schizophrenia much??
Olympia weather has been absolute madness lately. Last week it was beautiful and amazing, reaching a high of 79* or something and this morning i woke up to snow! If i remember correctly, last april was pretty strange as well. You know what they say: "April showers bring may flowers". Hopefully this rings true.
School has been so hectic! Art is so time consuming in the best way possible. Thinking about it, i am extremely priveledged considering my biggest obligation is to make beautiful things, create. Although, i dont mean to trivialize it, it definitely is strenuous. Im working on about 6 different pieces right now in various mediums. Fiber, plaster. ceramics, paintings, photography and some general sculpture work with found objects. Its pretty exhausting but i like it MUCH more than just working on one piece at a time. Its a lot more productive and if i get sick of working on something or have to wait for it to set i can just move on to the next. Once i start to wrap each piece up ill try and post some pictures. That will only happen if i like the final result though, which doesnt always happen.
In FOVA we are required to choose a theme at the begining of the year (or quarter if you get sick of the one you chose) and have all of our work revolve or relate to said theme. Fall quarter i chose pancakes, haha, ill go into detail later, and winter quarter i chose excess. This quarter i went for a more narrow aspect of excess: over-consumption and i have decided to use plastic bags as my main subject. This quarter is exceptionally exciting because our faculty changed our schedule. The revisions have given us 8 credits of studio work instead of 4 meaning two full days of open studio. It is so nice to have such freedom.
I spent 4 hours or so in the color darkroom today. I took some great photos in a studio shoot i did last monday and they turned out awesome. I need to get a hold of bigger paper though, which is posing some issues. I plan to work on my painting, the sculpture of found objects and a plaster scultpure tomorrow before i head up to seattle. The friend i mentioned in the last entry, Sarelle and I plan to head up north to see Rilo Kiley! Should be an exceptional night.