by Marty Coleman | May 23, 2013 | Movies & Events |
I went out to breakfast with the denizens of Social Media Tulsa this morning. We got together to show signs of support for the tornado relief efforts, literally, by making signs of support. The signs (or napkins as it were) directed people to where they could text their donations. This effort is in addition to making our own donations of course.
In addition the Restaurant, Dilly Deli in downtown Tulsa, gave 100% of their proceeds from their breakfast hours (7-11am) to the relief effort.
sign of support
I chose the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank because it was local.
Here are some of the other signs of support and the people who made them.
Social Media Tulsa member Erica Jordan came out with her entire family.
Erica’s daughter Kymberlee asks that you text the word ‘storm’ to 80888 to give $10.00 to The Salvation Army
Her little brother Josiah is asking you to do the same.
Michelle Sotkin and her 11 year old gymnast daughter, Alexi, have a personal connection to gymnasts down in the hardest hit area of Oklahoma. They are asking for support for their friends who lost everything.
Social Media Tulsa member Danica Jones is asking you to do the same to the OK Regional Food Bank.
And last but not least our esteemed leader, Cheryl Lawson and the #1 cowboy in the group, John Taylor (who knows a good hat when he sees one) asks you to do the same for the food bank.
There are many other ways to contribute of course, but if you have your phone handy why not do it this way.
Thanks,
Marty
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by Marty Coleman | May 22, 2013 | Body Image - 2016, 2013 |
I started a Body Image series a few months ago but only did one drawing for some reason. Easily distracted is my excuse. I am starting it up again today.
My Body Image
When I was young I had no fat on me. I didn’t work at it or think about it. Then I turned 30 and I saw my tummy popping up above the line between my hip bones when I laid down. Then I found my chest had a little layer of fat. Then I got some love handles. Then my abs disappeared.
Now I am working my way back towards that body I remember. Of course it’s 25+ years later so my goal is not to look or be exactly like that. But I have an updated vision of what I would like to look like. I can look in the mirror have a memory reference point of sorts. I know what I used to look like and I believe I can be close to that again. Who knows, maybe even better.
My Motives
I have many motives; some noble, some vain. I am doing it so the runners I coach will look at me and see a person who coaches by life example. I am doing it so I will look fit at my high school reunion this summer. So I will look fit when I am on stage giving speeches or being interviewed on TV. It helps my business to look fit. I am doing it to be an example to those I love; my wife, my daughters, my friends. I want them to have a real life example, someone who said they were going to do it and they did it. I want them to say, as one of my runners said yesterday, ‘I think to myself, if he can do it, I can do it.’ I want it so I am more productive and creative for the longest possible lifetime.
But those motives and reasons are all secondary. The #1 reason I am losing weight and getting more fit is because I want to look how I want to look. I am not under pressure from my wife or daughters or friends or career or doctor or anyone else. I just want it for myself. I want to look a certain way, a way I think looks good and is healthy. I am choosing to be deliberate about becoming that.
Beholding You
My question to you is, do you have YOUR vision (not someone else’s) for what you want your body to look like? If not, why not? Your mind didn’t get educated without you working at your education, did it? Your heart and morals didn’t develop without you practicing being a moral and compassionate person, right?
Your body is just as essential as those areas. Your body will be become it’s best when you are deliberate about helping it. It won’t do it on it’s own.
So, if the body you behold in the mirror is the body that meets your vision of beauty and health, then maintain it and cherish it. But if you look in the mirror and feel, not because of family or social cultural pressures but because of YOU feel it, that it’s not the body you want, then take action to help it become what you want it to be.
You can do it.
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Drawing, quote and commentary by Marty Coleman, who has lost 22 lbs and has 8 more to go.
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by Marty Coleman | May 21, 2013 | It's A Tornado! - 2011, 2013 |
Living with Disaster
Living in Oklahoma we have been prepared over the weekend for a tornado and the tornado aftermath. We have a storm shelter with all the essentials inside it. We have the TV on most of the time during these sorts of weather outbreaks, watching and listening for important news. While yesterday the major storms had lost their tornadic activity by the time they reached the Tulsa area, we were still on the path and were thinking the devastation we were seeing in Moore was something that could realistically happen to us as well. It wasn’t until the storms were within about 30 miles that it became likely they were not going to be damaging. Even then we knew enough to not let our guard down and we didn’t until the threat had completely passed around midnight.
