Joker: Put On A Smile

Heavy is the head that wears the crown and no one shows us that like Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker. There will be spoilers here so if you have NOT seen the movie go ahead and save this read for after you have! The movie opens on Arthur Fleck, the Joker’s given name in this…

What’s Love Got to Do with It? Part 2

In the first part of series, Love’s role in relationships was discussed. I do believe it’s an integral part but it’s not ALL. In this part I’d like to discuss Love’s role in work. Because believe it or not, it does play a part. Be it positive or negative, our motivation for doing things is…

What’s Love Got to Do With It? Part 1

Love is the biggest reason of all. It’s also the biggest cliché of all… those three words can be the purest form of expression or the biggest excuse in the world. Love can blind us or set us free, it can shackle us to our past or push us into a new life. But in…

An Amazonian Dress Code?

Justice League was released two weeks ago. One of the first complaints I saw about it was the costumes of the Amazons. This bugged me to no end. The complaint was that they were less covered in JL vs Wonder Woman. The main difference here? a male vision vs a female vision. Now these people…

Meme Culture: easy entertainment & dangerous influence.

Memes… they have become our go to form of entertainment. They’re free, prevalent, creative, varied, and readily available on almost every social media app. With an image and a few lines of text at most an entire message is conveyed. You can see Kermit the frog in a black cloak or with a tea cup,…

My Eyes

Both of my children ended up with my eyes, dark brown and expressive. They say the eyes are the windows to the soul and for me that is the truth. My eyes will give me away every single time. They can hide nothing, much to my chagrin! I like them though, they are one of…

Power, Responsibility, & Influence : An Artist’s Arsenal

These three words are at times thrown flippantly about. People covet them. People fake them. People abuse them. However, when people truly find out what they mean; the full weight of the burden they can be comes crashing down on them…. and then, ladies and gentlemen, does the real test begin. What you do after…

Wonder Woman: Love’s Champion

As one of my personal favorite superheroes and a part of the DC trinity, Wonder Woman has always shined bright as a beacon of hope and inspiration for me. An Amazon princess who literally sacrifices everything she has ever known to be an ambassador of hope and love and to defend the defenseless in the…