uncluttering my life

I've started recently on a journey of uncluttering my house. You know, get rid of all that unnecessary stuff, used once-in-a-blue-moon-items and unusable leftovers. Along the way, I realized that there's more clutter in my life then just inside my house. I looked at my eating habits and I sow the clutter of processed foods, artificial simulated aromas and sweet junkies. So I started thinking of decluttering my inside space too. With that intention in mind, I started seeing more clutter: the emotional one this time bursting out - emotions and feelings that I may have suppressed or ignored, or pretend they don't exist. I could not stop now so going further I had to notice the mental clutter: all sort of thoughts that I've been holding on to for a while, disempowering internal conversations, judgmental debrief and not very nice cramped jargons. I sow then the habitual clutter: senseless routines gathered along the way that I was holding on to thinking that they define who I am, then some habits that I did not really love, still took on along the way.

So I'm now embarking on a journey of fully decluttering my life, one item at a time, one thought at a time.

Wacom Drawing Tablet- First drawing

My friend Steve Casper of http://tonicdesigngroup.com/ gave me this sweet drawing tablet as a bonus from the last job we worked on. Drawing with a mouse feels like drawing with a boxing glove on so having this digital tablet feels like Christmas morning. This sketch is testing brushes and pen pressure.

Mountain Pose

It’s an image of me in mountain pose or “Pranamasana”. I’m on the edge of a cliff so that I’m aware of my death as an adviser to live to the fullest... In gratitude. Although my toes are gripping the edge I am standing there without fear. Perhaps my toes resemble a diver about to take a leap.... into my dreams and hopes. The rings centered around the hands (in prayer) and heart represent the present moment and visually create a protective bubble around me. My gaze is out and forward to show that I’m looking ahead and open to new ideas.