As the sun set last night I went out back, took this sunset picture and uploaded it to Facebook to show my friends around the world that we were safe.
Oklahoma Sunset After the Moore Tornado
Glass Half Full
A running buddy of mine, Jack Nation, commented on the pic saying, ‘A new day brings hope for the future….because I’m a half full kinda guy, I choose to look at this as a sunrise.’
I had been searching for just the right words for my napkin drawing this morning and my response became my napkin the moment I said it, ‘A Sunset in One Place is always Sunrise Somewhere Else.’ It reflects what I know to be true, even as I know it is a terrible sunset for many.
Have you ever experienced a sunset becoming a sunrise in your life?
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Drawing, quote and commentary by Marty Coleman, who has survived a large earthquake.
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by Marty Coleman | May 20, 2013 | Travel Napkins |
When I travel I draw and photograph a number of things that don’t make it into a travel blog post. In most cases it’s not that the drawing or photo is bad, but it just didn’t fit in with the flow of the story I was telling. Then again, sometimes the drawing or photo just sucks.
Here are some images that didn’t make it into my prior posts from my recent weekend foray to Arkansas where I attended to Social Fabric Conference. I posted 3 days worth of images while I was there but these took a little while longer to get together.
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Annette McCormick
Lunch Break
I wandered into the Collective Bias Salon during a break and caught a few people taking their break as well. Annette, whom I had met the day before, said something about how I should draw people right then so I took her up on it and drew her eating a sandwich. I know it’s not proper etiquette to photograph someone eating but does the same rule apply to drawing? I choose to believe that rule does not exist.
There is a photo of her in my SoFabCon- Day 1 post, but I took another one on that same bus that I think is pretty cool as well.
Annette in Profile
Later I saw this photo in the SoFab blog of me showing something to Annette during the conference. You can follow her on twitter.
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Danielle Smith
Danielle’s Boots
When it’s May in Arkansas you would think sandals and open-toed shoes would be the uniform for women. But when it’s 35 degrees and it’s Danielle, it’s going to be boots. She likes her boots and this snake skin pair were pretty darn cool.
Danielle is sort of like a movie star in the blogging world. So, here I am getting my picture taken with a movie star. She also happens to be one of the most amazingly positive, genuinely friendly and loving people you could ever hope to meet.
Danielle and Elizabeth
Here is she mugging for the camera with Elizabeth Mascali, one of her panelist cohorts. Dawn Sandomeno, Elizabeth’s biz partner is taking the pic.
You can find her at daniellesmithtv.com and at extraordinarymommy.com
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Lana Flowers
I met Lana on the first day of the conference. She is originally from Oklahoma and now lives in Arkansas. She interviewed me for her blog the day after the conference. We met at a new museum called 21c. I drew her on a black napkin, something I had never done before.
I thought I would see how a set of metallic markers I had at home would work on it.
Here is the result. Very much like a woodcut relief print I think.
We walked around the museum and I got this shot of her about to sneeze. I think it’s pretty cool.
You can see the other napkin drawing and photo I took of her in the SoFabCon – Day 3/4 blog entry.
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Natalie Aydelott
Like I mentioned in the day 1 blog, I met Natalie on Thursday night at the opening cocktail party. I also met a cool guy named Taylor Sigler. He was also helpful throughout the weekend.
Taylor Sigler and Natalie Aydelott
I ran into her Friday, working away on her phone, making things happen at the conference.
Natalie Working
Then on Saturday night at the big 80s bowling party (bus ride excitement below),
I saw Natalie again, ready to strike!
Natalie Bowling
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Random
I drew, but did not meet, these two women at the cocktail party.
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By the way, I am now an official part of Social Fabric, the blogger/Social Media community element of Collective Bias. We are currently looking for Millennial Bloggers (ages 18-24) so if you are one or know of one who is, let me know and I will get them connected.
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Drawings and photos by Marty Coleman, who didn’t bowl but wished he had.
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by Marty Coleman | May 17, 2013 | Quote Authors |
The new blogging community I am part of, Social Fabric, has put out it’s first online magazine, Live SoFab.
Check it out. I did, but not because it had the words ‘summer nudes’ and ‘monokini’ on the cover. Really.
By the way, if any of you are a millennial bloggers (in other words ages 18-25) Social Fabric would like to talk to you about joining their community of bloggers. Let me know and I will get you in contact with them, ok?
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