tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60196942499089219132024-03-12T16:20:57.377-07:00The Moon in The Mirrorthe art of Rork MaiellanoMichael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-91727261545678016152014-04-27T08:49:00.001-07:002014-04-27T08:50:47.214-07:00Morning thoughts<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm always looking for moments while forgetting I'm in one. Cause' it might not have that Feeling I'm looking for. It might be stressful, or boring, or directionless. It might have no aim.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These moments I run away from. Even writing this is an escape. I imagine this is a different kind of life than our ancestors lived, whose work may not have been motivated by money, or fame, or wanting to feel important. But by want, and necessity, and acceptance of their place as humans. And by love? A boring kind; passionless and evenly spread out.</span><br />
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<br />Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-76432090762843279272014-04-02T21:08:00.004-07:002014-04-02T21:12:17.761-07:00Art Opening for First FridayHey folks! Come stop by Hedonist Artisan Chocolate and Ice Cream this Friday from 6pm-9pm. They are displaying some of my more recent works as well as providing samples of their Earl Gray Caramels. <br />
Check them out at:<br />
<a href="http://www.hedonistchocolates.com/">www.hedonistchocolates.com</a><br />
and<br />
<a href="http://www.hedonisticecream.com/">www.hedonisticecream.com</a><br />
or better yet, stop by Friday to 672 South Avenue, Rochester, NY!<br />
Hope to see you there!Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-53079919721902581752014-03-30T10:23:00.002-07:002014-03-30T10:23:28.793-07:00New WorkThese past few years have been very busy, and I haven't updated in a while. But I've recently started making work again. Here are two new pieces. They're colored pencil with turpenoid. I will get better pictures of them soon.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-90503652513809637762011-02-23T16:11:00.000-08:002011-02-23T17:04:02.415-08:00AHHHHH SO LONG IT HAS BEEN<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6xHiu4pIwEOlUWP7bB4H3ZOBTKHlm4rURk8zvdT2mXxyF32n5DdicApiQt4JX3Ohqiv81olh41talIQ2MP8sDveFYp07B8Cl9mOrX55FiPnPhzOUeac4SZUXEbGGt52-YkWH3GFJeQE/s1600/Mermaids%252C+Moon%252C+and+Mirror.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6xHiu4pIwEOlUWP7bB4H3ZOBTKHlm4rURk8zvdT2mXxyF32n5DdicApiQt4JX3Ohqiv81olh41talIQ2MP8sDveFYp07B8Cl9mOrX55FiPnPhzOUeac4SZUXEbGGt52-YkWH3GFJeQE/s320/Mermaids%252C+Moon%252C+and+Mirror.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577054529632073602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbusYHHnc7j6LNavvq0golySzRojCztC5r5LjskYfwKPWv0FLcJsH3kbupM7qHk6F67HYPMpulNHyhLAWNfGMTdsowzt-8VcYBpFCQ7pT_iZ_ALZFsGjFFG_aVvZnq4L2CN-N50h1xt8k/s1600/5386snow_whiteHR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbusYHHnc7j6LNavvq0golySzRojCztC5r5LjskYfwKPWv0FLcJsH3kbupM7qHk6F67HYPMpulNHyhLAWNfGMTdsowzt-8VcYBpFCQ7pT_iZ_ALZFsGjFFG_aVvZnq4L2CN-N50h1xt8k/s320/5386snow_whiteHR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577043268907824786" /></a><br />Hi all,<br /><br />I'm back to having technology at my beck and call. And lo and behold I have some new work to show too :)Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-6323458676049253232010-01-10T14:48:00.000-08:002010-01-10T14:53:50.264-08:00oh and this<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkNm1RVzr2pcZxtngPINWiCTcm7n83_PwTf5ZpDp6O8TyLzM2KH6_jbjVT90doMef8X6HimO9Z7WggUyLt9IeMelGxbkDXx5DVv7H5ZH6MvesccS0X_FHDMhAxCFy32_vtLv_nvhKBi8/s1600-h/Mermaid+Puppet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkNm1RVzr2pcZxtngPINWiCTcm7n83_PwTf5ZpDp6O8TyLzM2KH6_jbjVT90doMef8X6HimO9Z7WggUyLt9IeMelGxbkDXx5DVv7H5ZH6MvesccS0X_FHDMhAxCFy32_vtLv_nvhKBi8/s320/Mermaid+Puppet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425247919016623810" /></a><br />And heres another mermaid puppet. Sorry for the poor scanning quality of the Moonchild drawing-ill upload a clearer picture soon enough....I hope.Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-72227713265396762812010-01-10T14:38:00.000-08:002010-01-10T14:45:27.734-08:00And some more<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAeqw4Nbdyn7e9lWKM0ai_50CvXfEF7xGXRg2dgaxtQO8YYdhhIX73Cil7mFBnq9OLxwVls_mBgbMEClkfiDZyPnnp0Cz739xSNu2c-3P_XpJxjSpJcMgK3flGSRVr56hE8ayLxoFY5c/s1600-h/Moonchild.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAeqw4Nbdyn7e9lWKM0ai_50CvXfEF7xGXRg2dgaxtQO8YYdhhIX73Cil7mFBnq9OLxwVls_mBgbMEClkfiDZyPnnp0Cz739xSNu2c-3P_XpJxjSpJcMgK3flGSRVr56hE8ayLxoFY5c/s320/Moonchild.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425245673212976498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3lkOlhO0UJqzVCrLBjs-lgVWjp9TM-wGj0X84_pvI0fFd6lcOQku9f37NV5paZICe4xSCS5TCRbfPJDEqmIiNlROFXZGUGIufhbk4rjQTv1_GCU8Ws21ojcPPhUOSI-t5mmUY3ZCGw0/s1600-h/Fairy+%2B+Mouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3lkOlhO0UJqzVCrLBjs-lgVWjp9TM-wGj0X84_pvI0fFd6lcOQku9f37NV5paZICe4xSCS5TCRbfPJDEqmIiNlROFXZGUGIufhbk4rjQTv1_GCU8Ws21ojcPPhUOSI-t5mmUY3ZCGw0/s320/Fairy+%2B+Mouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425245667246268466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhir8ubdJNdP8IE2lypTYqEiOwAUJ2PhssaTMTNSVI71daoy9cQ-7xIX29g6-Us6nKxxGVK-TfsNucBuJdbxv5dB5VsoWSaLyMnd5xpWpHLS1t-LXsrHhKT3cnPhb7wz4EqSJZctEj7i0U/s1600-h/Poison+Ivy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhir8ubdJNdP8IE2lypTYqEiOwAUJ2PhssaTMTNSVI71daoy9cQ-7xIX29g6-Us6nKxxGVK-TfsNucBuJdbxv5dB5VsoWSaLyMnd5xpWpHLS1t-LXsrHhKT3cnPhb7wz4EqSJZctEj7i0U/s320/Poison+Ivy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425245656243657634" /></a><br />Heres some more work too!The first one is a little sketch for Camphill's program for Holy Nights, the second is a study of Poison Ivy from Batman, I'd like to make it biger and better, and a little more abstract. The last piece is a drawing for a friends story about little fairy who is trying to save her human friend who is dying from consumption.Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-48743173574844438342010-01-04T11:44:00.000-08:002010-01-04T11:46:00.521-08:00Midsummer Night's Dream<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLO3VT297BugjYx9G2T6kxfGFmY5Nu8NuBeLdnp3zX9KCPLbcKh3uRdLxbjyiDZ5ThKKI-ogBkhz-_htdaV3KhcGWerLgKsJsfnyAbBdbGekaSCP2k-n1GJW0z2AnwF3gPRHJQlVdrP0/s1600-h/A+Midsummer+Night%27s+Dream"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 174px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLO3VT297BugjYx9G2T6kxfGFmY5Nu8NuBeLdnp3zX9KCPLbcKh3uRdLxbjyiDZ5ThKKI-ogBkhz-_htdaV3KhcGWerLgKsJsfnyAbBdbGekaSCP2k-n1GJW0z2AnwF3gPRHJQlVdrP0/s320/A+Midsummer+Night%27s+Dream" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422973255977697954" /></a><br />Greetings from Camphill. Here's a new one.Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-22598109907332677622009-08-28T18:18:00.000-07:002009-08-28T18:28:46.645-07:00So, about that update....:\<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7na7VH6eSZKRycnRWeVS_ke5fe6mPg4Ecr4pUFtpPB_Eyc97kGejzqksMpeLR97Kded0QnDeHB4pWz949sDQ6Nv0ubWojYwO8y53niV594t2ZKgm16-IosZKwM7DtUJE3_uEyRZkLJuY/s1600-h/Mermaid+Puppet+1+Assembled.