Halloween

Halloween is great. Why? Well we might as well start with its origins.

I find History.com to be a pretty reliable resource, don't you?

Heres what they say about it:

http://www.history.com/topics/Halloween

and better yet they say it with cute little videos.

Halloween also comes with tons of cool traditions like dressing up, carving pumpkins , trick or treating, giving out candy, going to haunted houses, watching scary movies, and just getting downright spooky.

Picking the perfect costume. First off you should always try to dress up as something or someone you find interesting or funny or whatever, don't just go to the predictable cat costume Do you have a favorite tv show? Dress up as one of those characters. Don't have enough money to buy the costume? Make your own. Check out Goodwill, they usually have some stuff you could use.

Pumpkin carving is awesome. But you want to make sure you don't go to overboard so that no one actually understands what you are trying to portray. I find normal pumpkin faces to be pretty rad, and the best part is that you don't even need talent to make it

When giving out candy you should always also have a wide variety, so in case a kid is allergic to nuts or they just don't like kit-kats, they can take a pixie stick instead.

You are never, ever, ever, too old to go trick or treating. Ever. Especially if you're short. however some people don't always agree, so if you look older you might want to wear a mask. If you're a taller person and don't think even wearing a mask would help you pull off the middle schooler look, just take a kid with you. They get a bucket for candy, and you get a bucket too. I have tested this, and therefore know, if you have a little kid with you and you ask for candy as well, you will be given some.

The best way to get spooky with it and just get into the Halloween mood is by starting your own spooky traditions. Maybe you start helping a friend decorate their house, or spend a whole night going to different haunted houses, or go out costume shopping with friends. Whatever the tradition may be, make it fun. And don't forget to have a downright spooky Halloween!


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Sources:
http://crystalbastrology.com/picking-a-halloween-costume-astrology-style/

#Selfies

Selfies. So popular they are now a word in the Oxford Dictionary defined as "A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media."
But how did they even get started?
I think Selfies are popular mainly because when you post them people have the ability to like them or share them or comment on them to tell you how pretty you are. And who doesn't like being told that? No one. Especially not insecure teens that just need a little (or a lot) of reassurance that they are still pretty and popular.
They are also a way to get everyone in the picture at once without making some poor slightly less liked friend take the picture. And, when you have a front facing camera you can change or pose and decide what you think looks the best before ever even having to snap a picture.
Selfies are also a great way to show off your "good side". When being taken, the device snapping the picture tends to be at about forty-five degree angle from your face so you can look like you have a more defined jaw line
Like when eating candy, there is a point you get to where you need to take a step back and ask yourself, am I taking too many? Some signs of being an obsessive selfie taker are if:
1. Every time you go to Starbucks you have to post a picture on instragram.
2. Every time you casually hang out with your friends you have to take at least ten Selfies with them, just to document the experience.
3. You post at least one selfie on instragram every day like it is your religion
4. If not enough people like your selfie on Facebook, you have to take it down and take a new one.
If any other these sound like you, you might want to try thinking before you snap that picture "Why am I taking this?" Is it just because you look good? Is it because you want attention? Why?
Then if you come up with a reason that you decide is plausible, go ahead and take that selfie, because you look hella fabulous anyway.


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Sources:
http://joyreactor.com/tag/selfies
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/selfie
http://www.vulture.com/2014/01/history-of-the-selfie.html

Why Art Should Never be Underrated

You should never, ever, ever, look at any art and say 'wow that's stupid' or dumb or anything like that. Want to know why? It's because there's a lot of things that go into every piece of art that makes it just the way it is. And if an artist is showing it to you, which means they're most likely happy with the way it turned out and therefore proud of it.
Art is always amazing because there are a lot of factors that go into making a piece of artwork. The main ones are picking one of many different types and styles of art and going from there. Then the artist must decide how much detail there should be and how real it should look, they usually want it to speak to the viewer on many levels, just like the way a well worded poem might. And they also have to spend a large amount of time and effort on just one piece.

