29 March 2009
spring break update: it's over.
27 March 2009
19 March 2009
18 March 2009
monkey trouble
17 March 2009
15 March 2009
14 March 2009
MY FAVORITE GAME
the challenge of the ancient empires: the best game.
Cave Animals
Cave animals can cause damage to the player, though sometimes can help. (For example, a bat may periodically touch a gong that's not reachable by the player.)
- Ant
- Ant Lion (uses projectiles)
- Bat
- Caterpiller (uses projectiles)
- Hanging Spider
- Ladybug
- Pegasus Frog
- Praying Mantis (uses projectiles)
- Scorpion (uses projectiles)
- Snake
- Wolf Spider
09 March 2009
07 March 2009
06 March 2009
02 March 2009
AKIANE
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| • | Born underwater at home, on July 9, 1994, in Mount Morris, Illinois, to the atheistic stay-at-home Lithuanian homemaker mother, and an American father, chef and dietary manager. |
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| • | Lived in Illinois, Missouri, Colorado and Idaho, experiencing poverty and affluence. |
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| • | Having attended both public and private schools, now is home-schooled with her four brothers, Delfini 16, Jean Lu 14, Ilia 5 years old and Aurelius, her new baby brother |
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| • | Began drawing at 4, and painting at 6, teaching herself and learning mostly from her own keen observation and study. |
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| • | Speaks four languages: Lithuanian, Russian, English and Sign Language |
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| • | At 4, had a life-changing spiritual transformation, bringing the family to God. |
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| • | At age 7 began writing poetry and aphorisms. |
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| • | Her poems often arrive fully conceived. |
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| • | The inspiration for her art and literature comes from her visions, dreams, observations of people, nature and God. |
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| • | Paints from imagination, reference materials and models. |
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| • | Favorite size canvases: 48 x 60 inches. |
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| • | Considers her style: Akianism - a universal blend of realism and imaginism |
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| • | Wants people to find hope in her paintings. |
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| • | Has the same goal with each painting: to be inspiration for others and to be the gift to God. |
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| • | Favorite medium: acrylics for full figures, and oil paints for large portraits. |
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| • | Rises at 4 a.m. five-six days a week to get ready to paint in the studio and write; works for about 4-5 hours each day. |
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| • | Often works over a hundred to two hundred hours on a painting, producing 8 to 20 paintings a year. |
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| • | Usually makes many sketches before painting. |
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| • | Works on one painting at a time. |
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| • | Favorite subject: people and spiritual subjects. |
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| • | Has "start-to-finish" demonstration videos of her painting. |
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| • | Favorite activities and hobbies: art, poetry, piano, reading and helping people. |
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| • | Likes about herself: "sensitivity to people". |
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| • | Does not like about herself: "impatience". |
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| • | Assesses her own character: "daring heart and cautious mind". |
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| • | Her biggest wish: "that everyone would love God and one another". |
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| • | Her life goal: to share her love for God and people around the world. |
The Pyramids …In one of my dreams I saw the image of white pyramids beaten by the ocean waves and surrounded by live bubbles. Unlike most of my paintings, I had no idea what those symbols meant, but I painted them anyway. Today the meaning still remains a riddle... |