Last month I took African Art History. It was amazing! It really made me redefine what constitutes "art". In the class we studied ancient African art, as well as contemporary (the Diaspora). At the end of the class, we looked at textiles-quits, as art. I had never really thought about quilting before, but some of them were so beautiful. It was really interesting to learn the history behind them, and what the patterns and symbols mean, and how they can relate to African cloths like Kuba and Kente cloths. So I've decided to give it a go. I got a bunch of fabrics and a sewing machine for Xhristmas. (Now I just have to learn how to use it).. So that's my new project, and I'm really jazzed about it! So if anyone knows anything about it, or if there are any textile deviations, someone please point me in the right direction! Thanks!

summer is drawing to a close. im really excited for school to start up again, even more so for my art classes! im taking photography, but im still learning to use my camera... ive done a little digital stuff, but dont know a whole lot about developing and all that.... it should be intersting.. i hope

the year is coming to a close. i had had a lot of time to shoot, both with my digital and my new cannon (sigh) it has been so much fun. fortunately the weather has been good to me. summer is almost here. counting down...

Now the first semester is over, finally! School isn't what I thought it would be-well that's because I didnt thinkabout waht it would be,never-the-less, I'm satisfied, or am I? I'm doing well, yes... I've taken drawing and painting, and now I don't know where to go from there. There's hardly any time to do anything, let alone set a few hours aside to paint- but listen to me complain... I'm lucky to be able to at all. I find myself at a crossroads-naturally. i have had giid direction from my professors, but yet again, when on my own, my confidence is weary. Am I any good? What do people think? Should I care if I'm any goo, or what people think? What I need to do is focus on my own personal growth adn development as an artist. (does that sound selfcentered adn pretentious?) I want to be good, to be better. I want to push myself and try new things, to experiment and have fun. I'm inspired by everything around me-but still I get stuck sometimes. Does that ever happen? Get stuck for no apparent reason? Do I just need a confidence booster, or is this a wakeup call? What am I doing? Losing confidence, need to relax and think positive. Wish I had more time to paint....

So I'm in a drawing class right nw, and this week we did life drawing. Now I've never really done it befre, (I mean I do go to a life drawing group twice a week on campus, but I just got started with that, so i'm still elatively green...) So we drew form models almost everyday. I can honestly saw i've never seen so many nude people in my entire life! but that's alright... One of my portfolio assignments was a free choice drawing, so I had a few friends sit as models so I could photograph them, and later draw from the pictures. The whole experiance was awesome... I really enjoyed it... After a few days of drawing, I stoped seeing bodies-I just saw the flow of lines and contours... It really helped me appreciate the beauty of the human body! So I'm reall excited about these pictures, and I plan on doing a series of each of my riends that I photograph, so that should be exciting!