Liberate your Minds

MY Gallery, PROSHKA the Artist

2010-09-05T19:17:00.001-06:00

One of my New Fave Shows to Watch!!! The Annoying Orange, I absolutely love him!! Cruel as a Cucumber - check it out!!

2010-08-25T13:31:00.001-06:00

Greece, Spain, Italy.... The Winter's, the Sight's, & the FOOD!!!

2010-08-24T12:10:00.003-06:00

Touching the Acropolis in Athens, Greece

The Food in Greece, not my cup of tea!! I was most definitely not fond of the food in Greece and found it rather hard to eat, not my type of food at all.

Carnival, in Rome Italy


The Delicious pizza in Italy, I could eat for DAYS!!! Italy has the most amazing food, no matter where I went, it was always delicious!

Getting ready to go to the Gothic Center in BCN

Without fail the food in Barcelona is AMAZING. Barcelona is my utmost favorite place in Europe, and home of one of the Picasso Museums, the food is great and the city is even better

Oh how I love Europe, I especially love the winter. Most people tend to travel during the HOT, SUMMER months, but for me who lives in hot-ass Central America, why would I ever want to travel during Summer. I choose to travel during the Winter Months so that I can experience my Europe when its nice and cold.

Spoken Word VS Rapping (you've been schooled)

2010-08-22T20:21:00.000-06:00

Belize International Film Festival 2010

2010-08-13T19:49:00.001-06:00

The International Belize Film Festival 2009 at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts.
Red Carpet Event

Facebook Limit = Facebook Drama

2010-08-10T12:19:00.000-06:00

In May of 2008, there were reports that Facebook would be raising the friend limit from 5000 friends because there is less than 1000 users who have maxed out and reached the limit: Read Full Story Here: Facebook to up 5000 Limit

The last paragraph of the above article however reads : But for many people, being a friend is much different than being a fan, and the level of interaction allowed is also significantly different. And the new FRIENDS LIST feature, which allows users to classify and group friends, makes organization easier anyway.

Which I am in TOTAL agreement with. I always said I much rather have a friend page than a fan page bc I feel it is much more personal. Given the fact that the limit has since not been raised, I finally opened a page, not by my real name of Angela Gegg, but my Art name, PROSHKA, a page that has been much needed and something I should have done ages ago: http://www.facebook.com/proshkatheartist

Sadly I reached my 5000 friend limit well over a year ago!! And since then have had the 1000 (pending) friend request limit, the problem is though, is that most facebook users aren’t aware of the fact that A. There is a Limit and B. that there is a pending limit; so the problem arises where people think I am snubbing them or just avoiding their requests. It got to the point where I was receiving so many messages that I opened the page and am trying to operate from that so as to avoid the drama of social networking.

5000 friend limit on my Facebook Acount

1000 pending friend request limit on my account

In all honesty I would love for facebook to up the limit especially since we have so much control over our personal sites and not much control over the fan sites, but in any case I have opened the page, named PROSHKA and hope facebook figures out their limit issues sooner rather than later because lets face it people, the world of social networking is where its’ at and especially for those of us in the public eye.

Another thing that facebook is doing is opening Community Pages (without the permission of people and/or businesses) —> I know this because I was messaged by someone who tried to freind request (annoyed with me as usual) and they said that they instead became my fan. Now I automatically assumed they became a fan of PROSHKA, but when i took a look at their page (which is open to the public) I saw that this person LIKED –> ANGELA GEGG. Now I know I have never created an Angela Gegg Fan Page so was like WTF, I automatically thought someone was impersonating me and went to the page, but turns out it was a Community Page, stating —> FACEBOOK STATES ON THIS PAGE: Our goal is to make this Community Page the best collection of shared knowledge on this topic. If you have a passion for Angela Gegg, sign up and we’ll let you know when we’re ready for your help. You can also get us started by suggesting the Official Facebook Page.

After investigating the matter and reporting the page I found out that it is a facebook page and that I would have no control over this page, which is really something I am not fond of .

QUESTION: Can I edit the content on a Community Page?

