Michael T. Miyoshi's Blog, page 17

Inktober Does NOT Mean Tattoo-ober

Just in case you were wondering, Inktober is not the month to get 31 tattoos.

Words are funny. You can say one word and conjure up many different meanings. Sometimes those meanings are merely nuances. Connotations. Subtleties. Words like “old” or “different” come to mind. We can use them in conversation to mean subtlety different things depending on the context. Or even on how the speaker says the word. I have been called old and different. Sometimes those words bring the image is of s...

Inktober 2022 Is Nearly Upon Us

Whether or not you are an artist, you should know that Inktober is nearly upon us.

I may not be an artist, but I like to be creative. It is in my DNA. Actually, I think creativity is in everybody’s DNA. But if you are like me, you like to have prompts. You want people to tell you what to draw rather than just trying to draw something from your mind. Or maybe that is just me.

It seems that whenever I try to draw something from my brain, it usually ends up with a poor rendition of a Bob Ross...

The Worst Part of Being Sick [1]

The worst part of being sick is well… being sick.

I do not like to complain, but I am going to do it anyway. In a kinda sorta tongue in cheek way.

I recently went through a bout of COVID. Five days of not much fun. Well, technically six days since the first day of symptoms is called day zero. Which is one of the better things about the COVID protocols. Everybody else counts like computer geeks and starts with zero.

At any rate.

The worst part of being sick is the fever. Well, not the feve...

The Worst Part of Being Sick

The worst part of being sick is well… being sick.

I do not like to complain, but I am going to do it anyway. In a kinda sorta tongue in cheek way.

I recently went through a bout of COVID. Five days of not much fun. Well, technically six days since the first day of symptoms is called day zero. Which is one of the better things about the COVID protocols. Everybody else counts like computer geeks and starts with zero.

At any rate.

The worst part of being sick is the fever. Well, not the feve...

Nothing New Under the Sun

There is nothing new under the sun or under my blog banner.

Solomon said, “Vanity of vanities… There is nothing new under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:2, 9 ESV) Or something like that. Of course, he was talking about all of life. The struggles and strifes and victories and glories. They are all the same. Life goes ever onward. And it is all the same. It is all vanity. It is all worthless. (Which is the second definition of vanity.) Solomon does end his discourse with hope. “Fear God a...

Life Is All about the Lag

All of life is about the lag.

When you think about lag, you usually think of video games or video conferencing or even live video broadcasts. You think about the frustration of not getting that kill shot because your internet glitched at just the wrong time. Lag. Or you think about how the audio is behind the video in the video chat with your parents who are across the state or across the country or across the sea. Lag. Or you think about how your friends who are at the live televised spor...

Blogging Vacation

I feel like I need a vacation from blogging.

I have written a weekly blog post for many years now. Since 2007. Yes. If you look at my website, it has posts from 2006, but I did not actually create my website until 2007. Which is all just to say that I have been writing those weekly posts for a long time. I am not sure I ever missed one. Even when I have actually been on vacation. (Not bragging. Just commenting.)

I must admit that I really do enjoy blogging. Whether anybody reads or not...

But Is It Art?

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Sometimes I wonder if what I draw can really be considered art.

A friend of mine said that she missed seeing my art on Instagram lately. Apparently, I have not posted any new art there for a little while. Part of that is because I have been working on other projects. Mostly books. But the visual art that I have been doing has been book covers for those books. I suppose that I could always put those book covers on Instagram with links to those books, but I did not think about that when ...

Overnight Success [1]

I decided to be an overnight success.

It is funny. People think that overnight success is a real thing. And I suppose that for some people it is. That rare writer whose first book is a best seller. That rare singer whose first single goes platinum. That rare… Well, you get the picture. The key word is rare. Rarely do people make it to the tops of their professions overnight. Regardless of what those professions are.

Unfortunately, the other side to those rare exceptions is that they do...

Overnight Success

I decided to be an overnight success.

It is funny. People think that overnight success is a real thing. And I suppose that for some people it is. That rare writer whose first book is a best seller. That rare singer whose first single goes platinum. That rare… Well, you get the picture. The key word is rare. Rarely do people make it to the tops of their professions overnight. Regardless of what those professions are.

Unfortunately, the other side to those rare exceptions is that they do...