chasing butterflies

around the globe at no specific speed or pace.

all for the sake of excitement.

december feels like...

...listening to a new song and as it becomes a favorite, a new favorite comes on the radio.

*in other words its far too much in too little time to enjoy

& here is a verse on such:

ah!

diciembre, diciembre.

como siempre llegaste sin aviso,

y como siempre te vas muy pronto.

colorful matter

doodling the night away

sophie meets a real backpacker's retreat

Helen's

Tianjin, China

pink bananas!

Tokyo, Japan

"emerge your soul

in everything you

do and you will

absorb nothing but

true essence" c.a.

children's book by Casey Arauz (catastrophunk)

First children's book by Casey Arauz is in its baby stages.

The book is titled Filthy Rich and will be ready for publication end of this year.

Stay tuned to get a copy!

some doodles re.maded on Ai

China is my new playground

sophie at The Gang Gang Cellar

pistachio flavored babies <3

yummie yum yum

sculting dreams

as an artist i can't help but to think of new ways to materialize my catastrophunk.ish ideas. so, I decided to put down the pencil and pick up polymer clay. by far my ideas are scattered, but the more i feel the clay's texture the more my dreams align. i want to take my creations to the next level. what this means is that while i'm here in China I will personally take my models to a toy factory to have them replicated into vinyl collectibles.

a week away from the golden area

pepsi x catastrophunk

yay!!

boom boom boom cause im the bomb

we love sophy

lighthen up

pondering i thought about

this "mind" thing that makes us think, is it suppose to serve as a processor of ideas for our "self" to chose from? or is it where ideas truly originate? because to be honest I'm starting to get a feeling that our minds do neither one, but that in fact it just holds the simple purpose to recognize good from bad. To basically distinguish things among themselves, to merely filter.

stop restaurant crayon waste! Pepsi Refreshes the World

fungi

picture taken by genius photographer: David Lauro

China

as I collect myself and gather my things for a four month long trip to China I can't help but wish that my departure was tomorrow :)

so exited!!

goodnight may

as you served no purpose other than to record more moons... till next year

:)

canvas, photoshop & such

half of sophie's face on canvas. half of mine on photoshop.

i philo sophie on Fimo 3.D

i am pleased to share with ya'll my first 3D sophie doll made with FIMO. previously I shared my sculpting abilities with pictures of play-dough chums i created while attending a work training workshop. since then i have been hosting the intention of bringing my doodle doll to life, but because of my limited "free-time" the idea was placed on the later-wits box. not until last week, the end of te spring semester, did i recoup some of my time. time to visit the wonderful world of Joan's fabric's :) to collect all that was needed for what shows in the pictures above.

born alone?

somehow roaming on earth seems much more appealing by myself than to have others keep up with my pace or vice-versa. independence has always been my motive for success. self-efficiency is my motto, which explains why helping others help themselves is the only way i help, rather than doing "favors" (which most the time means doing it all). i take it upon myself to lead people around by example, to inspire everyone to take tomorrow upon themselves today.

shooting as catastrophunk

so the idea was to have my good friend, Mike Melendez, capture myself as catastrophunk.
& who exactly is catastrophunk?! well, a PHUNK, daring, fun... & pizazz artist
(in my opinion he nailed it!)

the wardrobe I chose to wear:
neon green slouchy top (urban outfitters)
forest green vintage high-waisted balloon skirt (a gift from indieQueenVintage stores.ebay.com/IQVintage)
tan peep toe with bow patent slingback pumps (by Paolo)

the location:
Miami's Dadeland station's parking garage :)

graffiti, iMovie, iTunes & QuickTimePlayer integrated

enjoy!

float like a feather...

& let each day carry you out w.grace

water your dreams

as you would your plants :) cause they ain't funna grow them selves.

½

picture taken by good friend Daniel Kuykendall (:

sunshower by catastrophunk

Follow your folly

passion attracts passion. and so by expressing your passion with others the creativity-flow grows with ease and grows contagious. sharing all your ideas with the rest of the world will keep you on your toes trying to find new ones!

Sofii meets Ai...

a box full of nothing

a box where nothing belongs & nothing fits. no thoughts, no emotions, no tasks, no goodies or surprises. not a darn thing. an empty box full of nothing, made out of nothing with nothing to lose.

lost

for as long as I can recall the idea of being lost has fascinated me. To me the feeling of the unknown indicates adventure/exploration. at my job we were asked to describe the perfect/dream vacation & after thinking about it for a couple of minutes an image of me walking lost & alone down the streets of a big city like Tokyo or Hong Kong kept popping up.

developing my inner creative

there are no limits as far as to where my imagination can take me. to this i owe my non-resistant natured/nurtured attitude. when i think of a new idea i make sure i do more than just tour it around my head, i most often dissect it as a whole and try to shred its core components back to its trail of thought. a creative mind is a developed brain.

anyhow

i take it back, i am not going anywhere. After trying out www.wordpress.com for a couple of weeks i have decided that it's not my cup of tea & must i admit that i was not impressed one bit. in my opinion its lacking personality.

tic toc

time is everything

& by this I mean that "everything" can be measured in a time form

i.e. the time it takes to make a specific amount of money; money needed to purchase a specific thing can measured down to each individual second it took to earn each individual penny.