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Name: Deeann
Location: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female

Interests: I love to paint and make big messes on the floor with pictures books things im reading quotes ive collected random things ive found and sit in a small spot that is clear on the floor of the mess while laughing with friends either in the studio or ones that i love that i talk to only on the phone while i listen to music and CREATE! i love to hang out with my friends and hang out with kids i love to talk more than i like most things. i am interested in quality time with people and love going to get coffee. i am always up for pizza or ice cream. i like learning about indians and corrie ten boom. i LOVE MOVIES! i watch like 10 a week i bet. im learning to cook and i draw people all the time in my sketchbook! i like to sing real loud in the car and love living life with those around me.
Occupation: Artist
Industry: Art

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Member Since: 9/10/2005

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Monday, June 12, 2006

here are some pictures from lindseys wedding

me and tally

me and my sweet boyfriend loyd :)

some of the girls after a good fast dance of crazy fun!

me and greatkait! i will miss our fun camp moments and all that that involves!!!

these are old pictures but cute none the less.... and i thought...well i guess since i wont be at camp its okay for everyone to know that loyd and i have been dating for 8 months :)
hope everyone is having a splendid day!!!
i will post again soon

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Monday, June 05, 2006

hey guys!! i havent been on here in well....since november and lots has happend!! one thing that has happend is that my paintings have been published!!

louie giglio wrote a book called The Air I Breathe (which by the way is an incredible book about making worship a lifestyle) and this past year he released a booked that is a Student version for youth groups and students to take and it is a two part book-

The latest book from Louie Giglio is an interactive Student Edition of The Air I Breathe. Geared for teenagers and college students, but perfect for any group focusing specifically on worship, Wired is designed with pages that teach, challenge, and connect. Wired also includes a 30-day journey that helps students understand the depth of God’s character and how to know Him more intimately. A Leader’s Guide is also available, which includes teaching resources and ideas for group study.

It is the one called WIRED the cover is blue....here is the link: https://www.268store.com/268store.html

the book looks amazing and in the journal part of the book, I did the paintings for the backgrounds...kind of like my journal that we had printed -which are still available for $10 and I can mail them to you.

to learn more about this here is hte link: http://www.dancarson.com/store.php?action=Invitation_Journal

anyway...life has been crazy... i have been avoiding xanga because i know a lot of you campers have subscribed to my page and im very sad to tell you that i wil lnot be at camp this summer. god has brought me on a different path with lots of bumps and turns and i was reluctant with my decision because i wanted to be at camp really bad but... i am working as an intern for my church youth group this summer and spending some time teaching art lessons and using my paintings as a ministry. i know i will miss camp and i am really sad that i wont get to be there with all yall when yall come... sorry if you asked last year and i told you that i was coming back- at that time i really did think i was. i will miss yall.

hope you are all having a good day...i will write more soon....deeann is back on xanga! haha

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Friday, December 16, 2005

I have two new favorite music artists:
Teitur and Ray Lamontagne
someone suprised me with the Teitur cd as an early christmas present... :) such a good listener...

"lets go dancing, waltz around the room again, in your faded dress with the dafodills, lets go dancing and let time stand still." -Teitur
i like that part of that song- so simple but so personal that he would tell her what dress he pictures them dancing in- and that its like this old faded dress ya know? probably not one she is particulary proud of but one that she loves and is most her self in.... i love that....

I have been working very hard on paintings for the PASSION 06 GALLERY and I am pretty much done with them and pretty well pleased... the thing with painting is that its hard to ever really consider them finished ya know - so its sometimes frustrating but I think its a big part of my future to get used to and so im adjusting to the thought of unfinished and unsatisfying paintings staring at me as i work in my studio for the rest of my life...

so many of my friends are getting married! Bill got married last week, I am in hannahs wedding in january, i got a letter announcing Leah Blacks engagement, Lindsey and brooks in may, caroline last summer... and a few more of my friends probably close to proposals... so fun :)

I had my last review for the semester this morning and it went really well which was encouraging. they didnt stump me with vague questions and they seemed encouraging wiht my path so far as an ARTIST :) "keep up the good work" ....awesome... ill try...

i cant wait to see my brother during christmas... we always stay up late goofing off and talking about girls (for him) and now loyd for me :) well and fernando... haha...

