ANGER! Bad or good?

There is a misconception about Anger. Anger is not wrong it is an emotion, however it has to be used as release. Anger is better than depression. Most people don't understand that anger can be a stepping stone. Don't get more mad at yourself because you are angry about something else.. Dive into the anger allow it to relieve some stress then begin to change your perception. Look at the situation with different eyes and accept that what ever it is. It happened. Once you can accept where you are. Which is exactly where you have chosen to be, only then can we create a better situation. Your personal power is always in your hands. You deserve everything you want. Stop letting yourself believe anything else.

State of Nation - State of mind.

Our nation in all honesty has been smoke and mirrors for so long
our reality is split, blurred, like the old lyrics to a song.
We don't see the truth or the awakening, all we see is the hurt and devastatin'ng.

Our fears come from fairy tales and the knowledge from which our government sells.
Listen to me, listen to you, We all KNOW things, but who knows the truth?
Sit back check yourself and see if you can start with the root.

We are human beings in a nation we built.
We make choices everyday from our food to our water bill.
The power is in you, I don't care what Satan or your pastor says.
This is a new time and a new place and hate should not excist.

Compassion and love for yourself and your relatives
Your friends your buddies and your enemies Love them for the hell of it

History only excists in a memory
You don't have to believe what they believe or agree as if its blasphemy.


Don't look outside yourself search from within.
Love, compassion, and appreciation is not a sin.
Become a vessel, become enlightened and stop the hate and fightin'

WAR IS FREE

In a world where fighting feeds more fights,
We are no longer fighting for our rights.

We blindly feed our need with food processed to cause pain.
To afford to live in America, the beautiful, we are forced to numb our brain.
We trust our representation and the lies they enhance.
Wars make more money, and the sick are used to finance.

Medications aren't designed for a cure, 

But to pay for this sickness we can't afford.

Truth is out there, if you look amongst the free.

War is great for business if there is no filter for what you see.

Dream night.

As the night began the next days morning; I sat and thought what continuation of my life would exist. The reality of the world is that tomorrow is just the next phase we are scheduled to endure when in fact tomorrow is always a transition point for an altered state of what could be. So I lay my head down to produce in my minds eye what tomorrow holds and in that creation of exploration, life or death has an equal chance and right to produce. There is no negative or positive, only life. Forget the excistance of fear and doubt, and create the world that you wish to live in. That is your god given right.

Acting Compared

Acting compared. Representation acting, or majority of stage acting, or the basics of what people think acting is. Presentation acting which brings reality to a role. Representation is to represent a character or to show the world how wonderful you are at mimicking other people. Presentational acting is to present yourself. Present yourself in that role, that character. You must live in front of the camera like no one else is looking. We want to see your inner most thoughts and actions. We don't want to see you go up there and act like you are going through a traumatic experience, we want you to go through it. Reality shows are becoming so popular because you get to see real human emotion and problems. Actors must take that to work, they must release their real emotions out to the camera, to the audience. Do not try to entertain or show off. Be selfless and reel. Ego's can get in the way..

Fighting for your dream

Struggles are gifts to show you how precious your life is. The sun shine is nothing without a rainy day. If you give up and don't fight forward then you have wasted your gift. The struggle or the fight is the wrapping paper. What you want and where you want to be better be worth fighting for, if it's not, then stop. Find another passion. Always chase after what is worth it to you in your heart. Something that you can't get by putting just a little bit of effort into. Your dream will never be easy to grasp but giving up on your dream will be the most simple step, ever. People will knock you down and drag you backwards if they can. You must rise above that and focus. Know that what matters is only up to you. To be judged is to be admired, and to be made fun of is jealousy or a boulder in your path. Stand on that rock so that you can see your next step. A path to greatness will and should never be easy. That's why everyone isn't great. Are you?

Newest painting. Commisioned for a little girls room..

A letter from one of the most amazing Acting coaches ever.

To Whom It May Concern:

I have known Dean West as a student, an actor and as a friend for 6 years. I can not recommend him highly enough.

He is an extremely talented, dedicated, and handsome young actor. He has an amazing facility at improvisation as well. He is always prepared and shows up with a great attitude to work and learn.

I have worked with some of the best actors in the world. I consider Dean in their class!

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Aaron Speiser

Acting from your want..

  We search, fight, and love our way through life to find something to answer our need.  We have a want in life to fulfill.   What this peace is, you never know until you find it.  Your life begins because, we have to get what we want.  Your acting should always be focused on what you want, and or what your going to do to get it. 

 Acting, should be real.  If you never learn to play or act then your a step a head of any Joeshmo actor.  My acting coach, Aaron Spieser, never taught me to act.  He taught me how to live while people are watching...  Acting is not the way you act, or re-act.  It isn't playing a character.  It is "Creating life, in an imaginary circumstance."  You have to live... Be, as if your life has never changed.  Do not create a reaction or emotion so that it looks like you are affected.  Create the life and the human being that has lived that life.   Only then will this no longer  be making an emotion, but feeling it.

