Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Blue & White Blogging
So here I am, catching up for a short hour in front of the computer.
It's my sixth day here in Israel, and I am finally over the jetlag (well, 90% over it), which was terribly annoying this time.
It's weird, how fast you get used to the surreal reality here. It's a hot season now. In the sense of the weather (we're having a heat wave today) as well as the situation - missiles on the southern town of Sderot, events in Gaza, and life goes on, as that is how it is.
Brings a lot of thoughts: here I am, in the promised land, and - - - what exactly was the promise?
Ah, but it's too hot today for profoundness and serious inspection of how and when and will all this end.
I'm again at the emotional whirlpool that accompanies seeing my family after a year. It's great on one hand, but on the other, you want so much to make the most out of this short time, that you are bound to fail and get disappointed. What can I say, I know this is how most Americans live, meeting parents/offsprings/siblings et al only once a year, but it sucks, big time, and I am agonizing over it.
The gifts I have spent so much energy and thought to get were received with great enthusiasm by my great-nephews, so I got some serious points from the little guys.
I am now at the really cool apartment of my niece, totally in love with her youngest son, the 7-month old Tal, who is as tough and cool as you can get, making the Michelin baby look slim and hungry, meticulously measuring the amount of smiles he is willing to let escape his perfectly-drawn tiny mouth, and singing himself to sleep with lullabys composed of a variety of grunts and complaining squeaks. His older brother, the famous Nitzku, has grown to an adorable and opinionated guy who is starting his Terrible-Two age, which constantly swings between amusing to driving-you-crazy, and provides major entertainment. I have already sketched Tal in his sleep, but am too lazy to upload it to the computer and provide an ArtPact. Same goes for the other photos I took so far, mostly in the picturesque market in Jerusalem. which has changed quite a bit since I lived there, and has become a very trendy place to be.
Going back to my sister's tomorrow (she's now in bed with a throat infection, complaining that we all ran away from her bacteria and her willingness to share the pain).
All in all, the food is fresh and incredible, coffee is exquisite, the air smells familiar, and my English has pretty much vanished by now (at least the spoken one). And yet, now .and then, I do find myself missing friends in the US, my studio, some fellow-artists... which opens another stream of thoughts: where is home now?
But, as I said - it's too hot for that.
And I take back my optimistic statement about my jetlag going away. If only!!!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
A Thousand Words - And Then Some #9
Just a quick one, before I leave to Israel.
Suitcases are packed (and packed with gifts!), two paintings are framed and deposited in good hands to be brought to two group shows that begin in June, my studio looks decent enough to be fun to come back to, passport and green-card are safe in my wallet (checked four times!!), and even my Israeli cellular phone (whose chargers went AWOL), is now fully charged and ready to go, thanks to TexieD, who - as always - came to the rescue and donated not one, but two chargers of his old cell phone, and to The JohnnyB, who made a special delivery in the midst of the day and went back to work. (Thank You, and Thank You!!!!!!)
and,
- - - above all (drum rolllllllllllllllllllllllll),
Sunset over the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel, June'05Labels: Photohgraphy, Vacation
Friday, May 18, 2007
ArtPact #20
Side by side with the creativity spree that I got into - I am gradually starting to get more in the pre-trip-frenzy mood.
I spent hours in toy stores this past week, trying to find the most perfect gifts for my great-nephews. (I have 5 great-nephews. Yes, great-nephews, as in offsprings of my two nephews and one niece. And no, I am not 80 years old. Five great-nephews. 4 boys and one girl. That means 5 gifts!). This quest for the holy gift is exhausting - especially when I know that the toys are likely to be ignored, and the boxes and gift receipts will be played with for generations...
I am down to one last gift to get, for the oldest of them (a 4.5 year-old), who is crazy about Spiderman and the Ninjas, but I Refuse to get into this hype (OK, one T-shirt), so I am trying find a fun game for him.
All this, plus creating a flyer for the upcoming show of our critique group, plus the need to frame two paintings, one for that show, and the other for another show, plus the fact I have not yet even started to pack - do not quite contribute to my peace of mind and serenity these days, and I feel that I really need to shorten my To-Do list by actually doing some of the tasks on it, before I can leisurely sit in my studio and enjoy the creation of another collage (which is what I am dying to do!!).
