Enter to WIN!

Its time for us to have a little fun. For those of you who know me, know I am an artist as well and work under many different creative realms. I have been hired to do many portraits in recent months and now for a little fun I'm going to give you all the opportunity to show me what you can do!

Starting today until the end of the month I want you all to draw a portrait of ME! It can be a stick figure or whatever you are capable of doing you will be judged on originality and how well you know me, for example, my favorite color is green and my favorite flower is carnations and I play guitar, sing and write! If you can't get my likeness draw a stick figure that will show its me by the things incorporated in the drawing! Be creative and show the world your talent and how much you know me. Another hint, I have two cats name Linus and Speck whom I love very very much! :o)

The winner will receive a never before released completed demo of my song written for my family called, Every Chance I Get!

Meet your judges, my dear friends and 2 people who know me better than my own family, Scott Neubert and Renee Wahl all of whom you should check out their pages and enjoy their music while your posting your drawings of me! Scott Neubert and Renee Wahl

Don't be shy visit my blog and you will learn I believe we all are creative, only not all of us tap into our creative whims, like others do. Creative Compromise! 

So now is your chance to show the world your vision of art and how your eyes perceive one of the artists you enjoy listening to.

You can submit your entries at my fan page: Rebecca Hosking Support Group aka The Hoskettes!
 

Winners will be annouced on Sept 8th after the judges have a week to review all entries! Can't wait to see what you guys come up with! Make me PROUD but first and foremost let's have some fun!

Paz y amor siempre

Monkey Wrench, Anyone?

Funny how life keeps going no matter what, you know when people say, don't feel so bad, no matter how bad things are there is always someone who has it worse. Ever feel like you were that person who had it worse?

God, life is a funny little cycle and time stops for no one, does it? We do our best and make our plans and strive to reach our goals, but some days no matter how you try, there is a monkey wrench and it is jammed right in the middle of everything causing all your hard work to fall apart.

Life is balance and 9 times out of 10 so rarely does any of us actually have the balance we need in order to survive these bumps. We go day to day with our routines thinking there is an end in sight and when that end comes and it is never what we had planned; it makes us feel like we did something wrong.

But guess what, your not alone and you did nothing wrong. Its called life. We can plan as much as we want and be prepared, but no amount of strength or preparation will ever make the bumps any smoother. Some things do not have visible answers, hell, some things have no answer at all. It simply is what it is, good, bad or indifferent. At the end of our life when we have to answer to our maker, I imagine that is when all the mysteries will be revealed. But, who knows? As I have planned this day to come I also think, it most likely will never be like I imagined.

Call it a mid life crisis or a bout of depression or maybe things are right on track for you at the moment. Regardless the state you are in nothing is permanent and nothing lasts forever. When the tide rolls in and we are treading water and struggling to breathe; we have to tell ourselves this too will pass. When we are on top of the world and everything falls right into place, enjoy it while you can, because it will eventually fade as well.

To live with the philosophy that nothing is permanent some find to be grim and bleak. But I find it to be my comfort when I feel like the world is focused on killing my spirit. There is nothing, absolutely nothing that lasts forever. But maybe that belief  is not the complete truth either?   

Humans are riddled with flaws and imperfections, but it is also our nature to nurture and build bonds that cannot be broken by these cycles of hard times. I used to live my life by the philosophy that nothing is permanent, but here I am learning yet again. There is one thing that is constant, there is a monkey wrench that messes with my program of belief.

When I look back on my life and all the hard times I have been through it is true with time the sorrow did pass and the monkey wrench that broke the cycle of sadness was always love. When things were great those good times were always shared with those closes to me and their pride for me was shown through their love. When we lose someone close to us, the love never dies, in fact, it is felt even stronger with their passing.

When it is real and comes from a true place love is the one thing, the only thing, that lasts forever, no matter the circumstances.