"The world is not yet done." Here we are, adding to the world with every word and every picture. I've been building my own little world for years, and I love wandering through everybody else's worlds too.
Valkeus...
Plays cello

Reads quickly

Comments like it's 2005

Has a tiny piece of pencil lead embedded in her right palm, which is the source of her artistic powers [jk, it's not]

Worked in Japan for a year

Is not a very good driver

Got schooled (B.A. in music and visual arts, 2011)

Buys her groceries at Harris Teeter.

Speaks English (duh), German, and just enough Japanese to find her way to Kuzuha Mall and go shoe shopping.

Joined dA as ~
andalasur back in 2005.

Likes to wear the colors silver and coral.

Is writing a novel based on the epic (?) fantasy story she started at age 9. It's significantly less terrible now.
How I Do dA 
I am grateful for every comment, favorite, and watch! I often comment on people's work in return. Since I’m watching a lot of people already, I don’t always give watch-for-watch anymore. Please don’t feel down if I don’t watch you back right away – sometimes it takes me a while to get to know you through your comments or art.
That said, if I watch you, there's no obligation to watch me back

Comments! 
My favorite kind of feedback is a good comment. I love it when people tell me why they like something (or even why they don’t like it). I joined deviantART back in 2005, and this embarrassingly old piece of mine
[link] shows the kind of comments and critique people gave back then. That community spirit helped me a lot, so I try to give that kind of feedback when I can.