I am really happy about this design that I created to promote the book launch April 5, 2023. In 2 days I will be a published author with Illuminated Press. I placed this everywhere that I could think of the past two days. I feel proud that I did what I could and I hope that everything works out for the best for us all. I have waited 5 years to do this and it feels good to finally be where I wanted to be back in 2018. I just didn't have the ability to connect with the right people. I saw a Facebook ad and the name sounded familiar to me I think my painting Professor said maybe a person could help you? I saw a person who looked very happy and she was featured on the media and Forbes. I felt it was my chance to connect with fellow artists and creatives and took a risk. I have come across so many different life coaches or entrepreneurs on social media it's very saturated and many of them are very toxic, fake, and as my mentor said cloning. She is really funny sometimes and I believe she is a March baby like me. People born in March are unique we just have ideas, huge imaginations, and dreams so big it would make your head hurt. We are often in our own worlds and very social yet need a lot of alone time. I love people and crowds and somehow can navigate that kind of pressure even though I feel I am an empathic person. Living in Brooklyn for 5 years really made me a different person. City life is busy we talk faster, walk faster, and I feel everything is so much more close to home? It doesn't make much sense as it is tough to put it into words. Bay Ridge is the only place I felt was home. Things began to change with the neighborhood and that's the thing about the city is there is always change. If I had stayed there I would not be here today. I often wonder what would have happened if we had stayed and if things didn't go the way they did. Looking back I can't believe that I stayed single for 15 years. I did not want my kids to be in danger and living with a man while forced married was out of the question. I could never accept that and so I felt anybody that could oversee my issues wasn't going to be a good man. Part of me feels guilty that I didn't find a male role model for my kids. I think they looked up to a few people that I knew but they weren't honorable or committed or even good. I feel like I failed them by not looking or pursuing men? I hope they understand that a man is not needed that can't meet me where I am. Most people aren’t at this level and just need and I don't want to be a need I don't want to feel like I am needed but wanted. At my age range men wanted instant marriage and a house and I just felt like I already been there done that? I hope this book leads to greater connection and good people. I waited 5 years to publish this work. A lot was on social media either on lock or public and social media has been used as a weapon to utilize against my son's and I. So, to step back and reflect I just feel very brave and a little nervous overwhelmed at how big this book could change my son's and I our lives. I feel words are very powerful and I always feel we should help other people and uplift our communities in all ways possible. There are so many things we could do for society to alleviate human suffering. It's very difficult to sit back and watch and do nothing I want to make a true difference in this life. I have to set the example for my son's they see so much potential and if I get there so will they. I feel I have to make society a better place for all people. I never thought that I would be an official author twice in 2023 by June and April. I will put my new CV at the end of this blog post. I feel with this blog I should have done this from the start of my separation in 2009. If I knew the things I knew today I would have made a 10-15 year documentary about legal abuse and crime. At this time I am exposing it all to have a future and all the things were trapped in the body. A good life coach in the city that I recently met is teaching us about how unhealthy it all is for the human body.
I posted photos, reels, and videos literally everywhere online that I could think of. I want real connection and good people in life. I started with Facebook reels and put it on IG. I put the videos without audio on Youtube but everywhere else has audio if allowed. I feel I did a good job with marketing but I wanted a bigger target audience. So, I posted on Lady Aviators and The USA Air Force Official Page. In 2018 I wrote that poem and it was for pilots exclusively pilots or aspiring pilots. I really wanted to help pilots stay alive. I have a bad habit of writing from the heart and writing too much it's just that I want open honest communication. I want to make a real impact and difference with helping people. I think that's why I was drawn to dentistry as that is preventative health and all about caring and providing a care plan for the best health. For the book I used an older photo from 2018 as that's when I wrote the poem July of 2018. We were requested to use black and white and that image really works well for this book. I am unsure if I will be in Book 2 or Book 3 yet? But, I hope for my social media people and friends to think about being a part of these series. It would be cool to have that type of network and connection. I reached out to my colleges but I am unsure they will support me? It's spring break so I emailed 1 professor from Ramapo and 4 from SUNY RCC. I know I haven't reached out to everyone yet. One friend shared my entire Facebook link and said I was amazing and the out pour of love was overwhelming and amazing! She has a network of like 3,000 people! It was so nice of her to think of me and I just am praying for good reviews once the book is live and published. I have learned that the connections I make with Americans across the country is genuinely good and so positive. I love to travel and I always have good things no matter what region or area in the world that I travel too. My community here is supporting me the Arts Council of Rockland and also a local curator and artist posted me on NJ, CT, and NY social media. I wasn't expecting that at all after some past trauma the history is too much to talk about here today. I can only hope that all the negative that happened will be replaced by so much positive to make up for the pain and suffering from those times. My goals are to expose and move forward for the future. Another book mostly documentary true life crime will be released soon. I feel in order to heal we need to reveal. There's no peace with suffering in silence you can't forget history but learn so it's not repeated. Those that target the innocent really will have to live with themselves. I know that I am no longer alone and that many people are facing the same issues that I have in the past. My story will help others survive.
I feel I look a lot like my Mom here and she was a beauty and I wish she was here today to see my success. My hairdresser talked me into going blond and I had beautiful dark brown hair. I didn't need to dye my hair it cost money and brunettes have more fun! She told me it would change my life but it only made people angry? I like how the sun is shining bright and the ryas of sunlight frame the side of my face. It's hard to see it in black and white.
