where have i been?
around i guess. just doing the school thing is my only excuse for the almost week of silence, which is pretty rare around here. i guess i usually have a lot to say. january was pretty quiet around here though. getting back into the routine of more school. fun fun. i am loving my classes this semester. i have good friends in each class so we are having a blast. and my classes are way less overwhelming than in past semesters, so i am enjoying the lighter load. i have also been making time for fun little projects.
this is what i created this morning:
nothing fancy. just cutting and pasting, which is awesome because it is foolproof and i felt like i couldn't mess up, so it was safe enough to have as my first entry in the sketchbook i got for christmas. eventually i hope to get to sketching without restraint, but we are taking baby steps around here. i have been wanting to do this project for some time so last night i just started cutting up an old magazine i had laying around. this morning i cut out more and started playing with the words, putting it together (while trying to avoid the day of homework i had planned) until i came up with the phrases above. the whole thing became a rather therapeutic endeavor. cutting out words and thinking of various possibilities of positive, motivating phrases seemed to heal my confidence (which can sometimes be chipped at while in the role of a student). while i feel like the end result represents what i wanted to portray, the actual experience of the project was just as meaningful.
bottom line: if you are feeling a tad bit crafty but not overly inspired, cut up a magazine and glue some phrases together. you will be surprised with what you come up with.
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