Are You Ready for a Miracle?
Above is the song from the movie Evan Almighty starring Steve Carell. It's sung by LeAnn Rimes. Below is the same song from the Steve Martin movie, Leap Of Faith. It's sung by Patti LaBelle. I couldn't find one that had clips from that movie. I love this song. Which version do you like best?
Are you ready?
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The Best of Waitsel.com
For the past five years, I have been writing articles for my ten websites that come under the umbrella of Waitsel.com They cover everything from art, books, character, culture, health, history, knighthood, leadership, manhood, money, movies, music, nature, technology, travel, writing - even heaven. Over the course of those five years, I've tracked which articles people have liked best, not only from their comments, but also from the vast numbers of people that have found my articles on search engines. I have put the creme de la creme on my site RealStories.com I hope you find some that interest you. Enjoy reading!
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Reading is a gift that we often take for granted and neglect. It's also an art. Someone once said that "Leaders are readers." Read something you don't HAVE to read every day. It will do your soul good.
Waitsel Smith, August 15, 2011
A Ride Through the Forest: Past Work, 1981-1983
In 1980, I graduated from college with a major in painting and moved to Charlotte, NC where I spent the next three years trying to launch a career in fine art; but I ended up, three years later, living in the Midwest and illustrating articles for a Christian publisher. Those three years in Charlotte were difficult but formative. Besides painting, I worked as a bartender and a construction worker building houses. As far as painting style, I call this my "Cutout Period" because I ended up cutting out (as with sissors) a lot of the images - sometimes to create a 3D effect, but other times just to change a background. I hope you enjoy these pictures, some of which have never been shown before.
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For the most part, I didn't draw or paint from photographs in college because I wanted to develop the discipline not to be dependent on them. I believe this is the first painting I ever did that was based solely on a photo. Before that, I just worked from life or drawings I had done. I'm glad I waited because I think I retained a liveliness that you usually don't find in paintings done from photos, unless the artist is very good.