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A Reflection on the Effect of Exhaustion on Creating Something Worth ________

   A lot stood in the way of me and the completion of the production of this piece. Per usual, I experienced a lot of back-and-forth and struggle to make decisions throughout the process of my multimedia project. Things on the preference-based side (deciding which artistic choices I wanted to make) to the technological side of things (losing my computer in the Kansas City Airport) impacted my process in ways I didn’t expect them to, and somehow still had an effect on what I wanted to say with my work. From an artistic standpoint, I initially liked my sound project so much I was improvising to it in the studio a few times, really excited at the potential of choreographing something to a sound bit that *I* designed. After a lot of rumination I ended up going with a different piece ("The Creator", by Piano Marine Mike.) My other piece, although containing a lot of aspects unique to me, just wasn't sparking the kind of inspiration I needed at the time. Especially as I was get...
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Sound Project

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I thought a lot about my sound project and what I wanted it to be, what I wanted it to reflect. It didn't take much rumination, but I wanted to consider how I could reflect myself and my research in it. My research  began as a more scientific, anatomical study of dancing (one to reflect the studies I'm currently working on in my ballet training) but as I developed my sound more, I realized that the science part could truly just be the sound itself–allowing me to give into the artistic aspect of this project more. The song you heard ( No Hard Feelings, by The Avett Brothers) is one that really resonates deeply with me for multiple reasons. Obviously the tone it sets is captivating, and the lyrics as well, but it was really the mood that made me select it for part of my sound project. The mood I wanted my media to reflect was one of nostalgia and a story of dance. There's a hint of clouded exhaustion, I think, and there's also a warm, 'home' sort of feeling that ...
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Super Cool Edgy Self Portrait.jpg

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  This is my self portrait. It doesn't take a genius to recognize how low-energy this picture is. I wanted to come to class with something super cool, I wanted to do strange makeup and weird hair and have funky angles. I wanted my portrait to be captivating. My morale (as it tends to do) during the week dwindled and with it, my inspiration to make anything worth looking at in full. I'm using this as my self portrait as a testament to myself that art doesn't need to require insane visible effort. Sometimes there can be art in the struggle itself. In a way, I still kind of did what I wanted to make. I cut a lot of my hair on a whim before taking this, the angle and lighting is certainly unexpected. This might not be the most energetic self portrait, but it's of me and of my space so that makes it mine. I think I made several subconscious creative choices although they weren’t directly intentional, including the setting, the dynamic of the image, and the mood I was hoping ...
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First Post

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 hi blog :p This is my test post! I'm not fully sure what I'm blogging about right now, to be totally honest. My eyes are fuzzy and I have partnering today in studio A. I love partnering (normally). My knees hurt and I'm, like, so incredibly sore but I am really enjoying the rigorous schedule at School of the Arts. I like the word terrific, I feel it's one of those we don't appreciate nearly as much as we should. I have nothing left to say here so I'm done. This is my cat. His name is Pencil.  look i can embed a video too!
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