And before the moons pale beams ...

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        It will be the night of Hallows Eve! Sorry guys, that was pretty corny. I know I'm a month early, but ... on October 31st, it will be Halloween! Now Let me enlighten you a little more about Halloween ... According to scholars, All Hallows' Eve initially incorporated traditions from pagan festivals and festivals honoring the dead. And that will be the limit of my factual insight before I bore you. But during the days before Halloween there will be costumes, haunted houses, ghosts, scary movies, pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, and candy. You cant forget the candy! My favorite  is probably Snickers ... love them Snickers!  But recently, I have been seeing so many videos of people with amazing make up and costume ideas. I mean, these people can look like real monsters. Some people can even make a bloody wound out of latex and make it look like their skin was scratched by a werewolf. Its amazing and it makes me wanna try some of that for Halloween! But I don't think I could pull it of as a first-timer. These people are artists - the pros of Halloween costume and design. The way they manipulate the make up and latex to distort their face or body into something totally scary and gross! ... I LOVE IT. But to tell you the truth, some of them actually creep me out.

        This one on the right is amazingly inventive. The red streaks really add to the whole demon-ish monster face. The yellow contact finishes the look very nicely. Just imagine how crazy it would look if she finished the other half of her face as well. I would die to see that! Then she would look like a real horror ... and I would not like to find something looking like that under my bed at night. I don't think anyone would. 

        I love how people can take simple make up and fake blood and then seeing them use it to make an amazing creature out of it. They make a normal looking face into something that you see in your worst nightmares. Make up artists bring the monsters to life, and I am mesmerized by it. But don't get me wrong, I would be absolutely terrified if anything from my nightmares came to life ... I think we all would. But I think that's what Halloween is all about. Just letting all the scary things come out for one night, and embracing it! It might sound crazy, but Halloween is fun! Plus the fattening candy makes it all the better!

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       Originally, these two pictures were separate. I just put the two together on Paint. I put them together because they look so similar; skeletons drawn onto a fleshy face. But you can tell - if you look closely - that the male skeleton has a lot more detail on the neck than the female. To me, it looks like tendons: tissue that usually connects muscle to bone. Aside from the detail on the male skeletons neck, I love the way the black next to the mouth shows the hollow cheeks of a skeleton. The same goes for the eye sockets. The small details on the make up makes it even more realistic. It's like their bone structure is protruding from their skin. Fun fact: some people can do this skeleton make up with just simple drug store eyeliner. Is your mind blown? Cause mine sure is. If I tried this with eyeliner, it would look like I just came back from working the coal mines. Aside from the coal mines, there are so many other make up artists that come up with the craziest effects. I would love to show them all to you, but we all know that I cant. But, check out this girl on YouTube! She's one of the best make up artists I've seen on the tube and her skills are amazing!
        Maybe with time, I can look like one of those skeletons for Halloween. Or maybe even that demon girl on top! That would be an accomplishment. But I still really enjoy seeing all the creativeness for Halloween and the effort people put into their costume idea. No matter how much some of these get ups give me goose bumps, I will always be fascinated at how scary they are. 

        

Your temple and The Walls

Your body is a temple, so why not decorate the walls?

       Since this summer before I went back to school, I have been obsessed with tattoos. The way they look, the placement, the actual art of a beautiful tattoo. But some others I've seen, I think, "Why would you ever get something like that?!" Like this unicorn on the right. But everyone has their own tastes, interests, and meanings of why they get certain tattoos. For some others I have seen, I fell in love with instantly and I'm still in love with them right now. I plan to get A LOT of tattoos. Like one on each thigh, some on my back, and others on my arms. I would put all the tattoos I want to get on my blog, but that would be too much and to explain each and everyone would be the death of me :P 

        I see pictures of people with so many tattoos, and I envy them! Just looking at all the tattoos I want, I get so impatient and I just want to get tatted right now. But patience is the greatest virtue. So while I wait, I can search for the best artist who I think can replicate the picture onto my skin perfectly. Waiting also means that I can save up more and more money to pay for each of them. I even got an empty protein powder bucket and started putting seven dollars in it each week. I am determined to get all the tattoos that represent me and that also express myself. 

       Tattoos, for me, is a way to say something without using real words. To put a meaningful message on your skin for life. Putting something on your skin permanently is like telling a secret in a piece of art; sharing your most intimate thoughts. But that's only if someone can understand and unravel what your tattoo really means. One of my tattoos - the one that will be on my right thigh - is a little inappropriate, so I wont be showing it on my blog. But its by a modern artist by the name of Audrey Kawasaki. The other tattoo that will be inked is of a skull, bird, and flowers around it. This will be on my left thigh. My other tattoos will be of Eve in the Garden of Eden with the snake, and an owl. 

       The tattoo with Eve in the Garden of Eden represents, to me, a sense of purity. That was the beginning of Man and Woman. When they were knowledgeable about God and His love; a heaven on earth with everything you could ask for. But with life, comes temptation, and we all have temptations and desires. It shows me that the first man and woman on earth were flawed. The bird and skull symbolize life and death. It's kind of like matter: all matter in the universe cannot be created or destroyed. It's recycled. The skull is death, but with that death comes new life. The flowers are growing, and that energy comes from death. It is renewed into life again! To continue, when I think of an owl, I think of a wise ......... almost old man! The wisest of all birds. Just the fact that they are nocturnal adds to their "majesty." They can see they're prey through the darkness of the trees in the dead of winter. Also, have you ever seen an owl fly? Because I sure never have. But why? Will I ever see one fly? Will I even be able to tell if its an owl or not? Its almost like I have see owls in stories; like myths.  

        All I know is that my interests and meanings of each of my tattoo will change and some I might not end up getting in the end. But I will be getting the tattoos that represent me the best. I'll keep searching for the perfect artist and I'll keep wanting to decorate the walls of my temple.