My name is Shawn, and I’m from Langley, British Columbia, Canada. I’m 19 years old and I’ve just graduated from Blanche Macdonald Centre for Applied Design on August 23, 2011. While I was there, I studied all the different aspects of Makeup and the Industry that is within. I learnt everything from a Basic everyday Makeup to full face Prosthetic pieces used in Feature Films. I’ve always been interested in Makeup, not just because I love being able to put a smile on someone’s face, but because it’s my way of expressing the artist that I’ve always tried to find within myself. The human body is my canvas; my expression.
Aside from schooling, I’m just going to jump right in and say that I think sex is overrated. I mean seriously? Why is it that everyone thinks that love revolves around just that? I’m not going to be a hypocrite and say that I’ve not had sex, but I can honestly say that I regret it, and wish I could take it back and save that for someone who deserves such a part of me that is sacred. I just don’t think that’s love at all. It’s not something that proves anything. The way that movies make it out to be is sickening to me. Why can’t people be as moved and flustered just by the touch of someone elses hands within theirs? Or even the thick blow of butterflies weighing down your stomach at a mutual glance? To me, that’s love. I couldn’t wish for anything more than that in all honesty. At least I’d know it was real, and I wouldn’t have lost another part of myself in falling for someone who respects me. Respect is a huge part of love, and if someone is willing to give me that respect and not expect anything out of it… maybe it’s worth giving a relationship a try. Then, down the road, when the time is right for the both of us, that thing that everyone in the world has dumbed down and made so cheap and easily attainable will actually gain some long lost meaning back. That’s the way I see love, anyway.
Apart from my view on love, I am a very adventurous and mystical person. Nature and the world that we seem to be leaving behind is a huge part of life. By that, I mean I love to explore and find elements in life that have been lost or forgotten. The simple, yet powerful beauty of a forest full of trees that doesn’t let in the sound of honking horns and rushing traffic. None of that. Just natural waters rushing along it’s soiled floors and birds living the ultimate dream; so carefree. To me, that’s what beauty is, and that’s why you will be seeing a lot of it on my blog, mixed in with other things that inspire me.
I really want to travel the world and see all sorts of things that I’ve always hoped could be real. The mystical, hidden parts of the world that have been bottled up, out of reach. Across borders, hidden within small towns, inside beautiful little antique coffee/book shops. I believe that everything that can be thought of, created with the power of our imaginations and minds has a strong possibility of being real; a reality. I want to kiss the rain drops that fall upon my palm in an unknown vineyard, some distances away from my current place on this Earth. I often find myself getting quite emotional after reading a book because the beauty of everlasting script is at the mercy of my thoughts that constantly create beautifully painted walls; murals in my mind precisely build up of the very colours, shades and tints that I desire. It’s hard to let go of the control you have over your imagination when reading a book or a story. Unnerving in the time you finish a novel and begin your search for a new scripted- although somehow not so scripted, at all- adventure.
I have a quote that I live by, in the form of a tattoo on my back, between my shoulder blades. It reads:
“Laugh as much as you Breathe and Love as long as you Live.”
It’s in memory of my Grandma who passed away two years ago. It was one of her favourite quotes, and these words will always hold such a high value to me. I miss her so much.
If you’d like to know anything more, please feel free to ask me.
