The day of turkey carnage is fast approaching, as is the finale of the fall semester and although I would rather not be going to Abtech, this semester has flown by with little negativity towards many of my classes or teachers. Up until now I have been writing essays upon various historical events in Art history 1 which seem to have very little to do with art... I appreciate the fact that most history especially in the beginning of time and on to 1300-1500 CE is mostly made up from the art of the time but the assignments I'm meant to write on seem somewhat distant from the topic.
I'm taking three other classes and apart from public speaking I have greatly enjoyed them! Ceramics has been an amazing class and venture into another form of expression. As we have began to throw pots (use the throwing wheel) I have been very frustrated but also very satisfied with myself. I've found the practice of throwing a somewhat zen art, at least when trying to center the clay which you so strongly want to become something cool in the end. It's like raising a child every time you try and center, build up into your cylinder and form the shape, except there's a very high rate of straying from the correct shape you the potter, parent of your clay child, want. If this analogy were true it would explain why new generations are the way they are... More to the point, while centering clay it's almost as if you must be centered spiritually, mentally and physically, a workout which is hard to find otherwise. I have signed up for Ceramics 2 for the spring semester which should hopefully lead to my being more competent as a potter and a greater amount of patience in art.
I'm also studying World history 1 which is pretty much exactly like Art history 1 up until World history went to China and Art history went to Greece. That added a bit of complexity to keeping civilizations apart from each other. After all we all know the Great wall of
Alas... we arrive at Public speaking. Oh Public speaking.. how I loathe thee. In actuality though it's more a love hate relationship between Public speaking and myself. I feel like even though I hate giving speeches that it's very educational but having to fill out a critique sheet for each of my class mates (13) X 4 speeches gets to be quite annoying. I look forward to our upcoming impromptu speech in which we're giving a random topic to speak on, sounds interesting! 面白いね。
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