Anna's Last Post! Sto piangendo!

I hope that "sto piangendo" is what I meant to say. Anyway...

Towards the end of the semester, I remember everyone talking about what a great jumping-off point Florence was for our majors. How true! I started the semester knowing only the assignment-based world of freshman and sophomore year, and look where I ended up: At final critiques I had worked with so many ideas that when I tried to explain my process, I forgot what had led to what! You know, like when you're having an interesting conversation and then you try to figure out, 'How did we start talking about that?' It seems like just what I needed to prepare me for my major, when I'll have to come up with my own ideas.

       But then I remembered, "Cazzo! I don't start my art major till 2 years from now! Next year's gonna be all PNP! There's no way I can keep this momentum!" So I was all worried, but then I was like, "Wait Anna, calm down. What ideas have you been thinking of all semester? How quickly memories fade, What makes art necessary, why not just use words? What can be expressed through art but not through words? What does it mean to 'understand' something?-- Those are all PNP questons." So now I feel like it's possible, it's gonna be alright, and I'm even going to be making my art better as I learn PNP. I mean it's practically the same thing; scientists need to be able to be flexible in their working process just like artists do!

     But it's still too bad I'm gonna miss all my new art school friends:(

* * * - CIAO CIAO

basta così.
it's been nice, Firenze.

as always
until then

erin

Cat calling

So this semester finals has been really good. I really liked my sketches and figured out that working where I let the piece create itself works well for me. Also with the bookshelf sometimes the most obvious answer is the best. Follow impulses. I have learned allot ( Some things I can force myself to do (books final drawings) and some things I just have to let flow(dog). (following impulses can be really smart but if possible have someone running on enough sleep double check them before finals)
I really liked the pieces I turned in for my finals for the most part. I think the performance was a bad idea but I had tried to first build a costume as a self portrait that emphasized physical flaws but it really didn't work (looked ridiculous and did not get the point across- that was what was hanging up outside of the crit) so I tried the song out with the intention that it was NOT finished but I might be able to get feedback on how a piece like that might work. ( the problem was it was probably not the best time to try that but I did not have more time in the semester either ) saylasvi
Anyway huge cutoes to all and huge hug out to Janna.
-Cat