Traveling is a sensory overload. I’m winding down on my international tour through Spain, France, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. In a few days, I’ll be back with family in Bangladesh trying to build a whole ‘nother life on the subcontinent (though I’m sure my compulsions — book buying, tea drinking, and writing about people in […]
These posts were written during the summer while I was in Bangladesh, in preparation for the upcoming academic year. Long story short: when I looked back at the archive, I didn’t have the desire or the time to put them up. But now, since I’m coming back to the blog, I decided that some of […]
Working on some new visual material. I have a cinematic brain – as I write, I’ll see snippets of scenes and hear the dialogue. And when I can’t pick out just the right words, it flows out in other ways. For some things, I can’t really imagine it any other way.
I’ve been thinking about the distinction between working art and art that is just for its own sake. I make art of both types, and often the line between the two is faded and blurred (pardon the pun). For instance, this drawn collage of my left hand (hand-lage!) was created for its own sake. I […]
This and last week, I experienced a meteoric slow down in my novel-writing experiences. This was informed, in part, by the increase in busy experiences that were required of me at my job. Last week, we canvassed the neighborhoods Wednesday night, hosted a fancy fundraiser at the Chihuly Boathouse in the evening, and journeyed to […]
This week was all about writing and on-site photography. This week I began writing a novel for Camp National Novel Writing Month, the summer version of November’s amazing race to 50,000 words. It is totally nerve-wracking, but what makes it even scarier is that Camp NaNoWriMo goes on for two months! That means that I’ll […]
This week, I introduced a new artistic medium and harkened back to the old as well. Below, you’ll find examples of my coding efforts, my writing, drawing in two ways, and my severe need to move my hands while watching TV. Enjoy! List of posts: (click to jump!) Go to Thursday’s post on the About […]
After listening to this great presentation by Nick Campbell on the “creative gap,” I have decided to take one of his main points to heart and start creating a short project everyday. So, as of this Monday, I have been creating new work by the bucketloads (or, at least, once a day, everyday), and would […]
Oh my, this week has been photo-heavy! Below are two views of the final drawing that I did during the 5 hour Draw-a-thon last weekend. I felt like the first four hours were really a warm-up, consisting of shorter poses and some medium length ones. I am notorious, however, for not being able to adapt […]
Tonight I am on a mission to draw like I have never drawn… since last semester! The Columbia Artist’s Society is having their end-of-the-year Draw-a-thon starting in just a few minutes; that means a five hour figure drawing bonanza like you’ve never seen before. That also means, unfortunately, I will not be putting up my […]