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Daria has recommended that you check out Songs for Japan
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Now a Contributor to Calgary Art Blog :)
“Dear Calgary Art Blog,
I would like to introduce myself to you and share a few ideas as well. My name is Daria. I am a twenty-some year old with love for art and struggling artists and all that is new and different. The biggest reason for my e-mail is my desire to share stories from people who had to face art as a way of coping with unemployment, recession, and hard times. I’d like to share stories about people like myself who in a last year and a half had to find something to do with their time and emotions. I feel that it is a beautiful thing that so many not only started to be more interested in art but also wanted to experience art as therapy. I cannot call myself a professional artist, yet I do enjoy an occasional watercolor, a random doodle, an abstract painting or a burst in photography.
Last Christmas I had to become more creative about gifts and cards, as I was hit with a hard reality of losing a job. I used my art not only as wonderful gifts, but also as a distraction from a hard light of my computer screen and constant resume writing. As a result I was pleased with the reactions I got from all those people who now how a chance to really enjoy something from me and my heart. As a result I would love to share my own stories, as well as those around me. Another strong example is of my own mother, also struck with the hardships of unemployment, within only six months went from holding a paint brush for the first time in her life to selling her oil paintings to friends and relatives.
My dream is to get people out of their shell, to introduce art to people and people to art… Calgary needs more diversity of that kind. In that process I hope to find my own self as an artist, as someone who might have a voice, an opinion, a vision. I have started a blog about work and about personal life (http://dariataikova.com) and even though both are only in a growing stage it is something that I would like to continue and to experiment with.”
Photo of the week:Calgary is Awesome!
A photo that I have taken was picked as a photo of the week by the Calgary is Awesome Blog! It was great and inspiring news…. Someone out there is paying some sort of attention! Awesome!
♥The link to my pictures: http://www.flickr.com/people/pasadea
♥See Calgary is Awesome at http://calgaryisawesome.com!
A facebook Quiz: 10 questions and they know what you can do with your life?
What Careers Suit My Personality Type?
I’ve taken this silly quiz on Facebook…. I guess the questions were ok… Here are the results. Plus what i think about the results- edited version! : )
Facebook said: “You are lucky because you have the ability to be good at many different types of tasks. You introverted and thinking style lets you concentrate and focus on solving problems. To be the happiest, you need to have a career with a lot of independence and autonomy. You hate to be micro-managed and will do best working for yourself or in very flexible environments. Your natural interests tend towards using your excellent reasoning skills and love of facts and data to find solutions to practical questions.
Some of your personality traits include:
* Interested in how and why things work
* Do not function well in regimented, structured environments; you will either feel stifled or become intensely bored
* Constantly gather facts about your environment and store them away
* Ability to use logic to understand “how things work”
* Learn best “hands-on”
* Usually able to master theory and abstract thinking, but don’t particularly like dealing with it unless you see a practical application
* Action-oriented “doers”
* Focused on living in the present, rather than the future
* Love variety and new experiences
* Highly practical and realistic
* Excellent “trouble-shooter”, able to quickly find solutions to a wide variety of practical problems
* Results-oriented; you like to see immediate results for your efforts
* Usually laid-back and easy-going with people
* Risk-taker who thrives on action
* Independent and determined – usually dislike committing
* Usually quite self-confident
Some of your suggested careers are:
* Police and Detective Work
* Forensic Pathologist
* Computer Programmer, System Analyst and Computer Specialist
* Engineer
* Carpenter
* Mechanic
* Pilot, Driver, Motorcyclist
* Athlete
* Entrepreneur”
