Y Crazy Mind

Lori Tsugawa Whaley is an author, inspirational speaker, and a descendant of the samurai warrior. She graduated with Honors from Portland State University. Whaley, a Baby Boomer, struggled with being 'different', and channeled her energies into understanding, and embracing her Japanese heritage. This journey forged a compassion to empower others to reach their God-given potential, and the driving force for her book, The Courage of a Samurai: Seven Sword-Sharp Principles for Success. Who inspired you most in your life? My Mother was an inspiration to me, and always believed I could do what I set my mind to do. She displayed the Japanese principle Ganbaru; try your hardest, do your best, never give up, and Go For Broke! In spite of hardships, and prejudice, she always found a way to overcome life’s battles. Which aspects in your personal life journey made you forge compassion to empower others? Being an Asian woman in a Caucasian society, combined with my person...

Trevor Pacelli is one of the authors of the " Six-Word Lessons " book series, and the son of the two founders/CEOs, Patty and Lonnie Pacelli, of Consetta Group. These books include four different books about people on the autism spectrum, one from mom, one from dad, one from himself, and one from a separate woman with Asperger's. We have conducted an interview with Trevor.  What kind of movie reviews do you write? Why did you choose to write about it? I try to review all types of movies . Essentially, if it's in theaters, and it's a major release, I usually review it. The past six months I have focused as well on reviewing older classics in addition to theatrical releases. But now, as a new year's resolution, I am going back to reviewing one theatrical release a week, and it could really be of any genre for any taste. I chose to write about this because I found that I am somebody who feels very strongly about my opinion, and explaining it in a ...

Raman Singh is an artist living in the D.C area. He teaches full time and also sells his work professionally. We have conducted an interview with him about his oil paintings. How unique are the kind of oil paintings that you create? My work is unique in many ways because of both the range in subject matter as well as the techniques used to create the paintings. I have a varied array of work, but two areas I do focus on are portraiture and cityscapes. The portraits are created using classical methods of paintings by creating layers of oil paint with brushes. My portraits carry subtle but powerful facial expressions that reflect deep moments in the individual’s life. With the brush I am able to create many layers, which results in a refined and focused portrait falling on the lines of realism. The cityscapes are very expressive in a way that I primarily use a palette knife to paint the pieces. The palette knife gives a very unique look involving high energy strokes of paint ...

Our guest today is Bryan Varner  a novelist and blogger. He lives in Spokane Washington in the USA. We have conducted an interview with him. How do you describe your creative writing style? My creative writing style is unique in the fact that I incorporate a message of acceptance in it. My characters are unreal but have very real hearts and the trials they endure together make them love indiscriminately. What kind of novels have you written? I have written in many genres. Most of my works are romance and erotica. I also write hard-boiled detective fiction and traditional horror novels. What are your favourite blogging subjects and themes? How long have you been writing? My favorite blog subjects are those that have to do with the human mind. I constantly debate the inner workings of the mind, and I discuss it in a psychological sense. I have been writing for eleven years. It is one of those things where practice makes perfect. What's in writing about...