1) I worked on 2 separate resumes. I will be working to update my website soon, and will post them there.
2) I wrote an autobiographical statement, which I posted on this blog earlier
3) I wrote a ballin' research paper. I don't really expect anyone to read it, but I do think that this is one of the best papers I've ever written, so if you like learning about/getting refreshed on your 20th century art history, take a look:
4) Got accepted into Emory for grad school
5) Built http://www.totheleast.com/ from scratch. Go take a gander. It's not done yet, but there's definitely been progress made.
6) I got turned down by several jobs, more to come about that though--my luck may be turning!
7) I'm going to stop here because the rest of the post will be about my newest project: turning an old piano into a desk. It started as...
As with any other project, I had no idea what I wanted the end product to look like when I started, nor do I know now, but I have come to the conclusion that nothing will Ever get done, good or bad, until something is done. I originally bought this piano for $200 awhile ago with every intention to restore it. Keys are stuck, it's out of tune, etc., but I recently realized that I'm broke and that I wanted to do something cool with it, and that I want a new desk. So I played a tune on it, to make it feel loved, then started the disassembling process.
In the past, during guest artists' Q&A sessions, I have heard people ask them so many different questions asked about so many things, but when responding to the question that inevitably comes up about their artistic process, nearly every time I think there is a big part of their process left out. So, I think I am going to start asking this, "How do you keep yourself SANE while doing art?" I listen to books. I download an audio book and crack it open. I tend to work long hours straight, generally at night, and preferably with not many interruptions. Though, today I changed it up and skyped instead. Perhaps the secret is to keep yourself distracted from the Work of the project so that you only work on instinct and enjoy it, moment by moment.
Anywho, I won't exhaust this post with things I learned from this project so far, because I'm sure there will be at least 1 or 2 more posts about it, but I will end it with some photos I've taken so far.
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| It's getting fun here. |
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| Hope you have a strong stomach because this is its guts ~chuckle, I crack myself up. |
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| Took me FOREVER to get this back panel off... |
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| I promise, I know what I'm doing! I've got direction still! |
I've got much to do, but it's gonna happen and it's gonna be awesome. Stay tuned.
