Monday, April 19

A Call to Change

Poetry project I did a while ago: cut out random pictures and words and arrange them into poetry. It kind of...happened. I had to add a few extra words for it to make sense.

If you ever have free time, after May with a capital evil M (homeschoolers are most aware of this evil season. May. ugh.) you should try this. I lend a lot of my magazines out, but they all have holes in them, which annoys people. Don't try this if you like perfect magazines or happy friends.

Sunday, April 18

art that i like

It's been an interesting couple of weeks.

Oh wait -- they haven't, because not a lot is happening.

I went to an art museum at Princeton today with my honors Myth class. it was suuuperb. on the van ride up there, I ended up getting entangled in the typical discussions I seem to be having with MCCers: "oh, you're homeschooled?" "oh, you're a Christian?" They're actually interested in the answers, though. And they're cool, too. Neat array of people in this class.
I was supposed to go look for Mythological stuff, but I ended up camping in front of a Bierstadt. For those of you who don't know, he's one of my favorite artists. Back when nobody knew what Colorado and Nevada and Wyoming and stuff looked like, they sent artists over there to paint landscape pictures. The giant paintings (they take up whole walls) would be put in a special exhibition, and people would pay money to file by and take a look and the strange and mysterious land they were supposedly a part of. It's pretty much the only [albeit embellished] capturing of the untouched west before we came and ruined it. still bitter.
While we're on the subject of art, here's my favorite painting. It's on display at the National Gallery, and I usually just go there and sit and stare into her face whenever we go. There's so much about her that I feel we share. I dunoo if that's freeky deeky to any of you. I just feel like she's sad but victorious at the same time. And then again, I'm not sure.
I'm kinda of doped up on allergy stuff to help me get to sleep a little better. I'm about to fall over. I will talk more soon!