When I was in England I had a conversation with my aunt about my entire generation of cousins in the family on my mothers side. There are about 14 of us altogether, and more than half are into the arts in some form or another. I had never really sat down and thought about it, until that conversation. One of my oldest cousins Simon is an advertising artist during the day, and on his own time he write poetry, he has gone on a few different tours so far which his poetry group. There next trip is to the states in September, they are playing a few really good venus from Washington DC up to New York City. Another one of my cousins Tanya is a dancer, and has been involved in theatre either as a choreographer or on the stage since she was very young. Then there is my cousin Justin who is working day and night on getting his magazine off the ground, and seems to be getting closer and closer to his goal. There are a few more who are involved in one of these forms of art in one way or another as well. Then I look at myself, and although I got a degree in Journalism, I am much more of a business minded person than the artistic type, but sometimes I wonder. When I was a little kid, I rememeber wanting to sing, dance, or play the piano, unfortunately there wasn't the apropriate resources available in the town we lived in. I have a feeling things would have turned out a bit different if there were, and I had been given the chance to express myself artistically at a young age.
I always manage to go off on a rant and forget the real reason I posted a blog in the first place. I wanted to say congratulations to Damien for getting accepted in to one of the best College for Arts and Performance in the UK. I'm sure he will go on to do great things!  ¶ 9:56 AM