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I went to the Metropolitan Art Museum for the first time ever in New York on Sunday, with my art history class. It was nice seeing the paintings we talked about in class in real life. I have to say...there were several paintings there I was very disappointed with. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Seurat was one of them actually. I just really enjoyed my day in New York, it was surprisingly low key and relaxing. After running around between Harrisburg and Philadelphia all weekend it was what I needed.

Kick It Into High Gear...

This week at the lecture I had an epiphany while Doug Bucci was speaking. One of the major points he made was that we're not supposed to feel comfortable while we're making art. I'm comfortable where I am right now, and that's not a good thing. I guess I've known this for a few weeks actually. I feel like I am settling for mediocrity and not pushing my abilities to the limit. I am not learning a damn thing. It's a shame; after I worked my ass off, and missed several opportunities to get to be apart of this school. I know I'm capable of doing so much more, and kicking things up not one but several notches. What I am doing right now is entirely unacceptable; I'm actually ashamed at myself that for it. I can't believe I've been OK with turning in things that are shit to me. Yeah, they look nice on paper, but when I'm whipping it up in a matter of an hour or two it's not the quality it could be. Nothing I have made at Tyler I am proud of, and would like to share with the world. I used to be excited about sharing my pieces when I was at community college and when I wasn't even in school at all. I don't care about my grades I just want to learn and make some super cool art, like I came here to do. So far I've been failing myself, I know I'm better than that and need to push myself to strive for greatness. I love art and art school and now I need to start acting like I give a damn. I'm glad I heard the lecture, it hit home for me. Right afterwards I knew I needed to change things. I'm not going to be successful doing what I love if I'm just skating by right now. I was so admit about coming to school, looking at art, interning in galleries, watching documentaries on art purely for the sake of learning, if I'm not trying to learn what they hell am I doing here right now. I'm wasting my time and my $17,000 which I can't afford.

Fills...

Marrianne Dages

I really have been starting to love book-binding. In 2-D class the majority of the assignments that we have done (sketchbooks) deal with the book format. This year is the first time I have ever worked in that format. While listening to lecture, on Tuesday September 28, I really began to see the possibilities that book-binding has. The work that Marrianne Dages showed in her presentation were beautiful. Out of all of the lectures we've had so far, she was the first to really strike me and make me want to go and make some art asap.

I am in need of a new sketchbook; I am going to make my next one.

Illustrator Is a Pain in My Ass