ANSWER: No. When available, we update the information and profile picture based on the article for that topic in Wikipedia. At this time, there is no way for people who choose to connect with a Community Page to add their own pictures or edit the information.

So this is my Facebook Drama, my Facebook Dilemma and my Facebook Rant for the day!

ADD ME ON FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/proshkatheartist

And They Call Me Crazy!

2010-08-06T10:51:00.002-06:00

And they Call me Crazy! These bitches are Wack... Watch and Listen

Fresh Crab from the Caribbean Sea!

2010-08-04T15:33:00.000-06:00

I know, I know, your mouth is WATERING... I bet it is, if you like seafood, then I'm sure it is. One of the benefits of living in the Caribbean is that I get all the fresh stone and king crab claws i can get. Yummieee! The fishermen come in off the boats with fresh crab, fish, lobster, squid and numerous other types of delicious seafood, but as you can see the Crab is my utmost favorite. I boil the water, adding a little salt, put the claws in to boil for 15 minuted them strain the water and put them on ice water so as to avoid the crab meat from sticking. After this I head to the seawall with my crab hammer, a bottle of wine and indulge myself in fresh crab along with garlic butter sauce. Welcome to my world!

Amsterdam

2010-06-21T08:29:00.003-06:00

With Love from Amsterdam....
Amsterdam was absolutely UN-REAL, jajaj - everything is legal.. the first restaurant i hit up for some wine, i was also handed a weed menu... I was like WORD?!? Everyone was all happy and laughing and in the best of spirits and the scent of herb was everywhere, i was seriously in another world, lol.. Even the newspaper (which i so cornily brought home as a souvenir to show everyone) advertises types of seeds, a cannabis museum, cannabis tours, magic mushroom shops, pipes and the list goes on!! Holland is most def a very very different place - and it was clean, no litter anywhere! Happy Happy Hollanders... Thanks Amsterdam for the LOVE!! haha

Dumb Ass Chicken Head Bitches on Facebook

2010-05-13T10:49:00.000-06:00

The Pope in Rome - Benedict XVI

2010-02-24T14:18:00.004-06:00

That's me
with the Pope,
at St Peters Basilica
in Rome,
Feb 2010.
What an
amazing experience it was,
will post a video soon!
xoxo
Angela

5 Ways to Spot a Player

2010-02-05T03:47:00.002-06:00

Spotting a player isn't always an easy task, especially while you're under their spell. The easiest way is to break down their behaviors in five important aspects of starting a new relationship: the first meeting, early communication, getting to know them, dating style, and finally their approach to making time for the relationship.

What is a true player? These are the people who exhibit at least three out of the five of following signs. Even one of these signs should be a warning flag, but you might want to give them the benefit of the doubt, until further indicators point you towards the door. Ultimately, a player is using these tactics to avoid what they want least ... a stable relationship.

The First Meeting
Too Confident- A player has gotten where they are from being good at what they do. This alone drives an incredible amount of confidence in their approach. Women love confident men, and male players take advantage of this to its fullest. While some people are just naturally more confident, remember, one of the signs of interest in a potential partner, is excitement and nervousness. This includes mirroring, which is an unconscious act at mimicking the other person to appear approachable and on their same level. The player does not want to be on your level, they want to be in control. They will get right up close and personal. They are very calculated, smooth, direct, and will rarely make a nervous mistake.

Early Communication
Probing- When an individual is truly interested in getting to know someone, they will ask genuine questions about them. The player, on the other hand, engages on what is more like probing. They may appear to be trying to get to know the person, but they are really only trying to gain pertinent information as to what the person is looking for in a mate. The idea is to bypass all the time it would normally take that person to decide if they really were interested in pursuing a relationship (weighing both their good and bad sides), so they can jump to the top of the list. These questions will be masked in the form of what they like in a partner, what they did not like about their last relationship, what kind of clothes they prefer on a man/woman, etc.

Getting to Know Them
Mystery Men- A little mystery is good, but too much should be a wake-up call. We shouldn't share everything with a potential mate, but if you don't known anything substantive about them, chances are they're hiding something. Examples include never being invited to their home/apartment, rarely being seen in public (especially during the day), checking their phone often (which is obviously set on 'quiet' mode), taking private phone calls, and having a slew of what they call "stalkers," who won't leave them alone. These are all signs that they may be living a second life (cheating, affair, etc.) apart from your budding romance.

