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I've changed my concentraion.

I did a while ago actually.

so now its shadows, so far nothing special of deep or anything, but I will work on that when i have a good enough idea. Right now I will just do what I like, which is basically shading, as lame as that is

Portfolio Day

Yesterday I went to three schools, I actually wish I could have done more for some different opinions, but I had a city league game...

• First I went to Parsons Paris. I didn't realize it was in Paris until I had already been waiting in line, and the line was really short so I was like ok thats cool, Paris Idaho. Then I saw it was France, I don't think I can go to France. But anyways, the guy focused on my one sketchbook of the cabbage, he liked that. That one made me happy, he liked my stuff.
• Then I went to Parsons New York. There was no line, which was excellent! The lady said my stuff looks like they would be good for illustrations and tied together. I'm not really sure about that, but she was probably the most helpful and had the most to say about everything.
• Last I went to Pratt MWP. They were kind of awk, but it was good. They said my life drawings are too stylistic and I need to focus more on proportions and shape of the human body. I agreed. They said I need to do more life draws, which is good, and not draw from pictures. That's like all i do though, so yeahhhh

I though over all the day was very helpful :]

So far

With this piece I'm not sure if it's too busy or not or if the roots are defined enough. I'm not really sure if its done really but I like it for the most part

I just painted these looking at the trees across the street from my house, then went over them in oil pastels, I kind of like the messy-ness and easy look of it, but I'm not sure.

I think I'm going to put in shadows to define the placements of the trees and then defined roots, all connecting to each-other, but I'm not completely sure..

READERS DIGEST VERSION

No one will actually want to read my last post so I'm going to try and sum it up:

I was inspired by the idea of roots while in Utah visiting my family and saw the way they affect each other.

I want to find a way to portray the way families can give the same strength and initiative to grow as roots do to plants, and really connect them. I also like the idea of how they (roots/families) affect each-other and have a lot of control over someone's (plants/people) life.

I think in my pieces I would try to connect them in literal senses if possible, so I really need to think about it.

We're In a Tight Spot

I actually began thinking about my concentration during the summer, especially on my trip to Utah to visit most of my family. May I say, after really thinking about my concentration for the past few days I have realized that the idea I favored most was inspired by the relations I saw on the trip with my family. At the time I just came up with "Roots" and brainstormed all the ways it can be portrayed, but recently I have focused on the similarity between roots and family. So I was told to write questions and for the past two days I have written questions and now I just need to try and develop them into a solid idea.

Basically I'm using this post to organize my thoughts, which I know, isn't very interesting to anyone.

So I will try and sum it up best I can, I know my ideas tend to conflict and contradict each other, so this will probably be a very scratchy idea of my final concentration.

The reliance people have on their families as plants do to their roots. Roots give strength, nutrition, and other means to grow and survive, just as families can. Of course there are ways families can destroy one, but I think that means someone's roots then have the initiative to spread and seek out new sources of compassion to give themselves reason to thrive.

Actually I don't know if I want to make families the roots or the roots of families.

Actually I don't know exactly how to connect all my ideas. I think I need to clear out some ideas and focus on just a few.

How do families supply the same strength to someone as roots do to plants?

Where do our roots go to?

Why do some people embrace their family/ancestor roots?

Do severed roots affect one's ability to live?

How are families developed because of their roots?

How do family roots change people?

Why do some people sever those roots?

Do roots hold a connection to the earth as family does to love?

How do families keep us stabilized like roots?

How do families keep people rooted?

Where do roots begin?

Are someone's roots left after their death?

Do people seek out distinction in their roots?

Can roots destroy as well as create?

How are families connected and disconnected?

Can roots be uprooted?

I need to think about it all some more, but this is my general idea that I have been rolling around for a few months, and can't rid of it with any of my other ideas.

The Weather

I can easily say that nothing too exciting happened for me this weekend.

EXCEPT that my dad taught me how to find the weather on the mountains all by myself.

It was really exciting, because now I can figure out the wind-chill depending on the temperature and the wind speed differing each hour.

So now when I need to predict the qualities of a day at the mountain, I can do it with ease.

There will be no more guessing work in my upcoming skiing season, which is good because I don't want to spend money to go all the way to the mountain and then have a sucky time because it's below zero and I didn't check the weather accurately enough.

I'm really excited to go, I haven't gone yet, I prefer the spring ski season to the winter one, but I still want to get up there in the next couple of weeks.

FUR

So this last weekend I watched the full intensity of Fur: an imaginary portrait of Diane Arbus.

It so so so interesting and odd and wonderful and I would really recommend it.

It's basically about this house wife- Diane Arbus- who falls in love with her neighbor who has that condition where his hair grows really fast all over his body.

Diane Arbus was a photographer, or is, I don't really know much about her, but anyways I really enjoyed the movie!