And tomorrow I have another portrait workshop with WackieM!!!
Anyway - - - last week I decided it's time to choose a painting for an upcoming show, themed "Summer Days". I picked one of my "Christina" series (the 20- paintings I created the second time I took the Watercolor Beyond The Obvious class). I was sooooooooooooooo proud of it a year ago, but now it looked wimpy, unfinished, hesitant and very very wrong.
I knew it needed more work.
And so, about a year after I created it, I put the painting back on the easel, worked on it here and there. . .
. . . four days later, it turned out as this:
"Global Warming", Watercolor on W/N CP Paper, 29" x 21"
Which I like. A lot!
It's really cool to look at the before version with nostlagic reminiscing of where I was then, and then, from the after, get a sense of where I am today, and the journey I have traveled in between.
And speaking of traveling, time to run (yet again) to yet another toy store, and then mat and frame this painting, which - as y'all know - I dread.
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
Who's Generation Is It Anyway?
Dedicated to the many wonderful cool funny incredible women (OK, OK, and some men) I got to know here in the last couple of years. Those who live and love and create and make the most out of life - and belong to "that" generation!!
Thanks, LexieV, for this gem!!
Labels: Making a Difference, Meta Bloggin', People
Monday, May 14, 2007
ArtPact #19
Yup - after many months of scraping what to post as an ArtPact, I am suddenly on a creativity spree.
Is it the spring that's sprung?
Is it the fact that after all the stress and lack of time, I decided to make time and put my art at the top of the priority list, while I can?
Or is it actually time pressure? I mean, next Tuesday I am leaving for 3 weeks in the Promised Land, and I only have so many days to be in my studio, of which I am making the most!!
On Sunday, I created another wonderful collage (which I cannot post here, as it's a surprise for someone in the holy land). But, in between collaging my self-portrait and that surprise, I kept feeling that it really is unfair that I neglected my favorite man... you see, it's been over 8 long months since The JohnnyB got the last page for his personal calendar, and this project got shamefully and shamelessly abandoned.
So, today, I made the page for May... May 2006, mind you, as he never got his May page (I know, I am lame!). Since I am hooked on collage now, and my studio is all covered with painted tissue papers, screwed-up brushes, paints, stamping tools and gloss medium (the latter is used for adhering the tissue paper to the surface on which I am collaging, and is then used to keep me busy trying to peel it off every part of my body) - I made a collage of him. Poor The JohnnyB, he got really allergic to something in the air since last weekend, consumed his Claritin pill every morning, and spent most of this weekend alternating between being miserable, cranky and napping.
"Spring Napping", Collage on matboard, 5.5"x7.5"
Now, on that calendar, each painting/sketch/collage is accompanied by a proper calendar page, with photos of the monthly theme. As this collage was drying in the sun (it was 4:30pm when I was done!!!), I sat at our nice shiny desktop, in order to create the calendar page, with the very same software I always used for that fun purpose.
It was then that I got a nice reminder that we now have Windows Vista, whose greatest hobby is to crash for no reason. That's actually not quite accurate; it's not that Windows Vista itself is crashing. Just certain applications.
Like the new and improved(?) Windows Mail (what used to be the highly stable Outlook Express), that now crashes at least 4-5 times a day, just 'cause it can, and I keep forgetting to save the Emails I compose after every 2-3 sentences, which enriches our usually-quiet neighborhood with loud juicy multilingual curses. OK, so I got used to this. But today, as I was trying to create the calendar page using the previously reliable MS "Picture It!" software, it kept crashing, as if we have Windows Vista or something - Ah, wait, we do have this delightful new product, lucky us!!!
I was way too pissed to go do it on the laptop, so - dear The JohnnyB, the full calendar page of the month of May '06 will wait, perhaps until I am back from Israel, or perhaps until Vista is stable (Ha!!! I kill me!!!).
Hasta la vista, Vista!
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Labels: Art, ArtPact, Birthday, Damn Technology
Saturday, May 12, 2007
ArtPact #18
"You are stalling", she said.
Y'see, after a lot of hesitation, I finally jumped in and did the first painting of La Sagesse. I was very intimidated, as it's a great photo and very easy to screw-up. So, NOT painting it would make sure I don't. But then again, I do want to paint it... Typical for a first painting - I guess there's no way to avoid this.