 SEEING YOUR FUTURE, RUINS YOUR LIFE.....By example, never look at a scene and decide how it should go.  By doing so you are putting yourself in a directors mind and not an actors.  An actor should never try to picture how their scene will turn out.  An actor should be living in a scene no matter where it goes.  If you decide where your scene should go before you see where it takes you, then you have taken anything interesting  that could happen, and thrown it out the window.  LIVE!! Let all of the work you put into creating a human being see where life takes you.

Want- Want will always get you from place to place.  If you know what you want in a scene then want will get you from the beginning to the end.  Want, will never lead you astray..

Medi Vac Sunset

A requested painting.

Up for Sale.. 

Some recent Paintings

These paintings can be sold at any size.

Price depends on size.

Small ones between $20 to $100

Large ones usually start at $200 and go up from there.

But If your family or friends I will work something out for a good price.

This was a TULANE Request..

Saints Request

CURRENT PAINTINGS AND IN THE WORKS

THIS CURRENT MARDI GRAS  PAINTING HAS NOT BEEN RE-SOLD.  THE BUYER HAD ANOTHER REQUEST SO IT HAS BEEN PUT BACK UP FOR SALE.

THIS PHOTO HAS BEEN SOLD@$300.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE CLOSE TO IT, OR ANY OTHER REQUESTS PLEASE SEND AN INQUIRY.

PAINTINGS ARE PRICED BY SIZE AND DETAIL.  STARTING AROUND $150 AND GOING UP FROM THERE. 

I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SAINTS PAINTING.  IT IS NOT A PRE-SALE, HOWEVER IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN IT PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  IT WILL SELL FOR $300 OR MORE BUT I IF YOU WANT IT YOU CAN SEND ME A DEPOSIT OF $150 UNTIL IT IS COMPLETE.  HERE IS THE PENCIL SKETCH OF THE PAINTING.  THE SKETCH IS COLORLESS BUT THE PAINTING WILL NOT BE.  THE HELMET WILL BLACK LIKE THE OLDER VERSIONS.

I WILL BE STARTING ON MY OWN MORE MODERN VERSIONS VERY SOON.

THEY WILL GO UP ON THE WEBSITE FOR SELL.

An Engagement over "BURN AFTER READING"

Burn After Reading was on TV; and I was probably 15 minutes into the film. I was shifting around trying to get comfortable on the couch with Michelle, 2 glasses of wine, and Roxie (our fantastic K-9, well, K-2 maybe).  After not paying attention, we started the movie over.   

Wait, shit, stop!  

Let me take you back 45 minutes before this.  I had planned to pick up a package from Michelle's brother; but guess what?  They were not home.  They were partaking in a convenient family outing.  I needed this package!  I actually didn't need it; because the event that I was going to use this package for, was not suppose to be until Thanksgiving.  My original place was when I had snuck out of the house alone to pick up a couple bottles of Michelle's favorite wine.  During that time, I was going to grab the ring from his house.  Now, I am rushing downstairs to take Roxie to pee in the yard while Michelle's brother is dropping it off to me.  During this time, Michelle was taking a bath.  I get the ring from her brother.  The only problem now is that it's in my hand. The one thing I know for sure, "it's suppose to be on her hand".  After weighing my options between the kitchen and the living room ... I know it doesn't sound romantic; but to MY Michelle, (like how I said, MY, there:), as long as it was her and I together, it would be a romantic place.

So my luck is Burn After Reading was killing me with some great actors; but it wasn't enough since Michelle had to take a pee break because of the of the wine.  Perfect timing.  Now what do I do with it?  I decided I should try and set the camera on the counter to catch a quick, joyous, occasion before that package I was trying to get goes in to play.  I refilled the wine, and had the camera aimed at the fridge.  The living room didn't work...   Michelle came out; and I was by the cabinet. I told her she needed to put the wine in the fridge while I grabbed snacks from the cabinet.  As she walked in front of the fridge, I followed into camera frame that had shrunk to a height of just below Michelle's chin. (Shit!  Oh, well...  You saw part of the moment :).  I asked her to Marry me, and made it down to both knee's.  It was like a question in a prayer, I guess??  Anyway, after I pulled a small white box out of  "THE PACKAGE", I held a white ring box out to Michelle.   She said YES! by the way...  Well, a yes followed by a "ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?"  Then, she said yes a few more times.  Oh, and I am sure she will tell you that I opened the box upside down.  You can't win them all.

But this one, I won...

She is now officially the future Mrs. Michelle West!  (From Michelle: "And that makes me the happiest woman in the world!!!!!!)

We will figure out how to get a few pics of the ring soon!

A hope, a dream, and a scream.

"A hope, a dream, and a scream." he said as he stepped into the room.

A bright light shines as a voice speaks.

"What's your name?"

But it doesn't matter what your name is.

Your only one of a hundred.

You feel a pit in your stomach, it turns.

Your heart falls to your turning stomach; and grabs a hold.

This is it. This is your time to outshine the light.

Can you do it?

You take a breath.  You remove your shell and bring out everything that is you, that is real, that is shameless.  The light does not even exist anymore.  Honest, raw, naturally human, but all You.  No one else.  

No one tells you who to be. You be.