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7na7VH6eSZKRycnRWeVS_ke5fe6mPg4Ecr4pUFtpPB_Eyc97kGejzqksMpeLR97Kded0QnDeHB4pWz949sDQ6Nv0ubWojYwO8y53niV594t2ZKgm16-IosZKwM7DtUJE3_uEyRZkLJuY/s320/Mermaid+Puppet+1+Assembled.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375190500945586178" /></a><br />Hahaha...I lied a little. Well I said soon-it just depends on one's definition of soon? What is time anyway? It's all relative....right?..........................Who wants Jell-O?!<br /><br /><br />Oh Look here's a puppet!<br /><br />Well that's one update. I have two more puppets made as well and soon* they will be making their appearance. Right now it's back to the drawing board.<br /><br />*by soon I think I mean tomorrow but don't hold me to it...whoever you are, imaginary followers.Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-17179937311480838472009-07-30T20:17:00.000-07:002009-07-30T20:18:28.011-07:00UpdateMy heavens it's been a while. I will soon be updating some more recent work. Also some blurbs about what's happening etc. But now...sleep.Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-53995822446420250162009-06-17T20:03:00.000-07:002009-06-17T20:20:04.777-07:00Snow White<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidCcwe9-FWeztd-nWKU2hyphenhyphen3aUTq2DZM0GcwmQD0bRXChSkJaN__5X_Y8N6J3lO8_BYjrcEVljk_OyhQjpWboaQ5MGVYOVMZPe8ICoPaTuGt8xTLarpXqp8zNeXHj4oHxhqTT6E9xtQ5g/s1600-h/Snow+White012.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidCcwe9-FWeztd-nWKU2hyphenhyphen3aUTq2DZM0GcwmQD0bRXChSkJaN__5X_Y8N6J3lO8_BYjrcEVljk_OyhQjpWboaQ5MGVYOVMZPe8ICoPaTuGt8xTLarpXqp8zNeXHj4oHxhqTT6E9xtQ5g/s320/Snow+White012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500791111474098" /></a><br />So I've included some pictures of character designs for Snow White. More will be following. I have so many stories I would like to pursue but I need to focus on just one at a time. This is a dilemma. Lately my minds been racing non-stop. I've been thinking so much about many different fairy tales, how important they are, how relevant they can be when you're facing challenges in life. Right now, Snow White stands out in particular because you can read so many different things into it. It's characters seems so complex but the language of the story is sooooo simple. I've been thinking of it as a story of spiritual growth. I have a friend who helped me to see the importance of spirituality and that every story which transcends time does so because it has such a strong spiritual pull.<br />Snow White is a pure soul, the Step Mother Queen could be the same soul except it's broken by it's own ego. And the Seven Dwarves are the ones that see the purity of Snow White and who are so touched by her, and who see her light, that they aspire to move past their material traps (they are miners, they are stuck in this Earth digging for treasure). <br /><br />When Snow is poisoned the first time it is from bindings, the second time its by vanity, and the third time it is from temptation (not sexual necesarily). She dies, but maybe she is just incubating until she is ready to really express herself. <br />When her equal comes along, she wakes up completely and leaves the forest. The Queen dies shortly after. Oh just read the story. Its good, you won't regret it.Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-91835114037902184212009-05-31T19:53:00.000-07:002009-05-31T19:58:17.810-07:00Home<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvSRl3gvAZJX8_RpQtypon3SQXc0Lh-2hlnleQeD2nUxWqbF8WV0bKpWepfChn_zcwm9uuwSd1OpFjKJ02vzizWPGNdeFK0caUEM_12pSrtAkJ07pZpaOxg3MUjApkq4ctP4APjur-3U/s1600-h/Homefield.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342187692597916210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvSRl3gvAZJX8_RpQtypon3SQXc0Lh-2hlnleQeD2nUxWqbF8WV0bKpWepfChn_zcwm9uuwSd1OpFjKJ02vzizWPGNdeFK0caUEM_12pSrtAkJ07pZpaOxg3MUjApkq4ctP4APjur-3U/s320/Homefield.