upcoming shows!

I'm really excited about the upcoming shows, but I am also a little nervous. I am afraid that I am not going to have very many pieces to submit because the only ones I like have already been in a show, and I don't really have any more right now that I think would make it in. If I had to choose which ones I would submit, I would choose my day and night and season collages. I am hoping that I can collage a couple more pieces by the beginning of april so I will have some more to try and get into the ones in april and may. I don't think my drawings and still life's are as strong as other peoples so I would only try to get my collages submitted if I could.

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I tried throwing on the wheel yesterday...and failed. I had a bowl going that was starting to look okay and I was getting really excited about it, but then it collapsed. I tried 3 times and none of them worked:( This makes me really sad because I really really want to make a tea pot on the wheel, but if I can't even throw a basic cup or bowl..  I will probably not be able to throw my tea pot. However, It was only my first time, so hopefully the next time will go better and I will throw something that I will be able to keep:)

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I like making collages and the reason I do is because I like the overall look of them when their finished. Also for me I think they are somewhat easier then trying to paint or use pastels or charcoal or any other medium because the colors are already there, you just have to find them. Although I really have trouble coming up with ideas of different things to make and come up with a reason behind it.

New Semester!!

1) I have about 10 breath pieces and 5 concentration pieces.
2) My biggest weakness is that I have trouble coming up with ideas and sticking to them.
3) My best memory was making it into scholastics :)
4) I have learned that I really like doing collages, but I also get really sick of them.
5) help me come up with ideas?? I have trouble thinking of something easy I can do, I always end up doing something challenging and then at the last second I'm really pushed to try and get them done and then I ruin it from rushing through them.

what I want to be

I have never settled on a specific thing that I want to do later in life. I have had many ideas but I have not stuck with them. For a while I wanted to be an Interior Designer. I rearranged my living room and was constantly switching up my room. I would still like to do this, but I think it would be hard coming up with so many different styles for every one of my clients. You would have to really know them to know their style and how to decorate their house. I also thought about an architectural model builder, although when I looked into it I realized there was a lot of math involved, which has never been a strong subject of mine. I  would still love to do this, but I'm not willing to do all the math classes to pursue in this. I also thought about mixed media, and am still currently debating it. I would love to do something with art advertisement, but again you would have to figure out so many different styles to relate to everyone, so I think that could be challenging. As you can see I'm still debating on what I want to be, but I have a lot of ideas and I think I   will take classes in college and make my decision then.

New Inspiration!!

 I get inspired by looking at abstracted artwork. Such as abstract sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings..whatever. I love seeing the lines and shapes people use and try to figure out the reason they used them the way they did. Looking at something that someone else has done, allows me to create a story myself about it. By doing this, I come up with my own idea, most of the time it being totally different then what I was originally looking at. I also like looking at the colors other people use and try and figure out why they used them, whether to set a certain mood or feeling, or if it just doesn't make any sense at all. Most of the time I have no clue why someone used the colors they used, but I like trying to think of some sort of feeling I'm supposed to get by looking at those colors, and it makes me come up with more ideas from the feeing I created myself from their picture.

When I read this article I was
not at all surprised. I see people
taking pictures of themselves all
the time. However, I can't say I go
around taking pictures of myself.
I don't think this article is directed
to all teenagers, because like myself,
I would rather take a picture of or
with my friends then to take a random
picture of myself. I also don't post
pictures of myself on the Internet other
people tag me in them. I beleive
in what the article had to say, that people
always post pictures that are suggestive
and shouldn't necessarily be on there. I
personally think facebook and myspace has
a negative impact on the whole picture taking
thing. I don't agree that it is helping people
"find there identity". I think it's a random place
where people feel they can be someone totally
different then they are in real life. Some of the
"self portraits" they take now I beleive they
would be embarrased I'd they were confronted
about in real life. I however will
get on facebook and chat with some friends, but
overall I think it has a negative impact.