Dreaming in vivid color's truth ! No one got the right answer !

For those who where wondering with one is the truth....
The answer is No. 4 !!!!!
I participated in a YOUTUBE video,where I played the wife of “ Pancho Villa” .
Surprise !!! 

This was a final project for my film class done a couple of  semesters ago.
I may not be the best actress but i sure had a heck of a lot of fun.
Here's proof .... Enjoy (go ahead laugh your face off)

http://youtu.be/NCOzSnkbyX0

Truth & Lies

 Sometimes it's difficult to tell apart between the truth and a lie.
So let's just play a game....
Can you spot the one truth from amoung the lies.

 

1.I speak French fluently (Je pense que le français est une langue si romantique) .

2.I have won several awards; because of my art work.



3.I own 23dresses ( I only wear them in the spring/summer)


4.I participated in a YOUTUBE video,where I played the wife of “ Pancho Villa” .



5.I have a secret obsession with 80's fashion.

 
6.I've almost burn down our kitchen while baking chocolate chip cookies. (no one got hurt, except the oven mitts).

 

Thrifting

A couple of years ago, I discovered the magical world of “Thrifting”. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term ; allow me to enlighten you. “Thrifting” refers to act of shopping a secound hand stores (Thrift stores). Not only are prices reasonable but you can find one of a kind items. There is no great trill than finding a dress that with a few alterations can be turn into a fashionable gem. Countless are the compliments i have received from my peers about my thiftstore finds. It's intresting to watch people reactions to the knowlege of where i have acquired most of my clothes. I highly encourage people to check out the “Thrifting scene”. While shopping at these places I also suggest an extra dose of patience and the upholdment of a couple “ground rules of Thrifting” (rules are mention in the video below).Before you watch any videos allow me to introduce to you “THE GIRLS WITH GLASSES SHOW” host by Brooke White and Summer Bellessa. These girls will guided you along with a couple helpful hints and rules in thrifting. Happy Shopping and good luck.

Art: More Than meets the eye



"The Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci

"Number 8" by Jackson Pollock

What is art? Art can be anything from a beautiful portrait created by an grandmaster of art to “ thoughtless” splatters of paint on canvas . Artist have been belittled by the general public because of their “effortless- looking” art. Paintings have been poked fun as “Even I could do that!”. Before deciding to become an art major, I shared the same attitude. I've taken a couple semesters of art classes ,which have reshaped my perspective on art . I have learn about the artists themselves and how events and individuals had influence their artwork. I also had great pleasure of creating my own pieces of artwork. In doing so I discovered the great deal of work there is in being an artist. One must gather materials, visualize what you wish to paint, lay down a blueprint, mixed paint (intill your reach your ideal colors), and apply paint. Mixing colors is perhaps the most difficult part in painting especially if the piece has five hundred different colors in it. Painting not only physically exhausts you, it can also do an number on your emotional being. When I paint, I deal with several emotions than often translates onto the canvas. Colors and brush stokes become a way to express my emotions. My paintings become an extension of me, they carry feelings and stories of the time it was created. My opinion on art was been changed, from being a plain apathetic viewer to an artist that is fully engrossed in the progress in creating art. This did not occur over night but it took a couple semesters to greater appreciate even the most simplest form of art. Now and days,when looking at art I inspect every single brushstroke and try to decipher what the artist is trying to communicate with to the viewer. I now grasp the idea that in art there is much more than meets the eye.

 


"Abuela's Huipil" By Ana Mena (yours truly)

Heads of Household

          Topically when you hear the words “ head of household” you think of the “Man of the house”.

This not the case in my own home. Despite me living in a relatively traditional household, my father has never been the type of man that would stand up for his family. For as the long I can remember, my mother has been fierce defender of the family. Willing to lay down her very own life to the well being of her children. She can be best described as a saint. Her hands have the ability to soothed a broken heart and too create twenty different dishes using chicken. Over the years she's worn several different hats, she been a friend,lover,wife,mother,teacher,counselor,psychologist, religious leader, chef,cleaning lady, interior decorator, bed-side nurse, mind reader, economist, event planner, tailor, laundry specialist, personal shopper,tutor and the list goes on. To the average person this maybe prove shocking but to my beloved mother this all in a day's work. My mother is of short stature with a round shape and large chocolate brown eyes. Her ivory long hair flows all the down her low back, which she tries keep in a neat high bun. Her skin is reminiscent of the red clay of Arizona. There are days she wakes up as a complete different women. She losses her saintly-hood and becomes irritated even by the most insignificant ant crossing the kitchen counter. In contrast we have my father who once was a tall and slender man but due the years no longer looks like the photographs of his youth. His facial features now resemble that of popular “Hanna-Barbera” cartoon character “Droppy”. His head is now dotted with blades of gray hair and his pale skin has been weathered by the of the passing years.

My mother once described my father as type person that could start a conversation with every living person on earth. Now and days my father is soul bread winner of the family,since my mother health enables her to be in a regular job. My Father has supported our household financially for the past sixteen years by means of working a fast food place in the city of Camarillo (he has been working since the age of 16).Along side my mother's wit and my father income, in the year 2001 our family was able to finance our first home. As the nation's recession hit our household we realized that it would take much more than a stable income and brainpower to keep our house. Even now after 2 years of losing our home, I still see my parents as very qualified parents. I note that both of my parents complete each other acting as a Mexican verison of the “Ying-Yang” tradition. They are the embodiment of popular phrase “behind every great man there stands an even greater woman”.