I have a pantry full of plastic bags.  I have a cute little contraption that I put them in, but lately the contraption is over flowing and I'm feeling more and more guilty the more bags I accumulate.  I'm as green as I think most people are, I recycle and I try not to use up energy when it's not necessary; but let's face it, old habits die hard and I almost always forget my many, many MANY reusable grocery bags when I go to the store.  I have a new incentive to bring my bags with me,one of the stores I shop at gives you a "bag credit" of .05 per bag when you use your own! WooHoo! I know, it's not much, but I don't think anyone can turn their nose's up at chump change in this economy so I will try to remember them from now on. In the meantime, the plastic bags that are turning into "The Blob" in my pantry are another story. In a valiant effort to redeem myself in the eyes of all things and people green, I've started to create things with them.  Here's a look at my first efforts.  Enjoy!

I’m an artist but I’m also extremely passionate about many other things including our country, our culture and where we are headed as a nation, and a world.  I react to so many things that it’s hard for me to narrow my view.  Some would call me spacey, some would say I have a keen sense of awareness, it’s probably a little of both; I simple cannot

compartmentalize my emotions about the things I love.  I used to be on fire, ready to take on the world, railing against inequality and complacency, but I’ve become another voiceless, complacent American.  I don’t stand up and vocalize, I don’t engage, I simply exist, something a person like me was NEVER born to do, yet, that is what I’ve done.  I’ve forgotten how to express me; that stops today.

I’m not a conformist, I’m just what you would call “ultra-considerate”, I’m painfully aware that I’m a lot to take in, I have very strong opinions and I’m somewhat stubborn, but I also don’t want to shove my big personality on people that are, for lack of a better word, sleeping.

So this blog, much like me is evolving, transitioning into a different species.  One of my greatest passions is art and anything that entails in any medium.  If I had to choose one “area” of my life to concentrate on (not gonna happen), it would be art; but there are too many other things to be said and too many other issues to talk about.  So how do you cross the 2 things, art and our ever changing culture?  

I haven’t been able to accomplish that  in this single blog, so I’ve decided to create a new blog (name and date TBA) that will be dedicated solely to my observances of our culture, and the world around us. I'm sure there will be a way to incorporate art into the new blog, but for now this is the easiest way for me to do this.

  

The “CR8TV1” blog will continue its metamorphosis into a blog devoted to arts, crafts, videos, music, poetry etc.  I invite you to journey with me on my latest adventure, fasten your seatbelts!