"Chuch"...

Hello world!!!! Thank you for taking the time to see what's new with Bsombin'. ...I'm not a religious person. I am a spiritual person, though. I believe that we, as human beings, are not the "top of the food chain". I believe in "God". ...a being that is greater than us & who exist in a realm that is beyond our understanding. I don't think "God" to be what is written in "holy books", though. Instead I believe in an energy that exist through out the universe. An energy that is responsible for everything in the universe being conceived & continuing to exist. An energy that can't be fully explained by our simple minds. An entity that is too far beyond our understanding to be defined. ...The reason for the "Big Bang"; ... The factor that caused "fish to grow legs & walk onto land"; ... The force behind "evolution"; ...The yin & yang, the ebb & flow, the gravity that holds everything together & tears it all apart at the same time... Our Maker. I also feel that I am being lead, in my spiritual journey, by our maker. And, I feel that all that I experience in life is for a reason.

...With all this said, I was happy to help a church in Glendale when they asked for my help in restoring an old mural for them. Here are the before & after pics of the mural...

Done in the gym...

Gym mural sports figures

Summer In Cali - part 4: Mural Work

Finally FInished!

So tomorrow turned into today, on me, twice, before I could get back to write this. The Weekend was busy, but profitable. Made some money, spent most of it, and had a good time with friends and family doing it. The highlight, though, was finishing the longest project ever! The mural that I thought would never be finished is finally finished! It was a great feeling to put the last highlight in the lettering, and finishing it off. The walk to the car was as enjoyable as could be, knowing I didn't have to try and schedule another trip to try and finish. I have my next mural project on stand by, right now. Once again, I will be working at another local junior high school. Jr. High kids are funny. They always like to watch me paint and ask a lot of questions. They usually try and talk me into giving them some spray paint, or tips(the kind that go in the cans, not pointers), too. Even the girls! They are building a wall, just so I can paint a mural on it, at this Jr. high! How fresh am I? ...well, actually they are rebuilding a wall that already had a mural on it, and they want me to restore the old mural that was there before. I don't even get to be creative this time. Or, at least that's what they want. But, I will be trying to sell them on the idea of letting me do something new. That might be a while though, since the contractor that was fixing the wall disappeared. Now the whole thing is on hold and no one knows what happened to the contractor. The school is looking for a new builder to finish Houdini's wall. But, until then, they can't even use the building I'll be painting. I can't tell you what happened to the contractor, because I don't know. But I can tell you that I will be extra careful on that job, to make sure I don't disappear too.

Murals...

After a few months of trying to finish a mural at a Jr. High in North Hollywood, I am finally going to do it tomorrow! It's taken a while because I can only work on it on weekends, and they aren't always open on weekends. When they are open, it's just for a few hours in the morning. That, and me working a few other jobs, has made this mural turn into a 6 month long project! l am extremely excited to knock this thing out, tomorrow, and finally get it finished! Pictures of the finished mural will be tomorrow's post, but for now I'm posting a picture of a mural I did, for a friend, a while back. It's the letter "M", for Marissa, in front of a picture of Butterflies. This was a a real fun project, because I got creative control and was able to paint whatever I felt would look good. Fortunately, tomorrow's mural is the same.