"I'll make several versions of it", I told myself and The JohnnyB, and went ahead with the first version. As expected, I turned out copying what I saw, clinging to the photo, trying to capturing every little bit that's in it, rather than creating my own painting from it.
It was frustrating, and I could not tell what's wrong with it, so I just stopped, and - being very frustrated - I decided I might as well have some fun, and did two in my sketchy-line style with some light washes, which I have recently started to explore. It was fun. Not yet what I want, but - it's also about enjoying the journey.
On Thursday I went to our critique group meeting. It was a very reduced-forum, only the three of us: WebbieM, RabkieM and myself. It was actually quite pleasant, and each of us ended up getting a lot of attention and critique of her work.
WebbieM nailed down what was wrong with my first painting: I was using hues & tints, and then tones.
OK, a quick lesson in color: 'hue' is pure intense color, out of the tube. 'tint' is the hue mixed with white or water to lighten its value, and 'tone' is the hue mixed with its complement to create neutral grays. Confused? Wait - let's also add 'shade', which is the hue mixed with black. Hues and tints tend to be more intense and bright and cheery, while tones and shades are tuned down, more grayish and a bit more moody. Somehow, all my paintings end up with tones and shades, and I keep trying to get to cheery, but that's not part of the lesson, and not what you are paying for.
So, I was using cheery hues and tints in the sky and ocean, while the figures and their shadows were all tones. Doesn't quite feel right. Then, RabkieM pointed out what was wrong with my sketchy one, and I was very grateful for their help.
After the meeting, I was telling RabkieM how weird it is that I cannot bring myself to paint portraits since I started taking WackieM's advanced portrait workshop, and instead I'm doing figures and other stuff.
RabkieM gave me a reprimanding knowing look and said, "You know what you are doing, don't you!?".
"What?", I asked with angelic eyes.
"You are stalling".
"Me? stalling?", I faked insulted astonishment (like, Duh...).
"Yes. I am only saying this because I do the same. It's just like doing the laundry or washing dishes or finding little house projects instead of painting. You should be working on your self-portrait, which is the homework we got from WackieM, not escaping to this beach scene!!".
Ah, I really hate it when people are right.
I went back home, and proceeded to work on the first La Sagesse painting, keeping in mind WebbieM's comment. Yup, the 'after' painting (the one on the right) looks more unified. Not quite a bright Caribbean beach, more like a beach on very hazy day, or at dusk, but hey - at least it has a consistent mood.
But RabkieM's words kept echoing in my head.
And so, the next evening, I decided that she really is right. A couple of weeks ago, The JohnnyB took a photograph of me in the same pose of the self portraits I painted from life at the workshop. I printed that photo, dug out all those tissue papers that I prepared a month ago, got the guts to finally tear them up (the first tear broke my heart, but once I got over it, I proceeded to slash them, pogrom-style) . . . . .
. . . . 4 hours later - I came up with this:
"Self-Portrait #3", Collage on matboard, 19"x16"
I was having soooooooooooooo much fun, it must be illegal in some states!!
And now I am hooked on collage!!
So - I owe a big, Huge, IMMENSE Thank You to RabkieM.
The Beach Boys can wait....
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Labels: Art, ArtPact, Major Achievements
Thursday, May 10, 2007
A Thousand Words - And Then Some #8
Actually, this time it's two thousand words. (I know - who's counting? but that is intended for my engineer-readers, to save you a wise crack. Y'all happy now?).As some of you recall, I got in trouble for nudging The JohnnyB about using his very cool gift. He said I should have gone for a more subtle hint and encouragement.
Since The JohnnyB is blessed with a lovely wife who always listens to him (OK, OK - I'm still working on that!), I acted upon his input, and - less than a week after that post, this awaited him on the bed.
And in that package, was the following:
And for those of you who chuckle and say, "This? Subtle!?", let me remind you that the JohnnyB belongs to the kind of guys that subtlety is, well, kinda lost on . . .
And now, we wait.
