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| Purple Page |
| Welcome to my purple page. To give you a little background on who I am, I have a degree in journalism and am currently pursuing a career in magazine journalism. I have an interest in Asian and Middle Eastern culture, as well as interest in the martial arts of the world. On this page you can find my resume, a gallery of my personal work and works of art that I just think are snazzy. Below are some quotes I find interesting. Updated Aug. 24, 2002 |
| Cool paintings I apply to my everyday life. (Click on image to enlarge) |
| To see more photos like these visit Corbis.com |
| This painting is very Zen. Check out the little dude under the tree meditating. This painting shows through scale how incredibly tiny we are compared to nature. |
| Here's a picture of me and my sisters fighting over two umbrellas. |
| This is me after losing the umbrella battle. |
| I soppose this would signify the laborious uphill journey of life towards enlightenment. Apparantly I was not told about the whole enlightenment journey and I'm still in the hut eating lunch. |
| Water is an important element in Buddhism and a driving force in life in general, as those two poor souls at the base of the waterfall are about to find out. |
| Again the elements play a cruel, cruel joke on the foolish mortals. |
| The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword |
| "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." ~Helen Keller |
| "The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering." ~Brandon Lee |
| "We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. Yet, it seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talent as well." ~Bruce Lee |
| "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of it? We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be obtained." ~Marie Curie |
| "Every word was once a poem." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| "A man is like a fire that needs to be constantly fed." ~courtesy of Kenny Yang |
| "The only thing that is constant in the universe is change." ~Unknown |
| "Courage is not the absense of fear, but the mastery of it." ~Unknown |
| "If you want to kiss the sky you better learn how to kneel." ~U2 |
| "Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." ~Norman Cousins (courtesy of Mike D.) |
| Gallery |
| Resume |
| Murasaki Ryu |
| Dragon |
| Desert Rose |