Let's Show and Tell our Concentrations!

After much consideration I've decided that ditching my last concentration (that I swear only like... 3 people might vaguely know about) would be a good idea. In a nutshell, it involved my character and wasn't really rooted in anything.

So! Here's my new grandiose idea!

My concentration is going to focus on a progression of a child's life(from very young adolescence to older childhood) and all the 'stupid' things they do. I want to take examples from my life, as well as my sisters and cousins, like when I was caught eating all the cookies out of the cookie jar to my sister repeatedly losing her lunchbox because she had to go to the bathroom before getting on the bus. All those ridiculous moments, where you wish you could disappear when you were a child, but laugh at as you age. I believe a medium that allows tight crisp lines and color, such as markers and pigment liner, may be the best choice.

*medium subject to change as well as the age range this covers

"Who goes to the beach without even going to the beach!?"

That is the quote of the day, folks! As asked oh so many times by my cousin, Brandon, who was devastated by the fact we went to the beach but not once set foot on the sand.

Today, Sunday, I went to the beach so I could eat Mo's clam chowder as a belated birthday adventure with the family and my beloved boyfriend Terrence. It was great! The adventure, that is, as for Mo's clam chowder... it wasn't tasting all too spectacular this time round... it lacked... well... salt is probably what it lacked. Salt... oh the abundant salt which could come from the sea... But whatever!

Overall I had a great day!

Until I realized I still have a lot of homework to do!

Don't get me started on scholastic submissions... I only have a cutout of myself and I have two ideas! One which might take hours or... an hour? UGH! So much due!

I should carry around a paper bag that has the words 'stressed' on it. Then in can breathe into it every time I start getting overwhelmed by everything that is coming up. Maybe it'll solve my migraine headache problem...

AS FOR ART THIS WEEK...

So I was sitting in the car coming back from the SATs (Saturday... oh my gosh... I don't think I improved my scores!)... ANYWAY... I was sitting in the car wondering what I'd post on my blog. I knew it had to be art related but I didn't know what. Then, FROM OUT OF NO WHERE, I remembered an article I read from... I DON'T REMEMBER, but it like... it hit my from out of no where.

AND THEN I KNEW

I NEEDED

TO TALK
ABOUT
ARTWORK IN THE EYE OF A NEEDLE!!!

So upon some research I found Willard Wigan, a microsculpter who makes sculptures IN THE EYE OF A NEEDLE.

Hey! Ms. McBride! You know what's better then man Snow White? Actual Snow White! In the eye of a needle! Yeeeaaahhhyyyuuuhhh

I was also informed that my AP art concentration trial (as I like to call it) was a bit Alice in Wonderland-esque by others before...

BUT ISN'T THIS AWESOME? I just had a random thought and now it has made its way onto my blog!

Happy days!

What Would Miranda Priestly Think About This?

Okay, so I'm not going to lie about this... I'm not a very fashion savvy gal. I'm more of a utilitarian. I wear things for their usefulness rather then it looking pretty and flashy. (Okay so pretty and flashy things are fun but not with my $0 income) However, that never stops me from being facinated by what comes out of the fashion scene. I suppose it could be my vain side (or 'artistic eye' take your pic) that never stops me from criticizing or praising some looks/ outfits.

And let me tell you... I've spotted something that has made me 'purse my lips'.

KNIT SWEATERS!!!

Alright alright! So I'll admit they look warm and... nice and stuff... I mean it beats a black hoody every other day...
BUT
BUT!

I recall I the movie The Devil Wears Prada a not so fashion savvy character named Andy wears a sweater almost exactly like that one! The only difference is the color! And I remeber the line where Miranda royally chews her out!

[taken from imbd because I actually do not remember it word for word]
Miranda Priestly: [Miranda and some assistants are deciding between two similar belts for an outfit. Andy sniggers because she thinks they look exactly the same] Something funny?
Andy Sachs: No, no, nothing. Y'know, it's just that both those belts look exactly the same to me. Y'know, I'm still learning about all this stuff.
Miranda Priestly: This... 'stuff'? Oh... ok. I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. You're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar De La Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff.
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Who honestly would want to wear a knit sweater after a character who represents the fashion industry just cast it aside? Sure the cerulean blue was complimented in one way or another, but Miranda obviously has a great distaste for it and Andy's sheer ignorance for the industry she has been immersed into.

Old Navy (the place where I took the product picture from) isn't the only one who is producing this line of clothing in which Miranda does not look fondly upon! Love Culture and who knows how many other stores are selling these knit sweaters as well!

Then again, maybe I'm over reacting... I mean things go in and out of fashion as quickly as a child gobbles up a chocolate bar. The movie was released in 2006 and filmed probably several years before that. The information could be wrong and Miranda might not look down upon Andy's sweater 'from a pile of stuff. Not to mention I keep hearing of clothing coming in and out of style in cycles. Perhaps the blue sweater has come back into style and I'm just unaware of this.

Long story short, what would Mirandy say about this? Would she accept these sweaters now?

Because they look quite cosy.