the state of things October 24, 2008

well, it’s been quite some time since i’ve written down the happenings of my life.  its been a very busy, productive semester.  my senior thesis art exhibition is looming around the corner and will be here in only a few short weeks.  i have been in the studio working on printmaking and paintings literally every weekend and countless hours during the week for the past couple of months. i feel as if i live there and only go home to sleep.  but, most times it is not too. i’ve grown accustomed to it, although i will enjoy when i can have a little more free time to do whatever i like.  it has gotten a little bit cooler here in the last couple of days and it feels like winter, for la anyway.. but in like a day, it could feel like the middle of the summer again. so… hard to really get into the winter weather mode. i cut off all my hair about a month ago now, i guess.  it was quite liberating and i very much like i short. i dontated to locks of love, an organization that makes wigs for children with diseases that makes them lose their hair and they cannot afford wigs.  short hair is so much easier and it was much cooler when it was blazing hot and sticky here. in a few months i will be graduating from college.. weird, scary and exciting. i am unsure of what exactly i will do. most likely go back to school… just cant get enough of it apparently   and get my credential to teach k-12 grades.  that will probably take a year or two depending on how many classes i take. ideally i would love to get a great job in my field in the area… but well see about that. as of now, nothing is available that i am aware of.  i am currently working very part time for a glass artist in a nearby small town, breaux bridge. her name is ginger kelly, she’s originally from seattle, wa, moved down here couple of years ago.

some of the bracelets i make at gingers

i help set up her shop and run it when she is away at festivals or making work in seattle.  its a cool place with her blown glass pieces of jewelry, vases,etc.  check out her site, www.gingerkelly.com  she’s really sweet, very laid back and i get to make bracelets and earrings with the glass beads she makes. she’s kind of my art mentor as well. she’s a bit older, probably in her fifties, and very helpful and encouraging about getting my art out into the public and wants to help me make connections.she’s great.  i look forward to the next couple of months and all the changes that will take place… and i also dread it a bit as well. bittersweet.  it will probably be a while before i post again .. sorry, just the nature of the time of my life right now, so.. till next time

db

me (with my short hair) and my sis, mignon