The wonderful thing about growing up in the life that I have is that my mom (and dad) have always encouraged my sisters and me to see the beauty of art in everything, everyday. I don't think of myself as an artist but more that art is just apart of how I see things. It is the glasses that I view life with. With that said I truly appreciate that I have been given this outlook for life. It has not only made me a better person but it has made me a happier person.
I have been home from Haiti for a short while and I am still flowing over with the inspiration that I acquired while I was there. I hope to sketch all of them, but for now I will take one at a time:)
Quick back story: I was in Ouanaminthe, Haiti in March 2011. I went to the construction site of my friend's house. His name is Esperance, I call him Pèpè.
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| Pèpè and his house August 2011 |
While I was at his house I had three small children, a boy and two girls, run up to me and want to hold my hand and take pictures of them. So I did...
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| March 2011 |
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| March 2011 |
These children are malnourished among other things but please look at the smiles on their faces.
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| March 2011 |
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| March 2011 |
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| March 2011 |
These children brought so much joy to me in March of this year. As well as after being home, they encouraged me, and inspired me to smile and find the joy in life. Thinking I would never see them again, I continued to pray for them and clung to the inspirations planted in me by their smiles of beauty. ~ This past July-August I was visiting in Haiti. Again while visiting my friend's house, I was blessed by three smiling faces that seemed so familiar...
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| August 2011 |
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| August 2011 |
They have indeed grown a bit and are living in slightly better conditions, but they continue to face mostly the same dilemmas of life that are often experienced by a child in Haiti....All with a smile on their face.
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| August 2011 |
My prayers continue daily for these three children that I do not even know the names of. And I pray that I will have the courage to find the art in my world like these children have clearly found it in their's. <3
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