 There are many different types or art, and an uncountable amount of styles within every single type.
Sculptures are pretty extremely cool, because they can be made with any material imaginable. Clay, however, is the most common. Like with this cute little dragon:

( http://www.deviantart.com/art/dragon-sculpture-painted-348361432 )
Or this cuter, tinier, little hawk.

( http://www.deviantart.com/art/Red-tailed-hawk-sculpture-265091794 )
Even though clay models are adorable and awesome, sculptures made from other materials can be hella rad too. Like this metal lion:

( http://www.deviantart.com/art/METAL-LION-SCULPTURE-BY-SELCUK-YILMAZ-404758546 )
Another type of art are paintings. My personal favorites tend to be oil paintings like this one:

( http://www.deviantart.com/art/1054-portrait-oil-by-dry-brush-Adriana-Lima-295679365 )
Mainly because they can be super realistic and can express tons of different things. ( Most of the pictures I post as examples are mainly going to be oil paintings because I play favorites like that.)
Another style is sketching. You could use your pencil, or charcoal, or whatever. This picture was drawn in charcoal:

( http://jacqui-kate.deviantart.com/art/Doctor-Who-Tardis-in-charcoal-216255112 )
There's also a new way to make art and that is on thee computer. This is a super cool example of that:

( http://deepinthebastabyss.deviantart.com/art/Well-this-is-pure-shit-485458782 )
This picture is a good example of how real a drawing can look. The shading, wrinkles, unorganized hair, cheekbones, pores, and missing teeth, all add to it.





( http://www.deviantart.com/art/Old-man-of-the-mirror-344590978 )

Artists can put days and even months worth of time into just one piece of artwork.

Art can emotionally speak to you. With the right captain or description, an artworks' meaning can hit you really hard. Like this picture.
When you look at this picture try to really take it in before reading further.





Kind of extremely weird right?


The caption is "Whatever Turns You On". Now look at it again.
Is it even the same piece of artwork to you? It changed to me. Her nose is as small as it can be, which tends to be the wanted look. Her lips are huge, glossy and glittered. The way most people seem to find attractive. Her teeth are perfectly straight and white. Her eyes are large with an ample amount of makeup on them. Her eyes are a very pretty blue, green color. She has seductress, bouncy dark red hair. She has light blush spots on her cheekbones. Her fingernails are long and manicured, with a golden ring on her right hand wedding finger. She has a chain of pearls in her mouth, which apparently some men somehow find hot. Now look at the extremely obvious. Makeup covered tears streaming down her face. Now take another look closer. She has a small band aid at the top of her cheek. Not so subtly indicating some kind of physical abuse. Now look into her eyes. Can you see the man reflected in them? Can you imagine what is happening? It's not hard to piece together. Most of you will probably still think it's weird but I find that it has so much meaning packed into it, the 'weirdness' really isn't that weird.
It also takes artists an incredible amount of time to make their art. First they have to find all of the perfect material for the project they're working on, like the frame, the canvas or whatever they decide to put it on, the paint or charcoal or clay for actually making it and so on. That usually takes a while to find and so they have to put a lot of time in even before they start to make it.
PS- If you didn't notice I use many Deviantart for finding artwork. That's because it's a free site where people can buy and sell art and it's a really great site over all so check it out!
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Sources:
http://www.deviantart.com/?q=oil+painting
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Whatever-Turns-You-On-oil-painting-420157663
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Will-I-be-Forever-Alone-oil-painting-349124211
http://www.deviantart.com/art/dragon-sculpture-painted-348361432
http://jacqui-kate.deviantart.com/art/Doctor-Who-Tardis-in-charcoal-216255112
http://www.deviantart.com/art/SAD-160611708
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Light-356153150
http://deepinthebastabyss.deviantart.com/art/Well-this-is-pure-shit-485458782
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Liv-Tyler-18772302