Has anyone else been watching Planet Earth on the Discovery Channel religiously, every Sunday? Fur seal vs penguin was so intense! I can't believe fur seals actually eat penguins. It's hard to imagine being imaginative enough to be more interesting than the actual world, in some respects. Next week is jungles and freshwater, the two ecosystems I've ( Read more... )

My wisdom teeth have been removed. Trying not to focus on it, so ( Read more... )

I obsessively read the blurbs alongside art in museums, but often all I ever learn is that this piece addresses themes of something: nature or vision or institutional critique. "This addresses themes of." It's such a disappointing phrase. I use it too, when I've done something instinctively, without knowing why, but falling back on it is weak. It ( Read more... )

There's this MICA poster with the slogan "LIFE IS ART" or something. And I've realized that that slogan isn't/shouldn't be true for me. I've become conscious of choosing my personal limits for what parts of my life should and shouldn't be used for art. Like I now kind of think the dead seal was a breach of that limit. I justified it by calling it a ( Read more... )

I redeclared Illustration for my major. D:

Lately I've been feeling dissatisfied with my own work. I feel all right about it at the time, but looking back there is so little to show. As Kathy put it, I feel I lack brilliance, and I see and hear about brilliant work constantly here. Then, while talking about it with Elizabeth, I realized that I ( Read more... )