There's a big scary world out there....

I had every intention of getting this blog posted yesterday, but it seems the end of semester stress and exhaustion caught up to me and I fell into a sort of 12 hour coma/nap. So anywho...graduation. Big scary ugly word. In no way am I the least bit prepared to move into the real world....but its ok, I still have grad school ahead of me somewhere. (Hopefully). So unfortunately with the University forcing me out...this is where my little journey with ceramics must end. At least until I can afford some day to get my own kiln and whatnot. Hahaha...that would mean having money...wishful thinking on that one. So with some recent talks with professors and contemplating over the past four years of work, I think I'm going to start pushing myself into the realm of illustration. Not the computer graphics kind. Computers and I have a sort of hate-hate relationship. I just seem to be drawn towards paintings and drawings ideas that have very illustrative qualities. So in the next year, I plan on building up a portfolio of paintings and drawings and whatever else I can manage to accomplish to cater towards graduate school study in that field. And even though I'm technically a painting concentration, I will never be satisfied with just working in that medium. I'll find a way to get back to these ceramics pieces I enjoy so much....

So I suppose my future projects lie in creating the best darn portfolio I can. Oh yes and moving to pittsburgh in the next couple of weeks. Thats going to be a project in itself...I think it should count lol. Oh! I almost forgot...this is completely random but its something I think I will have fun with. I recently signed up for this little sketchbook project. ( http://www.arthousecoop.com/ ...scroll down until you see the section called "The Sketchbook Project") Basically people from all over the world sign up and get these little sketchbooks, and you fill them with whatever you want inspired by the theme "How to save the world". You send them back by the deadline...and they put them all in a show somewhere. Georgia maybe? I don't remember. But hey it sounded like fun to me. You can still sign up until June first if anyone else is interested....and I think you have until august to finish them.

Alrighty then...I supposed thats all. Enjoy the rest of the time any of you may have in college...graduation comes entirely too soon...
Oh, and come to the BFA Exhibition. (I'll be in 203 Taylor)

~Bethany