Sculpture it is!

I have finally decided: I will major in Sculpture. Reaching this conclusion was a long and tedious battle between ceramics and sculpture, but the department visits which I participated in today made it final.

I can hardly wait to enter this department, but I know that it will not be easy. An example of the difficulty of this major is made clear in the Sophomore Program Syllabus which I received today. In the class called “Materials and Processes,” taken in the fall semester, the first assignment is to re-invent the wheel. No joke.

True, this will be a lot of work, but it will also be a lot of fun, and I will come out of it with some mad skills. By the end of my sophomore year, I will be able to cold and hot cast, and use materials ranging from latex to bronze.

The only problem that I can see between the department and I, is that the sculpture building is made of brick and cement, so it gets cold in the winter, really cold. But, hey, if it gets to be a bit too much, then I’ll just have to do a hot cast or oxy welding or some other really cool thing that sculptors do with fire.

My Bookshelf

These are things on my bookshelf from left to right:

-“Spectacular Ireland” (a photography book of the Emerald Isle)
-“Gardner’s Art through the Ages” Twelfth Edition
-“The Yale Shakespeare, The Complete Works” (this book, when combined with the above title, equals my entire body weight)
-“Two Thousand and Two Cambridge Middle School Yearbook” I don’t know why I still have this.
-“The American Heritage College Dictionary”
-“The Elements of Style”
-“A Short Guide to Writing about Art”
-“Ways of Seeing”
-“Ascent of Mount Carmel”
-“The Song of the Bride”
-“The Passion of the Christ”
-“Holy Bible” NIV This was the Bible I used for most of my life. The one I use know is an ESV that I keep in my purse.
-“Bridal Intersession”
-“Deep Unto Deep”
-“Generation Esther”
-“Endurance, Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage”
-“The Hidden Power of a Surrendered Life”
-“The Warrior’s Heart”
-“Come to Papa”
-“Dealing with the Rejection and Praise of Man” I got this one for free because it is missing a few pages. I love the defective bin at the bookstore.
-“The Unabridged Mark Twain” I barrowed this one from my aunt when I was sixteen…I don’t really plan on returning it.
-“Revolution in World Missions”
-“Experiencing the Depths if Jesus Christ” This copy was given to me as a graduation present from a dear friend, Natasha Lee
-“All Quiet on the Western Front” A must for all who are mature enough, and more specifically a gift from my AP European History teacher for writing such a kick butt essay on it.
-“The Knowledge of the Holy”
-“The Picture of Dorian Gray” A birthday present from another dear friend, Kristen Anderson
-“Pride and Prejudice” Yet another gift, from Matthias Bryson in celebration of my entering art school
-“Experiencing the Depth of Jesus Christ” I had bought this copy before my friend gave me the other one.
-“Do You Think I’m Beautiful?” Another defective bin special.
-“Tell No One”
-An old spiral bound journal
-“The Life of St. Teresa of Avila by Herself”
-A book end made of petrified wood

Now, how many of these titles do you think I have read, partially read, and not read at all?

St. Louis

I just returned from a road trip to St. Louis. It is spring break here at KCAI, and Supper K and I decided to take this time to and visit many a friend and tourist attraction in this gateway city. It was a lovely time, so here is an over view with a few choice quotes:

Monday:
-Arrived in St. Louis
-Cooked dinner for Lottie (the friend that we stayed with) and her family
-Left to pick up Ernie and go to a MeWithoutYou and Sparta show at Pops
Note: Pops was an extremely oppressive place in the spirit, however, MeWithoutYou shifted the atmosphere and the Holy Spirit showed up so that there were points in the show where I was simply worshiping (that also had to do with the fact that the crowd sucked and refused to dance. They even looked at Supper K funny when she started to sing along).

Tuesday:
-Woke up early and went to City Museum, which is a magical place of caves, slides, and climbing. We (being five college students from KCAI) absolutely exhausted ourselves by playing in the tunnels, which could be risky business, as they were built for people about half our size and are very dark. That being said, here are some quotes from City Museum:

“There’s something squishy over here.”

“I am so sorry guys.” (Insert farting noise)

“Supper K, are you alright?”
“I got out of it, but I’m wet, naked, and screaming.”

“What part of the whale did we just crawl through?”

“Is this up to code?”

-Went to a local café on Clair’s recommendation, which turned out to be run by hateful, extreme left-winged lesbians for coffee (I got the WWJJD)
-Went to Justin’s house (Lottie’s boyfriend) to watch Star Wars
-Ate dinner at Lottie’s, and sooner after, fell asleep

Wednesday:
-Went to the Contemporary Art museum, where they were having an Andy Warhol and Jim Hodges exhibition called “I Remember Heaven.” I can now say that I have stood in front of a canvas soaked in Warhol’s urine.
-Went to eat at a local Mexican restaurant where we simultaneously watched soap operas (it was a highlight).
-Went to the St. Louis Science Center, which is kind of a disappointment, but it was free.
-Next, we went to The Loop, where we entered many random stores, drank coffee, and I bought the most amazing book 'Yes, You are a Revolutionary! Plus Seven Other Books by Sparrow.' One of these seven other books is a compendium of Dinosaur Haikus (don’t be jealous).
-Again, had dinner at Lottie’s, but instead of falling asleep, had a killer round of “Truth or Dare” and watched “The Lake House.”

Thursday:
-Slept till noon
-Went to the Botanical Gardens, where I bought a photo book for my younger sister Anna to give her on her birthday, just as my older sister, Charleen, gave me a photo book for my birthday the first year she was in school (I expect this to be new family tradition).
-Ate dinner at a Chinese restaurant
-Came back to KC, at which point I gave Alison a can of mystery paint that I bought at City Museum, Chelsea a Crazy Cat Lady action figure (another City Museum purchase), and Phil a neck tie (two guesses to figure out were it came from).

Some Goals

Just a few things that I would like to do before I die or Christ comes back, in no particular order:

1. Wake up on the sand by the ocean
2. Climb a mountain
3. Live in Qumran
4. Live among the Franciscan monks of Vatican City
5. See the Cliffs of Dover
6. Visit Paris
7. Explore London
8. Eat Italian food in Italy
9. Live a life of total surrender to God
10. Walk on water
11. Make a piece of art that is so much more God’s than mine that it causes people to repent when they see it
12. Fight Allen Hood

I think that if you have stayed in one place for about a month, you can say that you have lived there, not just visited.

Now That You Know

Since my last post officially took me out of the mohawk closet, I think that there are a few other things that you should know as well:

1. I am constantly receiving complements on my hair now, mostly from complete strangers who, often, also happen to be homeless.
2. I get the most hilarious stairs from children, girls especially.
3. The cashier at Starbucks gave me a free shot of espresso for being so hardcore (oxymoron?).
4. When I asked Him, the Holy Spirit said He liked it (trump card- take that).

Oh, and one more thing for the road: Fairchildren and other married bloggers with joint blog accounts, if you two don’t start telling me which one of you it is leaving the comment, I will eventually find a threat to threaten you with that is so threatening that you might actually care enough about the potential execution of that threat that it would make you start telling me which one of you is leaving the comment.

Love…everything I say is a cynical kind of affection.

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