 Hello fellow deviants! I hope you are having a wonderful start of the summer so far! May is here, so I'm sure everyone is excited for the warmer weather (if you are currently in really cold areas of the world) so we can all go outside more frequently to unleash the artists we are!  Come out, Mr. Sun!  |
The Sunlight Of The Soul. If we care not for the present, And our thoughts are on the past, And we know not of the future With its darkened clouds o'ercast: When the storm-clouds of the present Darken all our hopes and fears, And our hearts grow sad beneath them, And our eyes our dim with tears: Hours of trouble, hours of sorrow, Soon with splendor overcast, Turn the sorrows that we borrow Back into the distant past. Thus with past illumination Is our present hours made bright, And our former darkened moments With a glory-wave made light. Then the beauty of the sunshine To the present gives a glow, As with misty gleams the future Glances on the scenes below. For our hearts must then grow lighter As we catch those pleasant beams, And our eyes with light grow brighter With the soul's reflecting dreams. And the storm-clouds that o'ershadow, Pass away beneath the rays Of a former golden pastime, As reflected on our ways. Teaching us that 'neath the curtain Where the darkness lurks within, That our thoughts will cast a shadow Where the sunlight should come in. Thus in moments when we're nervous With a care that few can test, Then this sunlight that is golden Gives our soul its needed rest. And our troubles quickly vanish As the storm-clouds backward roll From the glory of the spirit, And the sunlight of the soul. © James S. Jennings. |
Sweet Hey everyone! I hope you enjoyed my last journal feature! I realized that whenever I do features that they look really sloppy and unorganized, so I'm going to try my best to put the thumbnails of the featured deviations into categories and make them look nice and spiffy! I'm also going to try my best to explain why I featured the certain thumbs and why I love them so much. It'll look a lot better, so hopefully more people will maybe look at the features I work on and discover new artists out there. 
Alright, in my last journal entry, I was asking for points to be donated for me to get a year's subscription to dA. I have decided to change that and be more selfless. I want to start a donation pool for those starting good causes on dA. For example, Tea Photography has "The Shelter Project" in which you can buy prints from her and the money goes to helping find animals good, healthy homes. That is one cause I would really like to donate to. There are many other causes out there that would be good to donate to, so if anyone knows a good cause, please let me know and I will feature those causes in my journal! I hope to start my own cause one day and do something like Tea is doing. :3
To learn more about "The Shelter Project" and Tea Photography, visit her page by clicking her avatar. All of your contributions and support are greatly appreciated! 
I have been thinking about a lot of things lately. I have not spent much time at all with my camera and I really need to change that. Whenever I have my camera with me, I really feel like I am one with nature. I want to show everyone how beautiful the world is, but sometimes my shots are not as great as I want them to be. I'm going to start looking and taking pictures of unusual places, to find beauty where it's hidden. That's one of my goals. I also want to maybe start a goal in which I take one picture every day and I upload it onto dA. Sure, there will be times when I'll have many pictures to share, but it would be nice to have a goal of one picture per day so I can really get into the swing of things again. What do you think?
Do you have any goals you are trying to reach now? Just comment below. 
Thanks for reading and stay tuned! Again, thanks so much for all of the loving support.
P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM! I love you so much and that coconut cake you made was AMAZING! 
My name is Ashley and I'm 19 years old. I'll be turning 20 on the 2nd of April.
I nom on sushi at least once a week. 
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