Dating Style
Hot & Cold- The hot-and-cold dating style starts off wonderfully. The person is always up for going out, they can't wait to see you, and they are often nauseatingly romantic early in the game ("I can't believe how wonderful you are," "I think I love you," "You're my soulmate"). But once you give them the sign that they are starting to win you over, they disappear for a few days/weeks without much contact. The whole idea is to keep you there with as little effort as possible. They have a lot of people they're stringing along, so they have to conserve energy. Players love the chase, but get bored of the conquered. They are all talk and no action ("we should do this," "I want to take you here"), but they never follow through.

Making Time
Flighty- The player is hard to hold to any plans. They may say they prefer to be spontaneous -- in reality, they are always weighing their best options before they commit. They may have meetings come up, relatives die, an important work function overseas, or some other emergency that will take them away for several days or weeks at a time. During these times, they will have limited contact, such as a minimal phone signal, odd working hours, only access to e-mail, etc. While emergencies can and do come up, players use these exclusively to concentrate on new relationships, while storing their ones away for a rainy day.

San Pedro Art Show!

2009-12-14T08:23:00.005-06:00

San Pedro "Belizean Arts" Art Gallery and Angela Gegg
this weekend, Sat. December 19th 2009 -
Artist Confessions Book Signing & Art Show

ARTIST CONFESSIONS
already available at these locations
BOOK AGENTS:
San Ignacio: Angelus Press, Burns Ave
Belmopan: Angelus Press, Constitution Dr
Orange Walk: Angelus Press, Main St
San Pedro: Belizean Arts, Fidos
Belize City: Brodies
Northern & Downtown; Angelus Press, Queen St & San Cas Plaza;
& for an autographed copy come to the Smoky Mermaid, # 13 Cork St.

Artist Confessions, the perfect Christmas gift for that special someone!

Provoking Proshka - Channel 7 News Review Nov 13th 2009

2009-11-15T21:16:00.003-06:00

Provoking Proshka
CHANNEL 7 NEWS -

http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=15527

posted (November 13, 2009)

We’ve featured many artists on this newscast but Angela Gegg is in a zone of her own. She’s a writer, a poet, a painter, a thinker – and more than all that, she’s one outspoken lady. She isn’t afraid to speak her mind, write exactly what she thinks or let her art challenge notions of what’s acceptable in the public discourse. In a word, she’s bold, and…after years of consistent and quite prolific production, she’s proven that she’s committed.

She launched her new art show, “Impulse” to coincide with her birthday today. The staging ground for this major exhibit is the Institute of Mexico – which really is the only art space big enough to fit her paintings, poetry and installations.

Angela Gegg, Artist
“When people come into the exhibit it is going to kind of them a sense of not just pictures on a wall. You want to walk in and just be part of something. When you’re walking into the exhibit there is little things, I am not going to point them out, but I want people to play with their minds a little bit. So they are going to be walking through all the galleries, once the galleries are opened, watching videos, looking at crazy abstract art, looking at photography, looking cubist art, looking at all kinds of stuff and it is a bit provocative. So they say, so you people say in Belize. I personally don’t think so but they say it is provocative what I do so it is.”

But it is provocation says the artist – not just for the sake of it – the provocation is to engage the viewer.

Angela Gegg,
“Yes and I want them to think outside the box. It is not just coming in and looking at work. I want them to be part of the artwork themselves.”

And if you want to be a part of this show, you have to be prepared to be confronted with imagery that you won’t see any other artist daring to try.

Angela Gegg,
“A lot of people might not like me for it, some people love me for it. I take hits either way. Some people really appreciate what I do, some people are appalled by what I do. But personally I feel that it is the freedom to express myself, why should I not have it.

From the book, wash, mash, trophy wife, you know. And what a lot of people don’t understand is these things stem from what people may say to me or things in my life. I am trying to insult nobody, that is part of my book – it is a part of the whole installation. Like you said, you thought it was a rich girl stage. A lot of man look at me and think trophy wife and I see the opposite because I work damn hard.”

