Creativity in motion...

So, I realized I hadn't posted any of my paintings/drawing. I'm so consumed in collaging that I sometimes forget I do dabble in other mediums when inspired. Then there's my graphics, which I'm also realizing I've never blogged about, but I'm the meantime visit LNCMotifs (my graphic design web portfolio that needs to be updated) to check me out on that tip. Ok, back to what I was saying...my work is really abstract and it will be apparent that I LOVE swirls and creating movement and motion in all that I do. Anywho, here's a peak at some of my favorite pieces. Along with my collage work, I do plan to produce prints for all you art lovers/collectors so stayed tuned :-) OH, I also just finished a painting last night! I'll post another blog in stages!

In my element...

most recent piece on plywood. medium: sharpies

favorite piece! favorite colors! medium: sharpies

medium: acrylic on canvas

medium: acrylic on canvas...a friend told me she saw L.O.V.E in there, do you? I do now, but I see two E's...the beauty of abstract! :-)

Styles by LaNoya: Shalay's semi mohawk creation

Just wanted to share one of my random hair creations. My good friend Shalay (@PeachYKween on twitter...follow her lovely bubbly-ness if you aren't already) came to Atlanta to visit and wanted me to dabble in her do ;-) She kinda wanted a mohawk, but wanted me to just be creative and do what I do, so...this is what I came up with, hope you likey! We lovey!



She two strand twisted the from herself which was the perfect addition!

Oh wait, I forgot to include the pics of the lovely 5 minute updo she did for me! Loved it! and I'm usually all about wearing my hair down...whether curly, straight, crinkled, its always down (lazy...retwisting is already enuff work lol)...peep!

Smoke Dance

Ok, I'm really gonna work on blogging in the moment and not like 10 at a time, but it honestly feels better this way oddly. Anywho, this is a random video I captured as I watched incense smoke "dance"...I thought this was fascinating...would probably be more interesting if I put some music behind it, but the silence is meditative. Peep...

Opposites Attract (poem)

Like good and evil
As I rebel against both
To create the balance that is life
And mine is no exception to the struggle
As the battle of mind and heart
Spirit and body
Attempt to co-exist
What is this?
Urge to explore the unknown
And release all inhibitions
Without neglecting what is moral
But that do we define?
Or are we consciously blind
To what the world has in mind
As we allow it to dictate
The nature of our relate
Freedom is such a broad term
But to embrace it is liberating
And again we attempt the find the balance
Because being too free
Is taboo u see
And relative to YOUR image of me
But I can't be held captive
To that impression
As one being with one mind and one life
In a world of karma and judgment
The conscious and subconscious must exist together
As they repel and magnetize
Not to demise
But to help us realize
That opposites attract

11/19/09 midnight hour

My Spicey attacked me lol!

Ok, so he really didn't, but I was going through my phone and found this old video of Spicey and I. I think the video is pretty hilarious, seeing as how this was the first time I'd ever heard him growl, but no, he did not bite me...no animals nor humans were harmed during the making of this video :-) I do scream as if I was dying, which is comedy...hes pretty possessive of his belongings lol! enjoy!

Thrifty furniture...

I came across a random thrift store near my friend's house and HAD to get this wicker chair (super throw back ol skool) and this "sankofa" lamp (I swear i've been seeing it everywhere since I got my tattoo). Stay tuned, m gonna draw something funky on the lamp shade! Ten bucks each, hope u likey, me lovey! :-)

My mini collages...

Been on my rapid collaging tip lol...just sharing a few of my mini ones, which are lots of fun because I usually give them a specific statement/theme to build on. Enjoy..

Spring/Summer Shoes! So ready!

Got caught up in web shoe window shopping lol...thought I'd share...I sooo need all of these, I have the outfits planned in my head and everything :-) All courtesy of DSW, my fav shoe store to shop!

Erma's visit, Kinky Twists and hair story...

I was inspired to feature Erma (@adaoha on twitter) and her kinky twists she asked me to do for her from her visit a few days ago after reading about this Hair Horror Story. It was her idea to do a before an after shoot of the style (see below). Erma has beautiful curls and coils and embraced them full force last summer and even prior, but according to her, she got annoyed (which translates to lazy lol) with it and decided to color, perm, weave and wig it for the last few months lol. She loves the element of change and creativity with her hair, and so do I (not for my hair so much since I do have locs and started them especially for low maintenance, hence my continual suggestion for her if she really wants to free herself of all these extra hair affairs), but I think we both agree now that her natural hair is best as is. Even with locs, you are still lent a variety of styling options. She is considering locs, but wants her hair to grow back more before she starts. We shall keep you posted on that decision lol. Check her hair out from last summer (diggin through old photos) and harass her on twitter to go back to keepin it natural lol :-p

Photo stolen from her facebook, Summer 2008 I think lol

Summer 2009


So the before picture is after her hair being washed (went to the spa...her hair was pressed with a wig prior to). It is also after it being died permed, and cut, as you notice the ends are straight and the roots are growing back in naturally. The after is clearly of the kinky twists I gave her. This is the only angle we took, but they matched her haircut in color as well as length (her idea, short in the back, longer in the front). End result was super cute!

Silly us...ppl should never be that excited about going to Golden Corral, but we def were stoked! This is my grandma's favorite place to eat btw, blame her for the buffet love lol!

Fashion Inspiration #2

I almost forgot about this website, but I stumbled upon this nugget of joy a while ago and just revisited its fun! Beware: you WILL get caught up and lose track of time playing virtual dress-up all while web shopping...window web shopping at the least lol. Enjoy Polyvore! Here r a few of my inspirations...

Poetics... (guess thats what I'll call my untitled pieces)

Tryna figure out this rhyme
this time
its a little different
or it has to be rather
my thoughts I must gather
and wrap around themselves
squeezing tightly to ultimately expose
from the tippies of my toes
all the way up my back
as a matter of fact
the truth is that
and from there i can live in peace
with my piece
and feel finally overstood
freedom as it should, be
caught up in the rapture
with self and thereafter
untouchable and seldom seem
is now a living dream.

1:43 am (awww :-) )
3/2/10

Love Forever Within (poem)

Not only will I look into your eyes
and forever see butterflies
I will follow them into the breeze
with no sense of disease, or despair
cause you are there, therefore
I do not worry about what I cannot see
beautifully blinded by visions of you and me
no shame in how the sun beams through
and reflects its rays on you
kinda like how I do
serving as a vessel for Gods light
and it never felt so right
though something never felt before
its down deep, my center, my core
erupted into a sea inside
endlessly flowing around your being
I am seeing, a dream revealed
exactly the way it was imagined
not a matter of why it happened
but totally blessed with how
and now, love can be so perfectly pure
and deliver itself forever endure
to never search for again...love forever within

2:00am, 3/2/10 (3..2..1..0, countdown, love it lol)

Fashion Inspiration #1

While surfing and getting consumed in random creativity, I came across an online fashion store called ASOS (click to check them out...kinda pricey and based in the UK, but cool stuff for sure) and was inspired to research how to design your own fabric for designing (stay tuned) and came across Spoonflower which is like warm apple pie and ice cream...sorry for the food reference, I just had some of that lmao! Anywho I'm sooo ready for the Spring and Summer sun, here are some of the pieces I liked courtesy of ASOS. I NEED like all of these lol:











Oh, and these boots too :-)