words of the day

o·nei·ric

   [oh-nahy-rik] Show IPA

–adjective

of or pertaining to dreams.

Origin:
1855–60; < Gk óneir ( os ) dream + -ic

e·men·da·tion

   [ee-muhn-dey-shuhn, em-uhn-] Show IPA

–noun

1.

a correction or change, as of a text.

2.

the act of emending.

Use emendation in a Sentence

Origin:
1530–40; < L ēmendātiōn- (s. of ēmendātiō ), equiv. to ēmendāt( us ) ( see emendate) + -iōn- -ion

soda pressed

so i realized something cool just now

"so depressed"

can be compressed

to be "sodepressed"

which is like Soda Pressed

aka SODA is involved.

Inception

I saw "Inception" today with a wonderful young lady.

My thoughts on the movie...

It was pretty interesting. I enjoyed some of the exploration of dreams and the "rules" involved in "extraction" and "inception." The acting was pretty good, although both of the female characters were rather stiff, I found.

It was uncomfortably reminiscent of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, except replacing the romance / relationship with violence, which I was not supportive of.

The relationships between the characters didn't have much depth, and in fact, none of the characters did, although I got to enjoy the "dream team" and the way in which they interacted with each other as a group.

It was definitely cool to think about the architecture of dreams as connected to "real" architecture, and see how environments could morph in dreams. Some of the special effects here were really awesome, like the environment just being bent and flipped over on itself.

I thought some things were too easy and some were too hard. For example, it was too easy to get the architect girl involved (when she was told the job was illegal, she didn't even protest). And some things were too hard (whose subconscious contains armies with machine guns, anyway???). I think the movie could have used a bit less extremes. I also think the entire purpose of the movie, or of the main dream mission (inception) was pretty lame, although it was very cool how they took this lame idea and gave it psychological depth.

All in all -- some really cool exploration of dreams & special effects, some good acting and group dynamics, too much violence and extremes of simplification / complications

Listening to Philip Glass, piano etudes

The Big Picture

in an experiment

run by psychologists or cognitive

scientists, visual art students

are shown to scan a scene

thoroughly, eyeing the most

minute details, equally, while

students of psychology

focus on faces and major objects,

identifying the more obvious

subjects of the scene.

as an art student, when i'm told

to look at the big picture,

it's perfectly normal that i trip

over afterthoughts and stop to

ponder on potential missed opportunities.

things like that pull me from

corner to corner, dragging my plans

and goals through every notable

transition in tonal

contrast and geometric identity.

i look around, for sure, there

may be hardly anything i miss--

the problem is how long

i linger, and where and the

importance of the area so

vehemently distracting me.

Sleep-Deprived

I couldn't fall asleep last night until about 3am.

I was stressed out and just shaken up from all the emotions of the day.

I woke up at 8am and am very tired.

However, I had a productive morning (so far).

I took photos of a bunch of my stuff from my watercolor class last summer, as well as things back from freshman year, in Pastel & Gouache at RISD, which I never took good photos of.

Taking photos of my art feels pretty productive. Like not only am I reviewing art I've done before, which helps me remember things I learned from it, it's somewhat of an ego boost (because I do sometimes come upon things I am proud of, even if they were laborious exercises), and I am making progress in terms of achieving anything I might want to achieve that involves a portfolio (aka an art-related job, MFA program, etc.)

I just saw a picture of my cousin's new puppy... she is so gorgeous (the puppy not the cousin, but obviously my cousin is too). I am beyond excited to meet her and envelope her with my loving smooches.

There was something else I was going to say.

Oh yeah.

I want to submit to the Utrecht competition, which means I am going to need feedback on what to submit. This might be a big project.

Ups & Downs

Today has been an emotional & psychological roller coaster.

I have literally felt myself going through various stages of existence.... like in terms of tension / happiness / sadness / elation / confusion etc.

My body is just really worn out now. I'm so beat.

A body can only take so much in one day...

last night i was up til like 2am

and tonight i think i was ready to crash at 9:30pm

i need to find some routine and stability

i need to know what's in my future

Um?

Where did all my old blogs go? I have not kept good track of them.

Poem today:

the problem is, i love all

the wrong people, wrong

because i love them all

and they don't mix

listening to...Mozart for Relaxation

Finally finished my exquisite paper doll images... finally fairly satisfied with most of the images ;p

check them out here....