This was the gradation photo used for Ramapo College I used the tripod and was happy to be working in the studio. So, I would use the timer and run back and smile that's why I was leaning down a little here. It's challenging to not have studio help working. The college hated my sweater it was almost to informal to be accepted but I did not know better..The image here isn't high resolution so isn’t as good as the yearbook print for 2021.
This book foreword was celebrity endorsed by this amazing man who overcame homelessness and he somehow became a millionaire many times over from movies and books. Joe Vitale was a name familiar but I wasn't exactly sure of who he was. I was busy in the early 2000's raising my babies and I didn't watch tv. I heard if the book The Secret and he starred in the movie and that book was everywhere the past 10 years, I again was so busy in college at that time I just didn't have the time to sit down and read anything outside of school work or watch movies or anything. I was on the strict schedule and for years I was up at 6:00-7:00 a.m. and got my kids up and ready for school. I attended college around school hours and then got my kids and took care of them until 8:00-9:00 p.m. I then studied from 10:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. and got 5-6 hours of sleep a night, I was asked to be a mentor for returning adult students and I should have said yes. I was made to feel like I wasn't enough by outside community non-profits whose job it was to help me. I fell through all the cracks of every system my in my county that are suppose to help woman. So, I felt I hadn't graduated or made the money to be able to help other people returning to college. Now I know it was never about the money or degrees. I plan to read the book the secret soon and I watched the movie and listened to the audio but there's nothing like reading a good book even if it's a digital e-book. I feel people wanted me to read The Secret to forget about the past and them it was almost feeling like a brainwashing tactic in a way. People will do anything to make a victim forget, be silent, or flee the area.
I am going to use this image tomorrow or launch day and this was taken the same time the blue dress image was taken. It was MLK Day and I had not realized that in the morning so that's a good day for a photoshoot. My kids would write in grade school I have a dream.. Saaed loved this photo of me and he use to be so nice. I used it on Yelp years ago and accidentally put I lived in San Francisco he was like but you're in New York!! It's so sad who he was and some mistakes you can't take back. He wasn’t that good either but he let me go and that’s a form of caring. He told me someday I would understand but I got mad at first but relived to know he's part innocent today. It was like a weight was lifted from me when I saw the news. I just have been around the worst toxic players and criminals MetroNYC lost it's soul a long time ago, It's this region only it's just too much....
My New CV and how I shared on social media the past 2 days!
Wendy Drews is a professional visual artist and writer, working at the intersection of math, science, photography, and art.
Always striving to create from the heart, her 13 piece installation series titled, “Pilots Belong In The Sky” is a piece that inspires connection, something we all need with much of the world facing mental health issues in the aftermath of Covid-19. She has a passion for aviation with dreams of gaining a PPL someday. She may have a recorded or live music performance of her poem, Pilots Belong In The Sky in the future. Now retitled as Fly Dream Remember Sky to offer hope to all people not just pilots. Now featured in the Creative Life Book first book in a series of three books.
Wendy’s artwork has been featured in multiple exhibitions, including the Davis Orton Art Gallery, Milford Arts Council, SouthEast Gallery, and the Art Gallery Exhibition Here, Now at the The Kresge and Pascal Galleries in NJ. Now a member of ACOR as of August 30, 2022. Wendy was featured in local art galleries Hidden Treasures at the Palisades & Inside Smalls Art Exhibits. Featured artist at the Rockland County Courthouse from 11/11/22-1/31/23 with exhibit Nature’s Wildlife. Artbox Projects Miami 3.0 from 11/28/22-12/10/22. Rockland Art’s Festival 2023 from January 27-February 10. Art box Projects 2.0 NYC from 4/17/23-4/26/23.
Wendy is a published author of The Creative Life Book on 4/5/23. With Jess Hughes her mentor with 65 other thought leaders, artists, wellness experts, artists, and creatives. Foreword written by Joe Vitale. Wendy is also going to be published 6/20/23 in the coloring book We Are All Rainbows hosted by PFLAG of Rockland County. Wendy had self published 35 prior books for creative fun and creative expression healing during 2021-2023.
Wendy has a website where her photography can be purchased with her first 27 images soon to be 500 images. www.skyseawolfstudios.com
YouTube handles
@FlyDreamRememberSky
@RememberSky
I wanted to share with you this exciting news. I am about to be a published author! With my mentor Jess Hughes and 65 other thought leaders, wellness experts, artists, and creatives. Reflections of the art of living a fully expressed life the foreword is written by Joe Vitale. We are having a special launch 4/5/23 of a $0.99 kindle deal on Amazon. The proceeds go to charity and the softcover book will be available mid-April. It would be amazing if you are a part of this with me! Please sign up at the link below. www.CreativeLifeBook.com
According to the Air Force Times I read that It’s unclear how many airmen and guardians are believed to have killed themselves in the past year. The Department of the Air Force no longer provides its annual suicide counts upon request, spokesperson Laurel Falls said Wednesday. I want to make a difference and share this Creative Life Book being published 4/5/23. In this book I have included my poem Pilots Belong In The Sky. I have a second name for this original poem series Fly Dream Remember Sky to help everyone. I wrote this to help pilots July of 2018. I waited five years to publish this my goals are to have a true impact to help pilots stay alive. It would be great if I could be a part of this to help make this difference. Thank You. This link for the book launch give access to a $0.99 kindle book version www.CreativeLifeBook.com
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