I was first introduced to Brian Andreas during my senior year of high school. I took a Religions of the World class where we were exposed to faiths from all parts of the globe. The class was about exploring different forms of spirituality while finding your own. Every class we would start with a prayer. Each student was given the opportunity to open the class with something that represented her faith and spirituality. It could be serious or a fun activity. I had the most amazing teacher, Ms. Hayes. She was so in tuned to her own spirituality and had so many great words of wisdom for her young age. She provided a sample prayer the first day which included my first experience of Brian Andreas. He is a writer/sculptor/painter who writes short paragraphs or sent
ences that focus on memories, stories or words of wisdom. He combines them with drawings that almost look like a kid has drawn them which gives then a raw edge. Ms.Hayes read us "Real Reason" which states, "There are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other's cooking and say it was good." We were then asked to write our own story. Some piece of wisdom that relates to who we are and what we hope to accomplish in this world. I don't remember exactly what I wrote, but I remember wanting to touch the lives of others by doing something great. I wanted to write and hope to change the lives or even make it just a little bit better with the words I wrote. Ever since that class in high school I have been obsessed with Brian Andreas. He created a company entitled, StoryPeople, where anyone can have access to his stories and prints. I find myself going to storypeople.com whenever I'm feeling stressed and need or relax or just read something funny. I was blessed to receive three of his books for Christmas which I immediately read and have marked some of my favorite quotes. I was even inspired to produce some of my "wooden art" based on some of the drawings from Brian Andreas which are looking fabulous in my room. More to come on my wooden pieces in later blogs ....
ences that focus on memories, stories or words of wisdom. He combines them with drawings that almost look like a kid has drawn them which gives then a raw edge. Ms.Hayes read us "Real Reason" which states, "There are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other's cooking and say it was good." We were then asked to write our own story. Some piece of wisdom that relates to who we are and what we hope to accomplish in this world. I don't remember exactly what I wrote, but I remember wanting to touch the lives of others by doing something great. I wanted to write and hope to change the lives or even make it just a little bit better with the words I wrote. Ever since that class in high school I have been obsessed with Brian Andreas. He created a company entitled, StoryPeople, where anyone can have access to his stories and prints. I find myself going to storypeople.com whenever I'm feeling stressed and need or relax or just read something funny. I was blessed to receive three of his books for Christmas which I immediately read and have marked some of my favorite quotes. I was even inspired to produce some of my "wooden art" based on some of the drawings from Brian Andreas which are looking fabulous in my room. More to come on my wooden pieces in later blogs ....
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