Feeling better, but still utterly exhausted.
So classes are finally over, and I have one final left. I've caught serious junioritis at this point, and I'm also getting that feeling that I get when I've been in one place too long. I need a change of scenery (again). I think it has something to do with being uncomfortably comfortable. As an example, I can't even sleep in the same place for too long because I eventually get too comfortable.
I just have to push through next semester, and if everything goes as planned, I will get my change of scenery in the fall next year. Yeeeeahhhh Nagoya!
I'm hoping I'll have more energy for next semester after I go in and get my gargantuan thyroid checked out. I've been ridiculously tired all semester, and when I wake up I feel like people have been kicking me all night... and my skin is getting really dry in places and I sweat a lot and my neck looks swollen and it's just generally making my life harder than it needs to be.
I want to come back ready to paint, exercise, and blend drinks just like John Kilduff:
Speaking of exercise, I've finally started running again (after five years)... I must have done it a lot back in high school because I was angry or something, because it definitely helps with that. And I just generally feel more confident after a good workout. And my gams look better. And it will be nice to lose a little bit of weight.
Here's a surprising thing: I've been volunteering as a teacher's assistant at an after school program in South Central, and while the kids seem slightly insane sometimes, spending time with them once or twice a week really helps me keep my sanity intact. Today I taught them how to draw an anglerfish and a deer. And then one of the girls proceeded to give me a hug and was like "no wonder everybody looooves you" and I was like awww thanks... now I just I wish I wasn't too awkward to hug you back... but in any case it was really cute. I feel like teaching might actually be what I for reals want to do.
I've also made some new stuff this semester... I'm starting to find that body image is the central theme in most of the art that I make... so I've been trying to get a better knowledge of what other artists have done with the topic in order to understand what's out there:
So far, I've found Jenny Saville, Lita Cabellut... and also a few older artists, namely Orlan and Gina Pane.
Anyway, here's what I've been up to... or at least a sample, because I haven't gotten good photographs of everything yet.
These ones are from my drawing final:
And these are from an earlier project for the same class:
Anyway... that's it. I'll have to end this entry in a pretty anticlimactic way, as usual... because sleep is calling me, and my brain refuses to think about anything else until tomorrow. Goodnight!
I just have to push through next semester, and if everything goes as planned, I will get my change of scenery in the fall next year. Yeeeeahhhh Nagoya!
I'm hoping I'll have more energy for next semester after I go in and get my gargantuan thyroid checked out. I've been ridiculously tired all semester, and when I wake up I feel like people have been kicking me all night... and my skin is getting really dry in places and I sweat a lot and my neck looks swollen and it's just generally making my life harder than it needs to be.
I want to come back ready to paint, exercise, and blend drinks just like John Kilduff:
Speaking of exercise, I've finally started running again (after five years)... I must have done it a lot back in high school because I was angry or something, because it definitely helps with that. And I just generally feel more confident after a good workout. And my gams look better. And it will be nice to lose a little bit of weight.
Click to viewHere's a surprising thing: I've been volunteering as a teacher's assistant at an after school program in South Central, and while the kids seem slightly insane sometimes, spending time with them once or twice a week really helps me keep my sanity intact. Today I taught them how to draw an anglerfish and a deer. And then one of the girls proceeded to give me a hug and was like "no wonder everybody looooves you" and I was like awww thanks... now I just I wish I wasn't too awkward to hug you back... but in any case it was really cute. I feel like teaching might actually be what I for reals want to do.
I've also made some new stuff this semester... I'm starting to find that body image is the central theme in most of the art that I make... so I've been trying to get a better knowledge of what other artists have done with the topic in order to understand what's out there:
So far, I've found Jenny Saville, Lita Cabellut... and also a few older artists, namely Orlan and Gina Pane.
Anyway, here's what I've been up to... or at least a sample, because I haven't gotten good photographs of everything yet.
These ones are from my drawing final:
And these are from an earlier project for the same class:
Anyway... that's it. I'll have to end this entry in a pretty anticlimactic way, as usual... because sleep is calling me, and my brain refuses to think about anything else until tomorrow. Goodnight!