The 47th Cherry Blossom Festival was held this weekend in downtown Denver at Sakura square in front of the Denver Buddhist Temple.
The Festival is a celebration of Japanese heritage, and that means the old and the new, from Taiko drumming & traditional Japanese dance to Anime and Manga, the festival covers the full spectrum.
Enjoyed a delicious Teriyaki Chicken lunch along with a terrific salad while there, but did not indulge in the Sake - not on the diet.
I swear I've met an angel from Kentucky
She walked up to me and said I was her man
Didn't even ask me my name, just told me to take her hand
And I did just that like any well trained monkey
Everybody's got their heroes
Gotta have someone to worship
Everybody's got their villains
Gotta have someone to blame
Makes it easier to dodge the burden
Of taking responsibility
For your own selfish motivations
And the more egregious deviations
In my younger days I was always extremely apprehensive when it came to showing anyone anything I had drawn.
That was due to a number of factors - number one being insecurity, of course. The fear that someone would look at something I had put everything I had into creating and turn to me with a quick "what is it supposed to be?" or worse, "you suck at drawing" was something I lived with constantly.
Number two was that I was personally never happy with anything I had drawn, ever.
Weird one-two punch that, but when I got older and came to know a number of other aspiring artists, I discovered it was something we all had in common.
Even the brashest, boldest artists I met shared this commonality.
Today is Father's Day in the United States (a lot of other countries celebrate Father's Day in June, but there are countries that celebrate Father's Day in February, March, May, July, August, September, October, November & December).
The Holiday I've Never Celebrated.
As I have written in the past, it is a day that means absolutely nothing to me. Never having known my father, and never having had a step-father, and never being a father myself, today is a day when I generally just feel...empty.
That's it, in a nutshell. Nothing more really needs to be said.
