanding? One could say,
    "What can we do? What is there to do?"

    Answer: Maybe nothing...we are simply
    in the Hand of GOD, Who LOVES us all!

    "OMG!!! IS IT THAT BAD?"

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  5. RVLOOSHN--isn't that the way Peeps get killed? And with no guns, we'd have to throw rocks at the tanks like Egyptians, Pakistanis, Syrians, Russians, French, Iranians, et al. and cry and cough and choke--tear gas.

    Again, I'm glad I'll be gone.

    On the other hand--I wish I could stay. It will be a MIGHTY exciting time!
    Always wanted to be on the front line...finally, crazy enough to really DO it!!! (THAT'S what we should do. THEY put children out front. Lets put us OLD Peeps out there--with guns. HAHAHA! We'd probably end up shooting each other in political arguments...
    Good Night, Ces.
    Tsup

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    1. Rocks and stones are what people in third world countries use to defend themselves. Those are also the things they use, plus their bodies to defend themselves from tyrannical governments. Governments on the verge of tyranny always disarm the people first: Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Castro, Marcos...You will still be here, Steve. Obamacare is coming in 2014. Americans, I believe, are different from other people. The will not tolerate oppression for long. As much as I find the current state of things depressing, I have an overwhelming sense of doom yet hopeful in a sense that I know something big is going to happen. I believe that the good Americans will do something right. It's ominous...

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