No 1. in a Hundred.

It is only you.  Your faults, your imperfections.

Never act!  It screws up the scene.

Never re-act!  Just let it happen.

Don't ask what your character would do, show them what your doing. 

Within seconds you disappear.   When you return you see the light, and hear the voice.

"Thank you, that was great!"  You relieve yourself of stress of being all you.

"Thanks for coming in."

You step out of the room and your back to being an actor.

Until next time reality...  Until next time.

Sometimes the problem with acting is that your acting.

Don't be nervous, you have been you all day.  Don't change a thing.

HOW LOUISIANA IS GOING SO FAR FOR MICHELLE AND I

Sorry guys, I have been crazy busy here in Louisiana! You'll be pleased to know things are going great! I am a part of a few movies that are in production right now. If you want to check them out, go check out my IMDB by clicking on the following link: Dean West IMDB.com
Facebook also has a lot of photos from two of the past films, Pictures from TERREBONE, and LOVE SHOULD.

Two other films are in post production. One is with Hillary Duff called THE BUSINESS OF FALLING IN LOVE, and the other is called FIRST LOVE ,THEN MARRIAGE.

Here is a link to some photos from the film Michelle just completed called THE UNWELCOMED.

Michelle and I are both really happy about our move. Louisiana's film industry has graciously greeted us with open arms. Our families are way excited to have us around more often, and we are ecstatic to be around them more!

We are both the new faces of a campaign launching at the start of the 2010 year. The company is called "21 DAYS TO AMAZING." The campaign is called "JUMP," and we are hoping to wipe out, or at least put a huge dent in, obesity in our country. Our nation is looking for answers on how to pay for health care for this crisis, but no one is trying to address this issue before it becomes a problem! Heart disease is the number one killer in America. Guess what? Obesity and bad nutrition is the cause and the start of almost every disease. If you want to join the fight and become a member of "21 DAYS TO AMAZING," check out the website and feel free to contact us.

http://dean.west@21daystoamazing.com/

More news to soon follow. We miss all of our Cali friends and family! Hopefully, we will be back out there for pilot season and possibly my birthday!

Oh, and here is the last painting I did.

Painting is finished.  This one is sold, but I am working on two other some what about the same.  This one sold for $200.  

If you have any requests, or if you would like something like this let me know..  

I am working on two others that are completely different, but they are pre-sold.  However I will be doing some others that I will put up and they will be for sale, but I am more than happy for requests and I can show you a few sketches before I start on the painting... 

More to come...

LOUISIANA.. A photo of a painting I am finishing up..

This is a snap shot of a Painting I am finishing up.  It is also up for sale if your interested.. It will be framed and finished up soon.  Hope you enjoy it. 

A fishing story.. I hooked a big one.

I just drove in from the Lake.  My Dad, my uncle and I went fishing.  It was just fantastic!  You never realize how many stars are in the sky until you get to see them on  a lake in the middle of the night away from all the hustle and bustle of city lights and annoying people.  It was jet black almost all around except for a few lights off in the distance scratching through the blackness.  Shooting stars were no longer a rare occurrence but as frequent as a horn honking on the 101 freeway, well...  Not that frequent, but you get the picture.  The lack of stress was so unknown to me.  I was almost completely lost.  I found myself however as I set the hook the hardest I have ever done before.   My adrenaline rushed and my pupils dilated..  The small tree I had burned seconds before around 4:20, had hit with a clear high.  I gave one more tug and then let off.  A few seconds later we had to pull the boat closer to where I set my hook.  That stump in the water never had a chance.  :)  

Fighting with MMA fighters...

So, today I got a last minute audition for a new film being shot in Louisiana called "Lockdown".  They wanted a fighters that could act.  Well, I am an actor who can fight.  I also haven't thrown a kick in almost 4 years after the 2 months in the hospital which was about 4 or more years ago.  I think 5.  Anyway, I have to say for being one of the smallest guys in the ring I rocked that motha..  Feeling kind of proud that I can still move like I use to.  Now I am off to take a really hot hot hot bath, drink a bottle of wine and then ice my ass!  I am so freaking sore!!! My hip flexers and my back and hands hate me!   

Also my two little girls leave me tomorrow.  Michelle and Roxy are gong to back to Cali while I stay here and feel out some more work in the Louisiana film Industry.  It's sad that they don't give local talent as much respect out here.  If

 I would send in an audition tape from Los Angeles they would be more willing to give me the time of day than if I walked in to the audition here even though I have been working as an actor in Los Angeles for so long..  Crazy..

I will miss my girls.. :(  

A DARK DAY

As I sit and wait for the day to pass

I keep my head just above water so I do not drown.

On my face is a smile turned upside down.

I squeeze my eyes tight in hopes the day will leave

But to my surprise it lengthiness with ease.

It's pushed me further, so I fell to my knees.

My hopes, my dreams they are so far away

Star light star bright.

Where have you all gone this night?

Blackness touches my skin

It surrounds me with a deep embrace.

It holds me tight but does not catch the tear that falls from my face.

It's over now.

The black has turned to gray.

My eyes will soon open.  Tomorrow is another day.