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Bored With Youth

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 18, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

I am bored with Youth NETI I admit it. I am bored with youth. It can be downright frustrating when younger people disrespect my age, negating my life experience and assume, in their youthful exuberance, that I am some old buffoon, not to be taken seriously; that...

TransNETIfication

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 16, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

TransNETIfication Is your painting that it is not? To transNETIfy is to destroy in order to create anew, to find enlightenment from the ashes of truth. NETI is that he is not. So too, all things are in the process of destruction and creation. It is the natural order...

Portrait Delivery

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 16, 2013 | Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

Oh ho, the Wells Fargo Wagon is a comin!! It is always a delight when a portrait hits it's mark. They're like my children. I get very attached and feel like part of the family. A piece of me always goes out when a portrait is delivered. Fortunately, there's an...

The Text Monster

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 8, 2013 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

How often do we text and drive? Just a little bit here and there? Stopped at a light? Just a quick, "got it." The Text Monster doesn't care. She says, "don't say you're sorry, just don't do it!" These films all have a message but they are all about character and...

Ann Kennedy Video Tribute

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 1, 2013 | Art Instruction, Motivational, World View | 0 Comments

I've used the Memorial Service as a basis for a video tribute of my mom. I hope you will enjoy the additional photos and other elements I've added to give you a small glimpse of the life of Ann Kennedy. It is not as wonderful as I would have liked, but here is my...

The Miracle of How the Sad Boy Became Happy

by netGALAXY Studios | Jul 27, 2013 | Motivational, World View | 1 Comment

A Children’s Story by Robby Maniscalco Once upon a time there was a beautiful but troubled young woman who had an unwanted child. She loved him in her way but wasn't ready to give him all the love he craved. So she left him with his father who did his best to raise...

Our Sublime Purpose

by netGALAXY Studios | Jul 22, 2013 | Art Instruction, Motivational | 1 Comment

A call to action Beings come and go on this Earth, each to sing their own sweet song, muttering them almost imperceptibly as they pass. Or sometimes shouting them from the high ground of a flood. I awoke from a dream this morning on which my grandfather,...

A Tribute to Ann Kennedy

by netGALAXY Studios | Jul 19, 2013 | Fine Art, Motivational, World View | 2 Comments

Love languages of Ann Kennedy Thank you all for coming today. "Never trust a person who doesn't love animals." You could trust my mom. Tigey's here to protect her from the indignity of being paraded out on display. There's been much written and said about the Five...

Realize Your Dreams

by netGALAXY Studios | Jul 3, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View | 0 Comments

Prepare a Place for Your Dreams If you expect things to fall into place in your life, to realize your dreams, you must be willing to prepare a place for the dream to become real. If you dream of great wealth and success, you owe it to yourself to put structures in...

What’s In Your Universe?

by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 27, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

Art as a Metaphor for Life Have you ever thought of a painting (fill in your respective creative poison here) as a metaphor for your life? We all struggle with the desire to control our universe, our circle of influence, and to accept those things we cannot change....

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