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Labels: Birthday, Making a Difference
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Sentence of The Month: May
After a great dinner, courtesy of the JohnnyB, we had a lengthy discussion about the difficulties that my beloved sister is having with a certain game-playing bitch (yup, amazingly enough, those exist even in the promised Land of Milk and Honey! Who'd have thunk!?).
We sat outside on the patio, watching the heat waves go by (it's been soooooooooooo damn hot here in the last couple of days!!), while our resident freaky carpenter bee keeps trying to become my new best friend.
After that, we washed the dishes, I vented a bit more, and then retired to my studio, my head still occupied with all the incredible insights The JohnnyB has provided.
I kept thinking how wonderful it is to have such conversations with him, and - with this in mind - I came out of my studio (anything, ANYTHING to postpone facing an empty new sheet of paper!), and stepped into the living room, where The JohnnyB was already watching 'The Sopranos'.
"Thank you", I said with genuine appreciation. "It is so sweet that you care so much! You really do care, don't you?"
"Of course I care!!", he said, all the kindness in the world in his benevolent eyes. "Uhm... care about what!?...."
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... never in the history of mankind has a man gained so many points - and then lost them all in a fraction of a second.
Curiosity killed the cat, and sheer honesty is killing any chances of The JohnnyB's to get credit.
Ever.
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Labels: Family, Sentence of The Month, Wonders of The JohnnyB
Sunday, May 06, 2007
ArtPact #17
OK now. Enough of that!
No more digging out paintings I created a year ago, or did at a workshop. After many months of not painting at home, I started to work on my next painting, yesterday.It's inspired by a photo I took during our vacation in Grenada, on the very charming and quite secluded beach of La Sagesse, which has inspired several sketches and provided a lot of incredible photos, including the one used by The JohnnyB as his new blog photo.
While walking along the beach, I saw a local kid and his grandfather, sitting on the beach, in the shallow water, totally absorbed in something the kid was digging in the sand. They were quite far away, looking like two silhouettes in the strong Caribbean sun. I snapped the photo, then zoomed in on them with the incredible LumiB, and didn't give it much thought. When I was looking for photos to put at the art show we had 2 months ago (was it really only two months ago!?), I bumped into this photo and it made the cut into the assemblage I created from 10 Grenada photos. I got several comments about the wonderful shapes in that photo (it has what Paintermon calls 'killer silhouette'), and it suddenly hit me, that it can make a wonderful painting, and furthermore - a great series, as it has so much potential. It's not every day that you have the perfect shapes all ready for you to use.
So, for 2 months it's been cooking in my head, never making it further than that. (I was busy!).
But - when you have a painting simmering in you for a while, there comes the day that it just has to get out.
Like a baby.
- - - Or an alien.
- - - - - - Or vomit.
(I shall leave it to you, dear reader, to choose your own analogy... I try to cater to every taste, y'know).
Yesterday I started to draw it. The JohnnyB came home, and was utterly shocked to not find me in the living room, lazing around in the armchair in front of the TV with the brain-deadening Internet Backgammon that has become my escape in the past weeks (months?) when I am not insanely busy.
No, his lovely wife was at the studio, covered with pencil marks to her elbows (don't ask - I am not a neat drawer; let's leave it at that), in a state of being that mixed excitement with frustration, as I could not get it right.
I mean, drawing the shapes was easy, but I couldn't get the composition that would be IT.That's what happens when you go through Paintermon's class. At some point, you simply cannot just jump in and paint without any preparation or thought. You can no longer bring yourself to just take a perfect photo and copy what you see. No - Paintermon has put the spell of us, forcing us to be bloody creative, which means thinking. How devastating, Eh?
After watching me struggle, The JohnnyB looked at me and said, "Why don't you do value studies?"
(and for this remark, I owe you, The JohnnyB!! thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!!).
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah - the V word!What are value studies? Oh, you take your drawing, transfer it onto tracing paper (or any plain paper) in a smaller scale, so you can work faster and keep life simpler, and start blocking-in your lights and darks, working in black and white only, with a pencil, sharpie (or the fancier Tombo brush-pen). Nothing fancy - doesn't really matter what the drawing looks like, It's all about values. And you do several of those. The first attempts tend to be very much like the photo, and then you get bored, and start inventing bolder designs.