i am taking another surface design class next semester where i will get to sew and die fabrics and do textile design and stuff again and im so excited about it because i REALLY enjoyed that last year. if i had to have a "normal" job i would do the following in this order:

if art related:
1- textile design/something in fabrics and clothes
2- design layouts for a magazine or something
if not art related:
3-some type of counseling
4-social work

so instead of choosing- i want to be an artist that paints and makes clothes and whatever i want... sells paintings and writes a book to encourage young people in their path of life in ups and downs and share with them all that i feel and know with my art journals and books...
awwwww i miss you so much margaret... and i definatley want us to make a big mess at x-mas break
and i want to have counseling/art lessons with small groups of girls (probably just girls) to teach them how to express themselvse however they want and listen to music and get to know them and just be real with them- allow them to be a part of my life and get to know them...

the way i see it that is really what life is all about.... influencing others in christ...

sometimes i dream so much abotu the future that i cant think about right now.... life is so wonderful!!
I was talking to susan (painting professor) today in the hallway and she and i were just talking about how if you surround yourself with wonderful people who are positive and enjoying life it will help you to enjoy life as well....

THE GLORY OF GOD IS MAN FULLY ALIVE!!!

i CANT wiat to go to passion in january... mali and kaitlin and i are going... and hopefully jenna... it will be good to just chill and be so surrounded by thousands of other christians worshiping God
last year it was so amazing.. and it just blows my mind that my paintings will be in a gallery there. God has truly provided so much for me this year... and at passion i will get to meet Jennifer who works for Louie Giglio...she was who i was in communication with when i was doing the paintings for Louies book that comes out in March. wow.

i want to take a moment to thank my dad for his faith. he has taught me SO much. he had faith and trusted god and he is a dreamer. he has always taught me to dream big! him and my mom are so supportive of me and my brother in our gifts and our "not normal" artistic endeavors.... i mean...what parents could be so cool as to allow daniel to be a musician and me to be an artist and to let us pursue our dreams to their fullest? i wouldnt have turned out if it werent for them. i mean what if they had forced me to go to school for a normal degree at first- i wouldnt have had all of these amazing thigns happen... life would be so different

but anyway- my dad had enough faith to invest money in printing the journal (invitation) that i made a few years back and he was like "god will provide and I believe in this idea." and it has been an amazing journey to watch God just do exactly as He said. Random people have asked me to paint for them and I have gotten to paint a journal for a published book, then from that I was asked to be a part of a show during Passion 06 and also they used one of the journal paintings to make the cover of the book The Air I Breath (the new version) .....its just incredble. God is so big. I had no hand in it.

You will be rewarded for your faithfulness

Well guys- this was long- but consider it making up for the lack of past entries...and if you were too much in a rush to read it then you should sometime... just for hte God story part...

YAY FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK!!!!!! WAHOOOOOO!!! T-Town TOMROROW!!!!
and i get to eat lunch with hannah in little rock - i havent seen her in ages...

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Thursday, December 15, 2005

wow so it has been a very long time since i have had time to sit and post anything on this. i have missed you all xanga world :) i just read all of my subscription digest thingys for like the past three weeks.... so if i commented on some things a ltitle late- woops :)

well the semester is over!! the endless to-do list of projects and never being done is over for a month or so!! WAHOO! tomorrow i have my huge review committee where 3 professors i dont know (which is uncommon at my small school with a population of 300) will reivew all of my work and they can ask me anything they want and its kinda a big deal. i wasnt nervous about it until today.

i cant wait to go home and spend time talking and telling millions of stories to my mom and cuddling with my dad on the couch with our 5 tvs and watching a silent movie and 4 sports channels at once!

im so glad i have fun roomates! we all said we would hate it here without eachother.... it would be a tad lonely at art school without them for sure.... heres a pic of us hangin out in nikkis room :)
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i recently joined the pointless but fun and addicting world of facebook :)
well im gonna go shopping in germantown with friends so i will update more later....
hope you are all well.... much love-

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Thursday, November 17, 2005

last night i dreamed that libby morgan and i made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at kevin spurgins house for her twin brothers.

i am leaving any second for nashville to see my family for thanksgiving a week early!! YAY!!! i have missed them all...

im so excited for all of you that have found me on xanga- i havent had time to tie my shoes lately :) so i will subscribe and comment on your pages soon and also thank you for all of you who commented last time on my entry- its so fun to hear from everyone

life for me is fabulous lately!! lots of fun and very busy! i will post new artwork soon :) and pictures

i hope you are all doing very well! and all of you that go to turkey day- i CANNOT wait to see you there!!! have a blessed day

have weird dreams. eat strawberries. fall down and laugh real hard. make silly faces at strangers. drink coffee without burning your tongue. dance alone in your room. love life! goodbye!

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