:(

I miss having people I can depend on.
and I'm like this


far away from being stuck.

At least these guys are happy to see me

story line

LOL
The AP US seminars I did best on are the ones I didn't entirely read!!

I have my concentration story line mostly mapped out...
Meehab and Abdul-Jahid live in a desert with a ridiculous name where they transport and sell exotic fruit.
On their trips, Abdul-Jahid starts coughing and sneezing a lot, so Meehab takes him to see dr. ridiculous name.
Dr. ridiculous name says that Abdul-Jahid is allergic to sand.
They decide they have to move, so they pack up and set off.
First place they go to is some place with a ridiculous name, but it's too cold.
Next place they go to is some other place with a ridiculous name, but the local food is too strange.
Then, they to some place with a ridiculous name where they can't find any exotic fruit.
After that, they go to a place with a ridiculous name that is very dry and sandy.
They get tired of traveling around and feel rather hopeless but try one more place.
This place is different. Although there is sand, Abdul-Jahid doesn't act allergic because the sand is wet. There are also beautiful sunsets and very tropical exotic fruits and the weather is very agreeable. (It parallels Hawaii.)

I still have to map out exactly 12 frames, minus one or two for the cover(s?). sweeeeet
tips for happiness!

qu'est-ce qui est arrive??

"...I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a do crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me and I couldn't make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me. Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's ion its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave and has to go about that way every night grieving" (5). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Good news: I have a story line for my concentration! It's vague, but it's there, and it's thanks to the McBride who is so good at thinking outside of the box, and inside the sketchbook.

Bad news: I went to try and sell ads for the AP poster today, and didn't sell a single one to any of the 10+ businesses I approached!! They all care about Lakeridge football but not the art department...who happens to kick a lot more ass than one measly game won against Pex Rutnam...

and I'm writing an English essay...but i found a really sick quote!

story book

Well, I just wrote the rough draft of my essay for photography on Andy Goldsworthy...I haven't written an eloquent, flowing essay like that for a while, and it makes me happy that I wrote it for photography and not for any other class.
As for my concentration, I went to Borders today and looked at a lot of children's books. Halfway through flipping through them, I figured I was supposed to be paying attention to the story lines and not so much the illustrations, but I found a lot of inspiration in terms of composition (it hadn't occurred to me to do pieces stretching over two pages) and medium (one book I looked at had paper with the consistency of corduroy, but paper). Later I was inspired for story ideas by thinking about specific little friends in mind that I might write a book for.
I think it'll take a while for me to come up with a story line, but I do think it will be worth the extra time because after I get a story down, I can plan out what the pieces are going to be, and that'll probably save me from agonizing over what the next piece to work on will be...

tell me your thoughts.

this is going to be a great post.

okay first artistic heroes...
Egon Schiele
piece: I'm not sure actually..
what I like: brush strokes, how his white is never really 'white'. sallow quality of subjects.
similarities: emaciated figures, self-portraits, almost pornographic characters (he's a rebel)


Kay Nielsen
Piece: hold tight to my shaggy coat (aww)
what I like: I like her sense of composition a lot, her sense of proportion of bodies and the fairy-tale quality/old books feeling
subject similarities: horses, mythical creatures, fairy tale stories, droopy trees














Ralph Steadman
piece: computer shark
what I like: chaotic lines, minimal but effective color
similarities: political figures, blood, monsters





Janne Peters, photographer
piece: dont' really have names..
what i like: all of her shots have a very clean, neat feel to them and she captures a quiet beauty in everything
subject similarities: the color white, detailed compositions/set up of objects. backgrounds of solid colors. domestic life









Lilli Piri
piece: number 10
what i like: the 'softness' of her work, delicate use of watercolor, clean drawings
subject similarities: Australian animals, girls, letters (the mail kind)











I like clean drawings...line quality is important..umm I don't think I learned anything I didn't already know, but it was inspiring in the least!

concentration ideas so far:
transportation and how that affects/influences/reflects lifestyles
portraits/portraiture
dreams/dream images
the adventures of ______ through time period, historical style or individual artist style
illustrating and writing a children's book

...I'm pretty sold on most of these; every time I think of something new, I really want to do that! I need something for that ______ though.


This weekend, I decided I want to be a sports photographer, even though I probably won't be one. But how awesome would that be? I'd work for ESPN or sports illustrated or some other ...sports related magazine, and I'd go to NBA games all the time, attend crazy soccer games, see sunny/rainy baseball games, travel frequently and get sent to the Olympics...all to take pictures. So sick. I think I'm going to ask for an appropriately sick camera for christmas..

After art retreat

I'm really glad I went on the retreat...I just realized I didn't take any pictures, but that's okay because I know Mrs. McBride and Amy did. I had a lot of fun, and I'm glad I got to talk to some people, otherwise I would have continued on having assumptions..

i'm happy i know how to make friendship bracelets...kind of, haha. karen loves rap music...


我有點害怕畫畫，做藝術，因為我感覺像我沒有什麼技術，我沒有什麼靈感。其實，我很久沒有什麼靈感。。。我認為這是因為我無法接受任何的壓力。藝術=怨恨我。

art v. school

I hate AP US and we've only been in school for a month. It's for rather irrational reasons, so at the onset of workload related reasons, I will probably be exponentially more unhappy. I don't like being unhappy. I find that I adore white days and despise blue days because white days have art classes and blue days do NOT. :( What if I could drop the classes I hate and indulge in art...
I'd probably be happier and more creative and a better artist.

I'm neglecting my sketchbook. I'd be a terrible mother.

Kay Nielsen's work is so nice..