Since these are small (mine are 5" x 3.5"), it takes less than a minute to do each of them, and you end up with several ideas. At some point, you actually start to enjoy this labor, as it's basically just doodling.
"What's the point in doing that", you asketh?Aha - the value is pretty much the skeleton of the painting, and the better the underlying design of your darks & lights is, the better the painting will be. And, it's easier to solve problems on such a small scale, when you are just playing with black and white, and not when you are facing a sheet of watercolor paper with a brush knee-deep in paint...
Now, the value studies - being B&W, have a very graphic look to them, so you need to remember that it doesn't mean that all the darks will be black and all the lights will be white. Nor does it mean they will be so binary super-dark and super light.
Once you start painting, and follow your value pattern you can have all the fun in the world with lots of colors and textures and lines, even add a whole range of medium values. As long as you stick with the initial value plan, you are free to improvise with the rest of the elements. Without a value plan, you may find yourself in the middle of the painting, struggling to compose it in real-time and make it work - which is much harder and stressful.
Well, after a long emotional struggle (despite all this artsy speech, 99.99% of the painters - and I amongst them - hate these value studies, although once you get into them, they become fun on their own).
So, I did several studies, most of them looked annoyingly wimpy and just wrong.
Then, in sheer disgust and frustration, I turned to the computer and played a bit with the image, to seek help.
The computer was, apparently, in a very dark mood - and inspired me to go bolder; I swera I heard it gloating at my lack of spine to come up with something meaty.
I looked at what it had to offer, adopted part of the idea, and came up with this value pattern, which was the first one that I felt I could work with.
It still needs some stylizing and work, but I think I finally have a starting point:
La Sagesse, Value Study, pen on tracing paper, 5" x 3.5"
Funny, seeing it on the screen makes it look almost like a painting...
Maybe tomorrow I'll actually manage to have the full-blown drawing ready. Might be a good idea to get rid of that incriminating fingerprint I so talently manage to stick right in the middle...
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Friday, May 04, 2007
I Just Don't Get It!
Really, I don't!!
So, please help me out here.
Your husband has a birthday.
Being a lovely wife, you break your head for a long time over what to get for him. Something that will be original and unique, and yet not take too much work (as you still owe him 6 pages of the personally painted calendar you promised him for his 40th birthday last year, and as of today, he only got half of it...).
Then, one day, while being educated by the incredibly patient WebbieM on maintaining a website, you realize that her husband, CessnyZ, owns a flight school.
And you strike a great idea, and secretively, buy a gift certificate for a one-hour acrobatic flight!
It's not trivial, mind you, as this simple act of writing a check is preceded be many discussions about weight and height. As some of you know, The JohnnyB is a man of great presence, and we're talking small planes.And then, a couple of weeks later, WebbieM and CessnyZ come over for beer tasting and dinner, and after we are all wined and dined and beered, a pleasant conversation evolves, and w'all find ourselves listening - with widening eyes - to The JohnnyB's cheery anecdotes about all the damages he has caused to small planes during his travels to Australia and some unlucky Pacific islands, due to his curiosity and hobby to take apparatuses out of their place, ask "what is that?" and realize that 'that' was the engine, or something of the sort.
As this whole gift certificate is a well-kept secret, the three of us keep cringing in our seats, and I keep trying to divert the subject to the weather and art and strawberry jams (OK, I was desperate!), in order to keep the whole thing confidential, as well as prevent CessnyZ from deciding he's not going to sacrifice one of this beloved planes to the destructively inquisitive hands of The JohnnyB, who goes on and on, reminiscing to his pale audience - - -
- - - and yet, on his birthday, The JohnnyB got his gift certificate, with this highly tempting and exciting description:
We will fly a fully acrobatic Citabria, tailwheel, tandem seating, stick control aircraft.
Your instruction will include ground instruction on the maneuvers we will perform,
safety procedures, and a full hour of flight. We will do loops, rolls, hammerheads,
stalls and spins, plus instruction in recovery from accidental upsets and unusual
Cool, Eh?
All that took place over 3 months ago.
It was the month of January, cold and grey and rainy.
