Circles Are My Friend

I love circles. Always have. When I was a kid, I remember hearing someone talk about different shapes and what kind of emotions they projected from a person's inner being. I can't remember what squares were all about. I only remember that triangles were bad and circles were good.

I've wanted to be an artist since I can remember. I've always loved drawing, painting, sculpting, writing, dancing... doodling. Ha. I got into a lot of trouble during middle school; it's an awkward time as is, but for some reason I felt the need to doodle obsessively throughout my classes. My Mom was called several times and I was usually in detention a couple times a week. It wasn't that I didn't want to pay attention to the lesson- I just wanted to doodle more. Hehe. Eventually I got over it and learned to project my artist energies at more appropriate times.

At some point I fell in love with drawing circles. I don't know when or why. I've always doodled them here and there, but one day, I made a page of them; one 8 x 11 piece of paper full of ink drawn circles. I loved it. The uniqueness of each circle and the way they combined to cover the entire page... awesome.

(Black and White Ovals - June 2007 - A.M.Y.)

Tiny, big, circles, ovals... I've done many circle drawings since my first; each one is different than the one before and each one is cooler than I could have imagined; I just love circles. Some could say I'm obsessed with circles. But I say, it's not an obsession, it's a passion.

Recently, I've rediscovered my love for chalk. What a joy! Chalk is one of those timeless entertainments; you love it as a kiddo, when you're an awkward teenager, during those rebellious college years, as new found adult, and even when you're an older and much wiser adult... how could anyone not love chalk?

Well, Jonathan and I got creative and started some chalk art right outside our front door. It was really cool. It started as a few circles, which spread to many circles, which lead to many more circles.

(Circle Chalk Drawing - September 2008 - Jonathan & A.M.Y.)

Using every beautiful color possible really added to the whimsical theme. It definitely livened our corner up! The neighbors even walked around our two squares to help preserve them a few more days. It was just a dang good time.

Then Jon added stripes. They too totally rocked.

(Circle & Stripe Chalk Drawing - September 2008 - Jonathan & A.M.Y.)

Since we've had NO rain, the chalk drawing remains. There was minor damage from a nearby sprinkler, but the awesomeness is still evident. =) Obviously I'm torn- I'd love for the drawing to stay there forever, but we need rain sometime, and it needs to be sooner than later... unfortunately for the chalk drawing.

All in all, I think circles will always have a very special place in my heart. I think I'll probably always doodle them here and there. As for now, I'm still in major circle-drawing mode. Today, I did my first drawing in marker; I usually use pen and each one has to be circled several times. The marker is much more exact and I think I've found something new to perfect. It'll be fun trying. I love circles.