This is the final product of what I made as a portfolio of my semester of making art every day. I am pretty proud of the final product, but not as proud of the accomplishments that it represents. Granted, I still have a long way to go to achieve where I want to be, and I sometimes feel way more behind than I really am. But I'm excited to go into summer with a fresh head on my shoulders and a fresh eye for creativity.
This semester, and this year really, have marked huge milestones for me. In the fall I took Graphic Design, which trained my eye towards typography and lettering. I learned a lot about what good design looks like and how lettering can enhance it. I also took feature writing, which - as it turns out - may be the kind of writing I really want to do. My Theology of Justice class gave me this epiphany earlier this year, and now I have a passion I can really work towards.
Over January I went to Kenya and met wonderful people in an entirely new part of the world where they do things drastically different. I got to see safari animals straight out of the Lion King, I got to meet orphans and journalists and nuns and restaurant owners who are working their way towards their own goals, and I was incredibly inspired by their hospitality and generosity towards us white kids. It could not have changed me in a better way.
This semester happened to be the single most stressful and busiest times of my life. I was taking a full credit load and working 3-4 jobs, which was actually nothing different than the past few semesters, but for some reason this semester really kicked me in the rear and spat in my face. I have never had so much to do in my entire life. What was upsetting was that all these classes are things that I was really inspired and wonderfully challenged by, and they are all things I really wanted to spend time on. I truly loved each and every class and job I had. But I just did not have sufficient time to spend on anything. This semester really proved my mother right, there is, in fact, such a thing as too much of a good thing. And never do I ever want to do it again.
But, here comes the benefits. This semester I learned a lot. I learned about how I deal with stress, I learned about art connections, I learned about my creative process and what is necessary for me to create and be fruitful. And I still have a lot left to learn.
Over the summer I am assigned to make a completely new body of work in preparation for my art senior seminar, and we are to prepare a show for the first week of September. Therefore, this girl will continue creating over the summer! So you should see some more art over here in the hole in the wall, just maybe not completely daily.
Follow up message, I am selling these! 50c each, 1.5 inches in diameter. For your laptop or waterbottle or forehead. These are what they look like:
Let me know if you like/want one. :)
Happy Summer!!