But since then, the sun has shined so many times, the skies turned Cobalt and Cerulean and Manganese blue day after day after day, the spring winds are constantly caressing the blooming flowers, short-sleeve shirts have been washed, birds are working on new arrangements to their harmonies, squirrels are starting to screw up our garden like there's no tomorrow -
- and the gift certificate is gathering cobwebs, sitting shamed and unused, filled with dust in its folds and tears in its eyes.
Like, I used the freakish birthday gift I got the very same day (and still am using it, despite the nervous breakdown it gives me each and every time!).
WebbieM and CessnyZ, mind you, are starting to raise two pairs of eyebrows in wonder:
Are you scared, The JohnnyB?
Labels: Birthday, Venting, Wonders of The JohnnyB, WTF?
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
ArtPact #16
. . . actually, not quite an ArtPact, and I am shamelessly stalling here.
But - I have just received my very first recognition on a painting of mine, so I am quite excited.
There's a wonderful company that makes instructional videos and DVDs about art. They are called Creative Catalyst Productions Inc., and have produced some of the very best art videos out there.
I never knew they also hold online art shows. WackieM informed us about it last year, when I took the first portrait class with her, and urged us to post a painting to their 'Portraits' show. I was the only who had the guts to do it, and I posted the first painting of Nitsku).
Their next show had a 'Still Life' theme. Again, on a why-not basis, I posted a painting that I created when I took Paintermon's "Watercolor Beyond The Obvious" class for the first time. The class in which we came up with 20 paintings of the very same still-life (Remember?).
Since I hardly ever do still-life as a subject, and that first series was of a setup of kitchen appliances, I chose one of my favorite paintings from it, and entered it in the show.
A week ago, I looked at their webpage, and saw that my painting, which used to humbly live in the 14th row (they order the paintings alphabetically, by the title), suddenly got upgraded to the second row!And, it had a small text under my name saying "Honorable Mention".
HOW VERY COOL!!!
I was beyond ecstatic, sent Emails to The JohnnyB, WackieM and DaskieM and another friend (who still does not have a blogname). Three of these good people replied with cheery congratulations, while DaskieM's response took me aback, as her email said in a very lukewarm font, "I am glad you entered a painting in a show. I remember this painting".
Now, that was cold. I mean, out of all people, how can DaskieM, who is one of the more supportive people I've ever met, and always encourages me about my art (except when I use too much purple) is so indifferent to this major achievement of mine?
Trying to find consolation, I looked at the website again - and lo and behold, all the awards have disappeared!
Only the Best of Show was till there. The rest, including 1st, 2nd and 3rd awards, Juror's Choices and Honorable Mentions have evaporated, as if they never existed. So much for fame, Eh?
I was totally confused, wondering if they've changed their minds. I mean, how typical! The first time a painting of mine gets mentioned, on the verge of awarded - and it doesn't even last 24 hours?
And I kept hearing the voice of self-doubt (which sounds just like my mom's...) in my left ear, "They probably found a better painting than yours" . . .
. . . But today, I received an Email informing me that the Winter art show is announced.
And yes,the Honorable Mention is still there, quite intact.
It's not an actual award, but still, having my painting being mentioned in a show that has over 100 submissions, well, I am happy!
You can see the show here, and if you click on my painting there ("Kitchen Scape #6"), you can read my description and the juror's comment.
I guess they haven't found a better painting after all...
WackieM is telling me that I should get some fun art freebie in the mail.
I am hereby awaiting...
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
The Bi-Weekly e-SPAM #2
Just to make things clear - it's not that I haven't gotten any SPAM during the past four weeks. There were piles and heaps of that stuff, but none of it as inspiring enough.
But that changed this very morning, as I received this Email, dripping with rich, juicy, thick SPAM.
Dear Beloved,
As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.
My name is JAIN HAGIS I am a merchant of Oman nationality but presently residing in london. I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.
last_vision45: I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the Oman, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.
The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of eighteen million dollars 18,000,000 that I have with a finance/Security Company in europe. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatche it to charity organizations.
Get back to me as soon as possible on my private email {email_address}
I have set aside 20% for you and for your time.
God be with you.
JAIN HAGIS
If there is something that annoys me (OK, there are many, but that is among the top ones), is lowlives who are playing the cards of serious diseases to lie their way through the hearts of caring people. Oh, but wait - this guy says "I don't want you to feel sorry for me".
OK, then.
We won't.
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