Art Journals with Rafa: Darknesss

"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires."
-William Shakespeare

If I'm going to start making videos again I might as well start blogging again too.

Please ignore the previous posts. They were shitty assignments I had to get done

This video was recorded entirely with my iPhone. I need to get a cam if I intend to do this on a regular basis






I really wanted to make youtube videos again because I need to do something fun with my time. At least for me, having people look at my journal sort of inspires me; gives me a little more motivation to keep working at it

Rafa is Thankful

This week, I relish with momentous glee that the semester is finally over Like everyone else, I cherish my time, and I do believe alot of the days spent in school were sometimes futile and inane. My school's flaw consists of replacing quality work with a larger cuantity of work, which puts us students under a ton of stress. So I am thankful for this feeling of euphoria I am feeling right now that school is done with.

Rafa's Analysis

I once had a scholarly situation I had to deal with where I had been set up to work with someone I didn't particularly like. I knew the teacher didn't really care for me, but I never thought he might cospire against me and make me work with a dolt. After much thinking, I realized my attempts to change partners were futile. I thought no matter how much I were to abet the teacher, he would not attempt to help. But, even though I knew any of my imput would be inane, I could be optimistic because of the fact that I could at least just seperate the ammount of work between the both of us and stay as far away from this person.

Rafa's Peculiar Phobias

I have a peculiar list of phobias. For starters I get very frigid when I lie on my back with my neck exposed. This is because I have this gargantuan fear of being stabbed in the neck, which is really weird. Also, I am pretty much fazed by the dark, and am quite scared of it. Lastly, whenever I am forced to accompany someone to the hospital, I do so cautiously. This is because I am a bit of a hospital-phobe, and hospitals creep me out.

Rafa Illustrates

Most people immediatly think that the most talented people in the world were talented right from the start. For example, people think that DaVinci came out of the womb with the superlative ability of drawing portraits correctly, when his work was a result of years of training. Banal opinions suggest that Lady Gaga was "born that way", when, in fact, she wasn't. But perspicacious views surely know that no millionaire is born buissness-savvy, no scientist is born a genius, and no dancer is born knowing how to samba.

People: And When To Stay Away From Them.

When wanting a fresh look on life, the first step is to avoid people people with pernicious attitudes. Some types of people tend to be very detrimental, sometimes because of certain emotions and angers that fervent from them. Individuals with those kinds of feelings inside always tend to be surrounded by animosity. Derogatory attitudes and cantankerous personalities are, in some ways, damaging to any individual's positive attitude.

How to blog through writer's block

How to avoid writer's block

Most times, I evasively ignore my blog post assignments until it is finally Sunday night and the assignment is due the next day. Due to rush of getting it done quickly, my mind gets stuck in a state of mental paralysis whenever I attempt to write. This is what we call "writer's block", a very detrimental and banal condition of anyone who is trying to write but is held back by a mysterious mental force. But, luckily, there are ways of avoiding this annoying tendency.

First of all, asuming the writer has spent more than enough time thinking about what to write, one must write with abandonment. At first, this method might seem to be garrulous, but it is better to write too much than to not write at all. The intention of this step is to purely stop all mental blocks that keep you from writing. Also, this step helps you to get all your thoughts written on paper.

Second, edit your content. This step allows you to read everything you wrote and edit the information. Leaving only the important elements, this makes the blog post more coherent and organized.

And Voila! You have proven yourself to be quite astue and you have written a blog post just in the nick of time!