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqQaBRL4G4pTuUtTNzMi0K3KBZP_Uy5Dtq585RySB6PIKgo8EXJywB6WSGegUwWLq0lqh1KOcx0FTLgBagprs-L9LOIO0swkZz_icmZkZAzgbUuVuf7N-J-TQnPKNvMq3PRoTe0BjQDE/s1600-h/Home007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342187364106322066" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqQaBRL4G4pTuUtTNzMi0K3KBZP_Uy5Dtq585RySB6PIKgo8EXJywB6WSGegUwWLq0lqh1KOcx0FTLgBagprs-L9LOIO0swkZz_icmZkZAzgbUuVuf7N-J-TQnPKNvMq3PRoTe0BjQDE/s320/Home007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>These are two pieces of home-a view of the hay field from my back deck and a view from the edge of the woods behind my house.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div>Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-82026739803956328472009-05-31T19:31:00.000-07:002009-05-31T19:52:19.700-07:00New from the Book of Sketching<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMC_yxsSjxzPNqfhEcJ3J7Zy3Cih9Asd6mg4mevNmC6Httc-v6pieyTsJIxxrcLjWmRwYwojh5Ds1f5ybLyeUsJuKSOuGB0vOHS_EI5qWMzIqIEfea-MMCQ-u2gtzPt10aQs99HHiMa1M/s1600-h/cafe013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342182767973149906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 237px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMC_yxsSjxzPNqfhEcJ3J7Zy3Cih9Asd6mg4mevNmC6Httc-v6pieyTsJIxxrcLjWmRwYwojh5Ds1f5ybLyeUsJuKSOuGB0vOHS_EI5qWMzIqIEfea-MMCQ-u2gtzPt10aQs99HHiMa1M/s320/cafe013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Yesterday I moved to The Market Street Art Studios in Lockport, NY. I was gonna start something right away but then realized I forgot my paper...but I did have a sketch book. Then I had a wild urge to do a life drawing at a cafe so I drove to Elmwood Ave. A very trendy part of Buffalo, close to Buff. State I think. I stopped at the little cafe thats attached to Talking Leaves bookstore and drew. This took all of 10 minutes. </div><br /><br /><div>Im really hoping that moving to a studio will help me to not procrasti nate with the T.V. and internet. </div><br /><div>I had a really good time. It was kind of a cheap way of being around people. But I have to start making friends. Its harder to make friends for me than it is to slip into isolation. When I drove back I decided to look at Rembrandt's work a bit and got inspired to try my hand at a Master's study of part of one of his self-portraits. I worked on it today for about three hours with colored pencil and a little adjustment on photoshop. I'm really pumped about it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6p22Qmw3CKUkqOCaE8qdKxJ0gGLVWx4lfc-SkrxDsc5TP-r97VzbDyq-0PuWd4Xb4OI3fiWlfnHZhogBh3-Z10xiLRFele-wiQhqQpn4sgU-U0LCul8RunjzoYChTxiCCJ0k-dAGBs8o/s1600-h/rembrandt014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342183925279803938" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6p22Qmw3CKUkqOCaE8qdKxJ0gGLVWx4lfc-SkrxDsc5TP-r97VzbDyq-0PuWd4Xb4OI3fiWlfnHZhogBh3-Z10xiLRFele-wiQhqQpn4sgU-U0LCul8RunjzoYChTxiCCJ0k-dAGBs8o/s320/rembrandt014.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>I'm honestly working on little more than fumes and I feel like I should probably say this before I forget. I don't know why- I'm not all for going public about inner baggage. But I do want to say that this morning I started juggling between clarity and a panic attack. Laying bed and thinking too much-trying to slow down my heart beating-and some inner voice somewhere was saying that whatever lids we pull up on ourselves-its because we are becoming ready to be perceptive. I think that maybe one of the hardest fights-if not <em>the </em>hardest fight is the one we have with ourselves and our ego. And when we start to listen to how we ahve been dishonest, or not fully present we must atone for it. Those moments are OK, but we always reap what we sow. When we are growing up we suffer all sorts of growing pains. When we are emotionally growing up, it usually is precursed by some sort of struggle. But if the struggle doesnt beat us then we grow from it. I think I've realized in part why I'm home. Why I'm lucky to be home.