I'm really excited about the trip on Tuesday. I've never been to the Body Exhibits or anything like it. This among other things makes me wish I lived in the cities. I love the rivers and the restored areas around here, and even the over-cropped land. I think it's beautiful. I love a lot of the people I've met here that have such big hearts and open souls, and I would miss them, but I don't subscribe to the theory that there are no such people in the cities.
Anyway, I just think the opportunity to see all these great exhibits that include people outside of the immediate area is much higher if you're living in a bigger city. I'm really excited that there's a co-op gallery opening on Main st. I can't wait to see all of the good that comes out of that.

Life Drawing last week we've been focusing on feet. The entire semester I had trouble drawing feet and hands...and heads. I've tried a few times with faces and hands but it was all about the outline. Now that I know the main structures of the foot, specifically the tendons that lead to the toes, the different directions of the metatarsals, and the muscle bands, especially the one that comes off the knee and wraps around the ankle. The transverse arch really helps me see what lays beneath the skin. By the way, my drawings before Josh talked to me and before Amy talked to the class were god-awful. I felt so happy when I began to understand. The first picture on the left is a 10 minute drawing of both feet, focusing on the tendons. The picture on the bottom left is a 1 hour close up of a foot, and the picture on the right is 45 min-1 hour focusing on the attachment of the foot to the rest of the body...not sure I got the angle of the foot right though.

Pics from last week

Post-Polo

Ah the more I learn, the less I feel I really know. True with most things, LD included. I just got back from playing my second round of bike polo and snappin some photos for my exp. pht. class. I'll post some of those once I have them on my compy. Now I plan on spending about 6 hrs in the studio tonight. Hopefully I'll have time to update either tonight or before class tomorrow.
After the Estes event that I organized is over I should be able to focus a little more on my classes to try and bring up my grade as far as I can before the end of the semester. I really want to get A's in all of my classes...I know it's more of a reflection of overall effort than the work I actually produce, which I know is more important...It's just that I've done sub-par my entire academic career with spurts of lucky A's, and I just want to change that so bad. I've been wearing a lot of different hats this semester, and I plan to do that the entire year...and past that even. I guess there are sacrifices that get made when you do that. I just want it all, and I'm starting to realize that having it all, and then maintaining it all is not quite as sweet as I thought. Take care.