What is a Deer?

Deer as a Spiritual Being

Yes, a deer is an animal that exists in most wooded areas; this is true. There is so much more to it though than that, and this is why it will be the focus of my subject concentration project. As a spirit animal, the deer represents gentleness, ability to move through life and obstacles with grace, being in touch with inner child, innocence, sensitivity, intuition, vigilance, ability to regenerate, and the ability to be in touch with life's mysteries. With some of these essences, ideas come very quickly to me, but others I have to ponder more.By focusing on such particular parts of its spirituality it helps me to create new ideas that otherwise wouldn't  have come to me. Such as the ability to regenerate. With this idea I can go in two direction: a metaphorical one or a physical one. I don't yet have an idea for either, but through consideration and progress on the other essences I'm sure ideas will come to me.
The idea of moving through life and obstacles with grace is much simpler to create an idea for. What better to represent grace than a ballerina. All I have to do for this essence is combine a deer and ballerina together and voila.
For the most basic essence, spirituality, a project is already underway: A wispy deer with golden antlers and done in majestic colors all painted on velvet. This project is almost done but it still needs more "magesticness" to be added. This may be done by painting in sparkles to the surrounding or maybe if there's room I can fit in little fairies (this may very well be over-kill though).
As a concentration subject, the deer as a spiritual being was a very good choice because it allows me to go beyond the deer and move into other realms of intrigue.

The other world

The artistic value of keys

How did a utilitarian object like the key become an object of art? I dont know about all people, but when I look at a key, I see something very pretty. I know that part of these is because of the pretty curls and ornate edges (and the fact that each one is individual), but I think that the real reason I find keys so pretty, is because of the possibilities it holds. In Alice in Wonderland, for example, the key gets Alice through the little door and into a magical new adventure. For me keys hold this kind of mystery. I never know what each new door opens to,so for each new key I see all I can do is imagine the world of possibilities; maybe it leads to another world, maybe an old book store, or maybe just a pretty rooming. No matter what it may lead to, each key lead to somewhere else that otherwise would not have been reached.