That work shows in the varied presentation, spread out over three rooms – exploring a broad range of painting styles.

Angela Gegg,
“This has been like a whole week of putting the show together. You don’t just hang stuff on walls. What we do is very very, it is a lot of work, you have to think where you want to put things. The placement of everything is specific. Nothing is done without order. Everything has a place, everything has a purpose. Nothing is done with a system and a format at all.”

The diligence demonstrated by an artist who’s been painting and writing for most of her life and she says she is far from done.

Angela Gegg,
“I love what I do, I love painting, I love writing, I love anything creative. I love building, I love anything; designing. I love art, art to me is just the best thing in the world.

There is so much to do. So much more to say. So much more to see. So much more to show.”

Angela Gegg also launched a book today and that stirs a controversial brew all its own. We’ll tell you about that on Monday.

Impulse

2009-10-03T19:20:00.002-06:00

HER MOST PROVOCATIVE
SHOW TO DATE

IMPULSE is a multi-part art exhibit where the artist will feature paintings, drawings, photography, audio-visual installations as well as the release of her second book, ARTIST CONFESSIONS.

Artist Confessions is an Art and poetry book broken down into seven Chapters and is the prelude to her upcoming book titled, SEVEN, based on her Seven Philosophies to life. There will be Seven Performers doing a selected work from each chapter throughout the Show, the performers will be doing their interpretation of her work.

IMPULSE and ARTIST CONFESSIONS will be held on November 13th 2009 at the Institute of Mexico in Belize and is being hosted by the Mexican Ambassador to Belize.

Serena Williams FLIPS out at US OPEN... epic!

2009-09-13T10:33:00.003-06:00

Serena Williams is one of the top female tennis players in the world. Her and sister Venus Williams are definitely a forced to be reckoned with on the court, but in a bizarre turn of events, tennis star Serena Williams completely lost it on Saturday at the US Open after being called on a rare foot fault. It was match point and a judge called her out on the foot fault.

That's when Williams, a three-time US Open winner, lost it, approached the judge and, according to the Associated Press, shrieked at the official, “If I could, I would take this … ball and shove it down your … throat." Day-um.

This was deemed unsportsmanlike and Williams was deducted a point, which, because it was already match-point, cost her the match. Her opponent, Kim Clijsters, was unranked and unseeded prior to the freak upset.

She now moves on to the next round.
See Clip Below!

The meaning of sign SCORPIO

2009-09-08T05:07:00.000-06:00

Eighth sign of the zodiac

Your element: Water
Your ruling planet: Mars and Pluto
Tarot card corresponding to your sign: Death
Your lucky color: Black
Your stone: Amethyst

First, a word about your tarot card, the significance of which might be worrying you. Know that, in the symbolism of the tarot, Death indicates that which dies in order to be born anew in a better form. When it is reversed the Death card may indeed mean the end of something. But when it is right side up it evokes rebirth, renewal, a new beginning. This is characteristic of your sign. You sometimes have a tendency to link the very good with the very negative.

Like all the signs of Water you are a very deep, mysterious, unfathomable being, sometimes inaccessible and uncontrollable. Your unconscious is so strong and so rich that psychoanalysis seems to have been invented for you. Your imagination is very powerful and very fertile. When you were very young, for example, you had thoughts which exceeded those of other children your age.

With you there is no chance of either dullness or mediocrity. You have a taste for the absolute, and this is why existence sometimes seems difficult to you. You would like your life to be in perpetual movement, always fed by novelty and the exceptional. This isn't always easy to achieve, and you don't always give yourself the means to make it happen, even when great changes pass within your reach.

The influence of Mars can make you combative and masterful. But be careful, because Pluto stirs up your deepest doubts and worries in order to draw you towards failure. This opposition means that sometimes you end up destroying what you love.

In love, you have many requirements and many spiritual states that others sometimes have difficulty following. You occasionally run the risk of ruining relationships by giving too much importance to difficulties which could have been resolved with more understanding.

