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today is a half a day, i'm so happy, two classes and i am done teaching for the day. I have two weeks exactly until the end of school. it couldnt come sooner. i know i will be counting each hour of the day. i hate it when i am hyper concious of time, it makes time drip, drip. I went to a writing circle this friday. it was quite emotional, more emotional than i expected. The opening question was write your inner child a message you needed to hear but never heard. wow, me and taneshia were both in tears. It was good to get some things of my chest, to show love to that confused child. Taneshia can create a very safe spaces, she is a good facilitator.
I would like to plan a visual art meeting friday the 25th. anyone intersted PLEASE email me (jrondine@pratt.edu) this is for artist or non artist who plan to take the meeting seriosly. i made some mistakes last time i hosted an art meeting. I spent the entire time cooking and inviting some people that didnt give a shit about art. i also realized people need structure, and that was something i didnt provide for them. all of those things will be remedied for this meeting.
I had a nice weekend with my boyfriend. things are getting so much better. He trust me, finally i have warmed a very hurt heart. i hope it last, now with the house empty, which is also nice, (even though i like my roommates)we have been peacefully bonded. We drew together in the park and cooked together. He is a wonderful cook! wow. he creates subtly seasoned foods that are comfortable and filling. Yumm. its good stuff. He also bought some puerto rican flags and hung them up in the house as well as blasted India and other spanish lanaguage music. i'm happy for him. i hope next year he brings me to the festival, i want to learn more about his culture.
Speaking of parades (god i'm writing a book) i wached a Soprano's episode about the Cristopher Columbus parade. It was a piece of art. The episode addressed the issue of italian americans celebrating their ethnicity along with the name of a colonist and murderer. It got into the dangers of comparing historican oppressions (columbus is like hitler, italian immigration is like the middle passage) wow it was good. Every IA needs to watch it and learn about what they are really celebrating. The show even addresses how Columbus was a northern italian that like many of his counterparts looked down apon souther italians. italian americans usually know the provice of where there family is from (campania, colabria, sicily) but they dont know where these provinces are located and dont know their ancestors were discriminated against by the very man they are celebrating. AHHH it kills me. Not only was he a racist pig to the native americans he was also to his own people. to think the decendents of the people he considered less than human pesants are the people promoting his myth mixing it with their ethic pride. it makes me so angry and embarassed i could scream... Another reason i need to start that book club.
I would like to plan a visual art meeting friday the 25th. anyone intersted PLEASE email me (jrondine@pratt.edu) this is for artist or non artist who plan to take the meeting seriosly. i made some mistakes last time i hosted an art meeting. I spent the entire time cooking and inviting some people that didnt give a shit about art. i also realized people need structure, and that was something i didnt provide for them. all of those things will be remedied for this meeting.
I had a nice weekend with my boyfriend. things are getting so much better. He trust me, finally i have warmed a very hurt heart. i hope it last, now with the house empty, which is also nice, (even though i like my roommates)we have been peacefully bonded. We drew together in the park and cooked together. He is a wonderful cook! wow. he creates subtly seasoned foods that are comfortable and filling. Yumm. its good stuff. He also bought some puerto rican flags and hung them up in the house as well as blasted India and other spanish lanaguage music. i'm happy for him. i hope next year he brings me to the festival, i want to learn more about his culture.
Speaking of parades (god i'm writing a book) i wached a Soprano's episode about the Cristopher Columbus parade. It was a piece of art. The episode addressed the issue of italian americans celebrating their ethnicity along with the name of a colonist and murderer. It got into the dangers of comparing historican oppressions (columbus is like hitler, italian immigration is like the middle passage) wow it was good. Every IA needs to watch it and learn about what they are really celebrating. The show even addresses how Columbus was a northern italian that like many of his counterparts looked down apon souther italians. italian americans usually know the provice of where there family is from (campania, colabria, sicily) but they dont know where these provinces are located and dont know their ancestors were discriminated against by the very man they are celebrating. AHHH it kills me. Not only was he a racist pig to the native americans he was also to his own people. to think the decendents of the people he considered less than human pesants are the people promoting his myth mixing it with their ethic pride. it makes me so angry and embarassed i could scream... Another reason i need to start that book club.