Since I made teaching a lifetime career, which actually became a lifestyle, I had to put my drawing passion aside. Thank God there is Photoshop now. Though I am not actually "techy" then, Photoshop became easy for me to learn because of the colors and shapes, art tools and brushes it offers to make me go back to my art again.
T hough there are more that drive me, like ambition and goals, I think I have to admit that I am vain. I am distracted by my un dyed gray hair, or wearing inappropriate mix-matched attire. Many times I can’t tell if I’m conceited or insecure. W hen I was young (soo long ago), I love looking at striking, glittering, shimmering things. I’m always taken by beauty. I saw all nature is a performance of art. Blame my mother who loved to dress me up. l remember wearing something that half my family hated, but I saw the flairs and colors in it. So I wore it! Like no one cares. Shopping for clothes was my super power. I go for timeless style whether from branded ones, from the tiangge, to ukay ukay. I control my style. It is not what’s in, but what looks good on me. After all, it’s all about how you wear it. At 65, I still worry about what to wear. How I look. I look at myself in the mirr...
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