You are fully conscious of your great qualities: an enterprising spirit, imagination, sensuality, charm, magnetism. But you also know your faults: desire for control, self-injurious behavior, impassioned behavior, tendency to complicate things and situations.

The people who succeed in life are often those who know consciously or unconsciously to make the most of their talents, their advantages, and their strengths, while understanding how to maintain control over their weaknesses.

*This short, unassuming analysis can help you to better conduct your existence. To learn to know yourself better allows you to maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses.

2009-09-06T07:39:00.000-06:00

IMPULSE the exhibit & ARTIST CONFESSIONS the book

2009-09-03T16:28:00.002-06:00

Popping Bottles... thanks primo!

2009-08-02T20:59:00.004-06:00

Opening Night of the Belize Film Festival

2009-07-28T10:36:00.009-06:00

Mr Peters (featured in The Three Belizean Kings) and Angela Gegg

Miss Carrie Fairwether, Florencio Mes (of The Three Belizean Kings) and Angela Gegg

Cybel Martin (NYC Film-Maker), William Neal and Angela Gegg

Bone TV interviewing Mr. Florencio Mes (of The Three Belizean Kings)

Interviewing Angela Gegg

The Belize International Film Festival opened on Friday July twenty fourth at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. More than thirty five films will be showcased during this year’s festival and caters to all kind of movie lovers. Suzette Zayden of the Institute of Creative Arts is the festival organizer.

One of the main goals of the Belize International Film Festival, however, is to bring to centerstage films that are being made in the Caribbean and Central American regions along with Southern Mexico. These areas all have their own rich stories to tell, but whose themes and backgrounds all resonate strongly with our Belizean cultural traditions and way of life. In an effort to shine a stronger light on these often overshadowed regions, we have limited the submission of Short Films and Short Documentaries as open only to films from these regions.

Belize is a country blessed with rich cultural diversity amongst its peoples and amazing natural resources – on land, in the sea and even underground through it vast network of caves and now the recent discovery of oil in 2005. Belize, the only English Speaking country in Central American is also geographically the country looked most upon by CARICOM and SICA to be a critical link between the Caribbean and Central America regions. The Belize International Film Festival lives up to this expectation and continues in its aspirations to be an annual event that is looked forward to by both Belizeans and Visitors alike for its ability to bring together films, filmmakers and film enthusiasts from all over Belize, our neighboring regions and eventually the world to the Bliss Center in Belize City for 10 exciting days in July.

Yasser Musa's 20 Years of Art

2009-07-20T17:39:00.008-06:00

Angela Gegg, Yasser Musa, Chantal Castillo

Ivan Duran & Angela Gegg

Chantal Castillo, Angela Gegg, Former Prime Minister to Belize, Said Musa

Angela Gegg, William Neal, Dian Haylock

Yasser Musa – 20 Years of Art – 1989/2009

Yasser Musa has been making art for 20 years. He is an art activist, promoter, poet, publisher and teacher. His entrance into the culture arena was at the end of junior college in 1989 with the self published first book of poems tilted “Poems.”

His visual art beginning came in August 1992 with Minus 8 a multi-media collaboration with Ivan Duran. Held at the then Bliss Institute Minus 8 directly questioned the traditional consensus of art pressing for a new understanding of the media and technological visual landscape.

His first solo exhibit came in 1995 titled Coming Out with a set of 50 paintings. He participated in his first international show Minus 5 at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. Musa founded the Image Factory Art Foundation in June 1995, an institution which has been at the vanguard of promoting, exhibiting and publishing visual artists in Belize.

In 1996 he published the Belize City Poem which was made into a fifteen minute video. He has created several project works including, (a) The Clothes Line Project, (b) The Banana Boy Project, (c) The Facial Project (d) The Condensed Milk Project, and (e) Diary of a 100 Objects.

In 2000 Musa was part of a team of young Belizean artists organized by Joan Duran to present for the first time a collective approach to the internationalization of Belizean visual art. The exhibit Zero – new Belizean art opened in Merida, Yucatan in March 2000 and saw a massive 17,000 visitors. The exhibit went on tour to Cuba, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Portugal, and Spain.

