city trip

well the city, what to say.

First off i want to say that i was AMAZED at how much culture there was in alphabet city. On the train to the city i was highly doubting that all of the hype about the culture contained in the few blocks that are alphabet city. Little did i know that the culture was actually understated, and that the culture that i discovered was far broader then i initially imagined. My favorite part of Alphabet city was definitely the community gardens. It was amazing to me how people took, what was basically trash, and made it into art. It was like "oh im walking down the streets of ny looking at the corporate settings and colors" and then "oh my gosh a patch of green with....are those....chickens? live chickens roaming around NY?! WHAT IS THIS!" Heres what this felt like:

bacock!

However the most unique part of my trip was my perilous journey into a condemned building oohhhhhhhhh (don't tell my mommy). This adventure spurred lines such as "oh look at these Halloween props, so lifelike *touch*...no that's a real dead rat...oh...." and "IS THAT A LLAMA IN A CONDEMNED BUILDING?! COOL!" What was strange was that inside the building was a treasure trove of artistic brilliance. The building must have been from the thirties with all of the rustic objects that littered the rooms.

And swan lake.....I'm not a ballerina or have seen ballets, but i have to say i was entranced by the grace and majesty of the dancers. I thought that after a long day of walking and ....getting lost....that i would fall asleep. This was not the case whatsoever. I was amazed that, without words, a ballet could be both humorous and depressing. I guess that is an ode to Matthew Bourne.

angry because i cant tell anyone

well, me and matt created this amazing idea for a music video. However, we cant exactly tell anyone about the video just yet....well what it is about at least. What I CAN tell you is that we are trying to get youtube star MysteryGuitarMan to help us out with the effects that me and Matt plan on using. If we get him ,then this music video would quite frankly be an easy sell to the band which originally sung the song we are doing the music video to. The reason that i cannot divulge the essence of the video is because i want the video to be a surprise to Stac and also for the fact that i am going to use the set for some......well....Interesting things, things which quite frankly i only have so much control over.

So instead here is a picture of a duck....

the meaning of a scream

Hello All!

After yesterdays class of (admitted) improvisation of what I thought the meaning of the screaming exhibit meant i realized that i was actually onto something!

The MEANING OF THE SCREAM!!!!!

At first as i sauntered up to the microphone i did not think of the art of it all.The singular thought in my head was that "dude im screaming in a museum"

As other people started to scream however i realized that everyones screams are different, and not in the sense that everyone speaks differently, but in the fact that the reason behind everyones screams was different. For example i felt my scream was out of anger, anger from frustration from school, anger from my personal anxieties being released, and anger from my social and personal life. However other peoples screams were about their sadness perhaps, or maybe about happiness, to each their own. It then dawned on me that this is probably what painters did when they were painting. they expressed themselves through their art. So a painting is nothing more then a scream.

liminality

The way that I interpreted "liminal spaces" was as a space of transition. Furthering this thought, I decided to shoot spaces where either change occured, was occuring, or juxtaposed with nonchange. The reason that I interpreted "liminality" as change was because the phrase "inbetween-ness" which made me think of the lives of my friends who left highschool last year to move on to greener pastures. My friends are constantly telling me how different, and better, college is from highschool. I chose to work off of that idea by thinking of my own experiences of going into highschool and how different it was then the middle school. It is through this reasoning that I realized that highschool was my "liminal space" an "inbetween space". What exactly is an "inbetween space" but a place inbetween changes.

spies

While the game may be over, the spirit lives on.

What really struck me about this game was the completive side of people that showed. People became totally different, transformed into seemingly unrecognizable versions of themselves. I cannot help but relate this to the book The Lord Of The Flies. After reading this book i laughed at the thought of children becoming savage and killing each other. After this week however, I'm actually both in shock and in awe of how realistic this book could be. We, as a class lost all love for each other, there was betrayal, and frustration. While i do believe that this game brought us closer to some people and allowed us to get to now them better, i also believe that this game brought others farther apart, in fact, i believe that more people were thrust apart then put together. Many forgot that this was a game and took it a little too far. I am actually thankful that this game is over and we can go back to loving one and other without all of the paranoia and doubt running through our heads.

My Sunday Afternoon

(Guess this one! This person has all the answers and a very large adam's apple!)

(Just for kicks and giggles)

For my project I decided to find people whom my eye wandered to and took a picture of their feet, or more specifically, their shoes. By looking at someone's shoes you can honestly tell alot about a person, and it's something I immediately look at upon meeting someone....(discretely of course).

i would like to start this blog off with a music recommendation......the next time you feel the need to fist pump or rave, immediately turn to the artist known as deadmau5. He is epic. Moving on

So my life as an artist, because no one wants to hear what happened in STAC. Today we did this and I thought it was really cool....blah blah so instead i want to describe my plans for this year. I want to write a screen play, a legitimate screen play, or a pitch for a show. I have been told that I talk in terms of screenplays and that all I need to do is write down a story the way I tell it and i would have a screen play written. While this may be true, there is no way to tell due to my own laziness. Well, not exactly that. Im juggling soccer, school, SAT prep and trying to keep some level of sanity. It's a busy job, however admittedly a couple of minutes a night wouldn't honestly kill me. I figure that the first story I will spin is actually a true story of a raid that I completed in my camp. Admittedly, it is a fairly epic tale, if you haven't already heard it make sure to ask me to recite it for you. Also this year I plan on furthering my acting career......i'm not too sure how I am going to accomplish this, but it is definitely a priority. What I want to do to further my repitour however, is to take dance lessons. Little known fact about me, I love to dance. I usually have a lot o energy and dancing is the perfect way to use the pent up energy. Of course with the dancing comes vocal lessons because I need to perfect the trifecta of musical theater if I am going to be taken seriously be anyone!

SO!

running list of things to get done
1.Act in some show (not including school run ones)
2. Dance lessons
3. Singing lessons
4. Stay sane
5. Work out dammit! no one wants a tubby wubby in an industry so focused on physicality and looks.
6. Smile kid!