Hi, I am the Jive Bunny,
All my life I have been an Artist; happiness was a pencil and paper and maybe coloured pencils when growing up. My first drawings were cartoon stick figures fishing, because I was always in the boat with my Father fishing. In kindergarten I drew a horse drawn milk truck, that's how old I am now. I was the kid out in the hallway of my school painting murals, hated by my classmates because I could draw. I was the youngest person to be signed up to the Famous Artist School classes, and would win every prize for best works of art. I was the first to win an art scholarship to go to Art College in high school ; and the Jive Bunny was in Art College, teaching her teachers how to paint, and making movies.
Years later with all the technology I bought a digital camera and began my life as a reporter. My Father always had super 8 cameras and I learned how to make movies by watching my fathers super and single 8, and later video movies. Now everything is digital. My Father even at the age of 99 would play Solitaire and win on the computer.
Some of the best film came from the seventies and the Festivals of Festivals started in Toronto in 1975 is now the Toronto International Film Festival with a brand new Light Box studio to house this event. Since June 23rd, during the Toronto earthquake, my reporting started.
The G8 and G20 Riots in Toronto on June 25 and 26th with CP24 reporting, The Jive Bunny reports started from the Balcony on the Esplanade where the Rioters were arrested on that ill-fated weekend of unrest. Everybody had a camera, but the Jive Bunny was smart and kept away from the police. The Summer of 2010,was amazing and over 200 videos were recorded from live concerts and art exhibitions. The Nuit Blanche videos were noticed by Mycitylives.com. The Jive Bunny is having fun and learning everyday. Life is too short to worry about money and where to get it. Artists have always been starving anyway. The Jive Bunny was never rich to be able to do what she loves to do.
Having a camera in hand to record events is like painting and drawing with a camera;
With the sound of music, what a great time we live in as an Artist.
The Jive Bunny reports 24/7. LOL
Two years later almost on The Ides of March and St. Patrick's Day is before us again. The Jive Bunny is hopping a bit slower and not going to as many concerts and is deeper in debt. There is nothing like doing what you love to do, but money does take the worry away. Happy Easter on the Jive Bunny's Birthday and Good luck in this March of 2012.
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