</div></div>Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-751105625143213612009-05-29T10:07:00.000-07:002009-05-29T10:16:40.677-07:00What a dayI saw The Wizard of Oz two nights ago, and Im constantly floored by that story. I've been thinking about it a lot lately and recently found out that Action Synthese is creating a fully CGI animated film based of the L. Frank Baum books. I tried not to react-but honestly felt a little torn that I am not a part of this, as if God has given me some authority over this story because its meant so much to me. Now especially, after graduation from school. I feel a little like I was in Oz and now am back in Kansas; a place that has its own beauties but where I'm not fully home either. Now a character liek Dorothy is like the quintessential child in all of us. The one that digs its heels into the ground in fear of growing up. But eventually we do have to grow up. We must own up to our humanity, face the consequences of our actions or inaction, and be a part of this world. We're all afraid of being brainless, heartless, and cowards-we all experience what those things are like. And we suffer for them, and occassionaly so do others. <br />I was driving one day to work and I completely zoned out and suddenly I was at work and thought "How the hell did I get here?"Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-31299564034842243192009-05-28T07:07:00.001-07:002009-05-28T07:07:56.522-07:00Amazing artOh my god, Thank you Portland Studios for creating such magic.Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-46902764482710090562009-05-14T18:17:00.001-07:002009-05-14T18:29:09.755-07:00Go West<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKBpokMQaSzm4zHC0ySW_xuyWvAhDV9AZkSprehHIzTQtG7eQxZ52NZRwPK52OHJUOyPchELwxHL_ZGvJMBNhPvTvnC_C6v8hh07RzfsIBQ2wxW2SSur42pzIvbfGLT-6w_wby2sXipU/s1600-h/western+gal002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335856156472619490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKBpokMQaSzm4zHC0ySW_xuyWvAhDV9AZkSprehHIzTQtG7eQxZ52NZRwPK52OHJUOyPchELwxHL_ZGvJMBNhPvTvnC_C6v8hh07RzfsIBQ2wxW2SSur42pzIvbfGLT-6w_wby2sXipU/s320/western+gal002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPZWMoL1k8IJ02XfiaFV5nUo-mpx2FS-9Fn3VseEvfK6o0_RhKek-K0R8_S4ALeJZ-44_UMLsK0r3MoYUJ0i0DK3WSl_qqg52Jgxi_7-SK2OhnzzMeV4jVfjmfBXFKI8ghGDyf2JCsUM/s1600-h/western+gal002.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div>This gal is a concept for a character for a new piece I'm working on. She's an old Western damsel.</div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-23636956654685679582009-05-03T17:00:00.000-07:002009-05-03T19:46:23.620-07:00Wacky Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVh6IwqyU-_mtkzd3xtmJBkWjHAxiNO14bM5-P9s4TWOY-reuZfuIY6gMb4f2E5w5Ccmoz6UkGCOQIiKLDFxrK3vgTDksc_CfSAi_dmoc6gca4EMrozsQnyAIsK8kgwpmQDkwDFzjVlUs/s1600-h/gross.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331794504338331538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVh6IwqyU-_mtkzd3xtmJBkWjHAxiNO14bM5-P9s4TWOY-reuZfuIY6gMb4f2E5w5Ccmoz6UkGCOQIiKLDFxrK3vgTDksc_CfSAi_dmoc6gca4EMrozsQnyAIsK8kgwpmQDkwDFzjVlUs/s320/gross.