cool thing 3

week 3 release. thank you for all who participated in the stretch goal. thank you to those who were patient instead of sending threatening messages. I'm sad to say that due to controversy created it will also be the last stretch goal we will attempt here on frank's new blog. the entire ordeal has caused me great headaches, but it has also been revealing as a witness of character.

COOL THING JAN 15th - JAN 21st:

I call this piece: the reflection you can see

(originally it was called: strength of spirit and the infinite depths of inner beauty ...but I wanted to rename it)

went a little old school for this cool thing. yes, this art was created with ink and paper. nothing digital here (except the backdrop used below to show inspirational elements). happy to share with you another facet of my creativity. also, not that it matters, but I'd like everyone to take note of the date of this drawing if you would please. thank you.

I call it the reflection you can see because sometimes you judge an unknown entity by what you are shown but the reality is that what you think you are seeing is actually only shown to you through a filter or a reflection where some distortion exists. it's like that old saying about meeting your heroes and them being much different when you get close to them. maybe you wrote songs about them that you wish you could take back because when it came right down to it the thing you thought you were singing about wasn't the reality, but just about the reflection of the reality where some important character aspects didn't filter through.

there's something very calming about drawing on paper. things come to life in ways that are not imaginable. sometimes what you create is better than real life and it takes on a life of it's own. sometimes you wish that what you drew was real life instead of what is actually real life. sometimes seeing it can bring you pain.

but wait...

A UNIQUE OPPORUNITY:

you can win this hand-crafted cool thing! yes, that's right. to enter the drawing for the drawing all it takes is a comment below stating how cool you think this cool thing is and I'll happily mail it off to you. I won't miss it knowing you are enjoying it.

thanks, and good luck

-frank