Looking at a mountain packed with snow, I see this massive piece of land blanketed with a beautiful clear ,white area sparkling from the reflection of the sun. It looks like millions of tiny diamonds scattered in no particular order. But that's as far as my vision goes. Simon Beck is on a totally different wave length. Looking at that same clear white area, Simon sees possibilities. He has been creating snow art for 10 years and he does about 30 of these art works a year.
Simon, 56 says each of these take about 10-12 hours to do. He does them by walking and jogging through the snow while counting his step. He also uses a light on his head and a compass in order to try and create perfect patterns. The light is used because he typically does them at night to avoid the skiers.
Simon is a Orienterring Mapmaking Expert, which could point to why he likes to produce geometrical patterns. He also says its easier to do because "you are just following rules... You don't have to keep referring back to a diagram"
Most artists that I see, I have the vision of doing what they do. I can say I would not be able to do this like he does. This is truly magnificent to see and a true testament to the phrase "art is what you make it to be".
So be inspired to create your art any way that your heart decides to show it to the world because there are no set rules to describe what Art is. Art is FREEDOM.
Gratitude has to be your attitude throughout your day. Its is a guarantee that there is someone out there worse off than you are. So become aware of your position in life and begin to appreciate what you have. As you wake up in the morning while you are brushing your teeth or
washing your face before work, spend 10-15 minutes saying thank you to God or the Universe for what you have. It so powerful to begin you day showing gratitude. Its a domino affect. Start your day on a note of appreciation and gratitude and that will attract more things for you to appreciate and be grateful for throughout you day. It works both ways though, if you start your day full anxiety, worry and feelings of defeat, that's what you will see throughout your day. Situations that brings anxiety, worry and that beat you down where you feel like you cant win or make it through. God never gives you more than you can handle, so why would he give you more if your daily focus is on what you don't have or what all is wrong in your life? You are basically saying you can't handle more and God can't give you more. So work the system, Show gratitude! Open yourself up for more through gratitude and more will come! Gratitude is Always Your Attitude!
Ways to set yourself up to show Gratitude:
~ Make a list of 10 things that you are grateful for on your phone's notepad, read that list 3 times a day
~ Spend 15 minutes every morning going over and speaking out loud all the things you are Grateful for
~ Spend 15 minutes at the end of your day giving Thanks for the things that happened
~ Thank God as soon as something good happens
~ Thank God in advanced for positive things that are coming your way Today
50years ago on this
day, Martin Luther King gave his “I have a Dream…” speech. And I realized I have
never heard it in its entirety. So I listened to it twice. It actually painted
a vision in my mind of how things really were. It was like I was watching a
video as I was listening. Just 50 years ago, black people couldn’t use the same
bathrooms at white people. Just 50 years ago, black people couldn’t drink out
of the same water fountain as white people. Just 50 years ago, Black people couldn’t
walk in the front door of a food joint. They had to pick up their food from the
back door. Those owners didn’t want other white people to see them in their
restaurant but they still wanted their money. Just 50 yearsago, the circumstances were so bad that it took
250,000 people both black and white to stand up against a government and
demanded change. The overwhelming attribute that jumps out to me about this is
courage. It took courage for those black people to miss work and potentially be
fired by their employer and put themselves in danger just for being there. It
took courage for those white people that were there, who potentially faced
exile, ridicule, hatred and possibly death for standing up with black people.
It took courage for Martin Luther King Jr. to be the leader behind this
gathering of people. I can only imagine how much more in danger his life became
after becoming the face of change, equality and desegregation.It took courage for all of those people to decide
to continue their push for freedom because the speech was just a beginning.
Every person had to follow that with action until everything in that speech
came into manifestation. That was just 50 years ago. Both of my parents are in
their 50’s and I’m 27. I was born in wynne, Arkansas where there were railroad
tracks that the black people lived on one side and the white people lived on
the other. So this inequality, open hatred, open segregation, minimal
opportunity for education, slum living, racial discrimination, mental
oppression, and constant fear only missed me by 23 years. Most of you reading
this will be in the same age group, think about it. It only missed you by 20+
years. Even the white people, your lives you live today with black people as
friends, interracial relationships, going to school with black people, having
the freedom to choose who you want to talk to, hang with, or fall in love with
was not accepted just 20+ years before you were born. The “I have a Dream…”
Speech explains exactly what our lives would have been had we been born just 20+
years earlier. I strongly recommend that you become aware of the difference in
opportunity that you have today compared to your parents growing up. Know that
your parents telling you to “Go to College” means more than just going to
school. It meant that they grew up in a time where something we look at so
casually was, pretty much, an impossibility for them. I say that because many
of us have a dream to be something great but we cloud it with doubt, excuses,
and Lack of action. I strongly recommend that we get an understanding of the
courage displayed in, around, and following this speech. Through that we can
recognize the blessings, positions and opportunities we have been given living in this time period.
Then we can overlook the excuses, the doubt, or being stagnate and boldly and successfully follow in the
footsteps of Martin Luther King and those 250,000 people, to DREAM, STEP UP,
AND TAKE ACTION!
Looking at a mountain packed with snow, I see this massive piece of land blanketed with a beautiful clear ,white area sparkling from the reflection of the sun. It looks like millions of tiny diamonds scattered in no particular order. But that's as far as my vision goes. Simon Beck is on a totally different wave length. Looking at that same clear white area, Simon sees possibilities. He has been creating snow art for 10 years and he does about 30 of these art works a year.
Simon, 56 says each of these take about 10-12 hours to do. He does them by walking and jogging through the snow while counting his step. He also uses a light on his head and a compass in order to try and create perfect patterns. The light is used because he typically does them at night to avoid the skiers.