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXeuLe3mNCkTAIJFyO4aABFAOXsVKg4I10stN3_GnE6kK3hy-Q2mb-e-eW6yGiNU59VA4HkpfGdNid6u8uX7CspXN7pGeIVgVXGtH42cIcGZmGrH8lcColF8k4GWzNhrO-quLRjN11wA/s1600-h/Mermaid+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331757233981346626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXeuLe3mNCkTAIJFyO4aABFAOXsVKg4I10stN3_GnE6kK3hy-Q2mb-e-eW6yGiNU59VA4HkpfGdNid6u8uX7CspXN7pGeIVgVXGtH42cIcGZmGrH8lcColF8k4GWzNhrO-quLRjN11wA/s320/Mermaid+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Today I took my dog Star for a really long and treacherous walk. She really didn't know what she was in for. Neither did I. It's really scary to be responsible for another being. Being a parent must be the most terrifying kind of position to find yourself in. Why would anyone want that, lol. That's crazy! Wack-a-doo!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Here's to Parents everywhere!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>-Ruh-Roh! :0</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>*And here's to Star-what a trooper.</div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-65831841182187043682009-05-01T16:02:00.001-07:002009-05-01T16:11:28.563-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQH9ragiNlIUHRXGk2dUNWRXFXnttCmgImKH_BCohMBgHDxUcCcNgclSkHinYyWkvhvnkqSCdINuWTY_edxFRsqTYSX1PMcjqe4Oo6tNvrLCBY5Py38OjMMnHy-aOq1F4kDb6-4lMCghs/s1600-h/Palace2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330996656567723826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQH9ragiNlIUHRXGk2dUNWRXFXnttCmgImKH_BCohMBgHDxUcCcNgclSkHinYyWkvhvnkqSCdINuWTY_edxFRsqTYSX1PMcjqe4Oo6tNvrLCBY5Py38OjMMnHy-aOq1F4kDb6-4lMCghs/s320/Palace2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Sometimes I avoid making art. I'm not sure why this is, but I feel like it's something like avoidance coping. On the other side of that, if I don't doodle at least a little bit every day, I become an absolute basket case. And when I am drawing, I bite my fingernails till they bleed. Sometimes I swear I hate drawing, but I think that if that were true than it wouldn't bother me as much when Im spending way too much time washing dishes while my mind is on drawing.</div><br /><div>Goodness, maybe Im avoiding right now!</div><br /><div>I've been thinking a lot about Alice, or Dorothy and how they keep running from situations and for a while thats cool, but eventually they always come back to reality. Even if there aren't any talking animals.</div><div> </div>Michael Rork Maiellanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779516832104961491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019694249908921913.post-32395682654509125062009-04-30T20:44:00.000-07:002014-04-03T15:06:00.739-07:00First Blog EVAAAA!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZB1Ndc3MXY_COFhlWk1IePGNGW083gbknV7FZ7iMCjkJ_f_IFiPMrxH1cqDi2HGwDBSgP10Dp5PjFmH4-H8sZFlJKxwyBcL8HIyp5qy-vy1rjLopvzg-zCXBI1R3-WpF_nnNm4QUvqQ/s1600-h/Wizard+of+Oz.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZB1Ndc3MXY_COFhlWk1IePGNGW083gbknV7FZ7iMCjkJ_f_IFiPMrxH1cqDi2HGwDBSgP10Dp5PjFmH4-H8sZFlJKxwyBcL8HIyp5qy-vy1rjLopvzg-zCXBI1R3-WpF_nnNm4QUvqQ/s320/Wizard+of+Oz.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330993523958557074" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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Hi there and welcome to this blog spot. I'm Rork as the title discloses, and I also like drawing.<br />
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Look, here's one of my drawings paying a visit now! Expect visits from more of my drawings in the future. Come back often. Like tomorrow even.</div>
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