Wow; first time I've been back on DeviantArt in eons... I had something like 150+ new deviations from artists I watch and like 75 messages... phew...

I doubt that this means I'll be uploading much in the future; I feel so crunched for time these days that I have a hard time getting myself to do anything I don't really, -really- want to do, and having not been terribly inspired for a while (though there have been occasional bursts of inspiration courtesy of my incredible girlfriend), art really hasn't been one of those things very often. So... yeah.

Here's a song that really struck me not too long ago; maybe it'll inspire you too. I've known it for quite some time, but I guess I never really listened closely to it until recently, and upon doing so I realized that it -really- resonates with how I feel sometimes, especially the chorus (the last four lines here):

(speaking to Christ)
"And it all seems so helpless
And I have no plans
I'm a plane in the sunset
With nowhere to land

And all I see
It could never make me happy
And all my sand castles
Spend their time collapsing

And I feel stuck
Watching history repeating
Yeah, who am I?
Just a kid who knows he's needy

Let me know You're near me
Let me know Your touch
Let me know that You love me
And LET THAT BE ENOUGH"
- Switchfoot, "Let That Be Enough" (emphasis added)

How much different would my life be if I lived every moment embracing the knowledge that He -does- love me?

I received in an email this awesome creativity quiz from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh ([link]), and with the exception of the "how I create" tab, I think it pretty much -nailed- me ([link]). Heh heh. Nifty; that was fun.


"I have decided
I'm gonna live like a believer
Turn my back on the Deceiver
I'm gonna live what I believe
I have decided
That bein' good is just a fable
I just can't 'cuz I'm not able
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord"

Still lethargic, unmotivated, bored, and mildly anhedonic.

"...But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
- Matthew 6:33