Starting in 2004 Musa was a leading participant in the landings contemporary art project involving artists from Central America, the Caribbean and South Eastern Mexico.

As part of the 20 Years of Art show Musa released loose electricity a set of recorded poems on CD.

Musa’s latest work The Mahogany Project was presented at the exhibit opening. The Mahogany Project is a participatory art action where the artist will engage some 100 persons to plant a Mahogany tree in a space of their choice, and he will attempt to monitor the progress of the growth of the trees over a 20 year time period.

The exhibition opened on Friday July 17, 2009 at 7:00pm. There are some 45 works of art, 5 videos, and 3 panels of printed material. The show will run until August 14.

Honduras gets it Again - 5.7 this time

2009-06-08T22:18:00.003-06:00

5.7 magnitude, offshore Honduras. Sunday, June 07, 2009 at 11:13:16 PM at epicenter

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken Honduras but there are no reports of injuries or damage.

The United States Geological Survey says the quake struck at 11:13 pm yesterday and was centered 15 miles (24 kilometres) northwest of the Caribbean coastal town of La Ceiba.

Honduras is still recovering from a 7.3-magnitude earthquake May 28 near La Ceiba which was also felt in Belize, Guatemala and mexico and killed seven people, injured 40 others, and caused US$100 million in damage.

Another Earthquake!

2009-06-02T22:14:00.005-06:00

Ok guys so I know I'm not crazy. Last night (technically early this morning) at minutes to 1am, i woke up to a slight rocking of my bed. I am a very very light sleeper and woke up thinking "shit, another earthquake". It was very minimal and then I went back to bed. When i woke up today I had a meeting with my sister and mom and mentioned to them both that we had another earthquake and they both told me that we did not, that I must have been dreaming.

Anyway, I decided to check the USGS Earthquake Website, which record every earthquake, and it turns out I was right.
This one was only a 5.0 and was not as close as the 7.1 which struck last week.

Below is the Prelimenary Earthquake Report

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	5.0
Date-Time	Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 12:43:42 AM local time at epicenter

Location	15.51N 86.41W
Depth	10.0 kilometers
Region	HONDURAS
Distances	45 km (30 miles) SE of La Ceiba, Honduras 85 km (55 miles) NNW of Juticalpa, Honduras 180 km (110 miles) NNE of TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras 1305 km (810 miles) SSW of Miami, Florida
Location Uncertainty	Error estimate: horizontal +/- 6.3 km; depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst=123, Nph=123, Dmin=184.5 km, Rmss=1.25 sec, Erho=6.3 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=101.2 degrees
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

AIR FRANCE flight 447

2009-06-02T17:46:00.003-06:00

An airplane seat, a fuel slick and pieces of white debris scattered over three miles of open ocean marked the site in the mid-Atlantic Tuesday where Air France Flight 447 plunged to its doom, Brazil's defense minister said.

Brazilian military pilots spotted the wreckage, sad reminders bobbing on waves, in the ocean 400 miles northeast of these islands off Brazil's coast. The plane carrying 228 people vanished Sunday about four hours into its flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

"I can confirm that the five kilometers of debris are those of the Air France plane," Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told reporters at a hushed press conference in Rio. He said no bodies had been found and there was no sign of life.

The effort to recover the debris and locate the all-important black box recorders, which emit signals for only 30 days, is expected to be exceedingly challenging.

"We are in a race against the clock in extremely difficult weather conditions and in a zone where depths reach up to 7,000 meters (22,966 feet)," French Prime Minister Francois Fillon told lawmakers in parliament Tuesday .

Brazilian military pilots first spotted the floating debris early Tuesday in two areas about 35 miles (60 kilometers) apart, said Air Force spokesman Jorge Amaral. The area is not far off the flight path of Flight 447.

The cause of the crash will not be known until the black boxes are recovered — which could take days or weeks. But weather and aviation experts are focusing on the possibility of a collision with a brutal storm that sent winds of 100 mph straight into the airliner's path.

Rescuers were still scanning a vast sweep of ocean. If no survivors are found, it would be the world's worst civil aviation disaster since the November 2001 crash of an American Airlines jetliner in the New York City borough of Queens that killed 265 people.