A Few Things

So now that the first week of classes is over I’ve learned a few things.  First of all, there’s no way I’m going to have time to update the blog three days a week and it still be fun for me.  Right now I’m considering just updating once a week on Friday’s, because I have no classes.  I originally thought I could work on the blog during my downtime between classes, but besides the fact that I have about five or so hours of reading to do during the week, I haven’t found a decent a computer to work on around campus.  They might exist, but I haven’t found one yet.  The first computer I sat down with made awful grinding noises the entire time, as if the data was being processed by a series of cogs and sprockets inside the cpu. 

I’m taking four classes this semester.  Art History 1, Concepts of Art and Design, Photography with and emphasis on Studio Lighting, and Figure Drawing.  My art history professor is a barely audible septuagenarian with what I can only assume is a metal hip.  I sit in the second row, and struggle to hear him, people in the back, why are you even showing up?  At least the lecture is only an hour and fifteen minutes long.  My Concepts of Art and design professor, another lecture class, seems cool enough, but it’s tough material to make exciting.  We’re mostly learning how to view and talk about art, which is a valuable skill, and one I need to develop.  So that’s Monday and Wednesday.  Tuesday and Thursday I’ve got my two studio classes.  I’m a little hesitant about my Studio Lighting class.  There’s only two sets of studio lights for about 15 students, so I’m not for sure how that’s all going to work out.  My professor, Mary Tortorici, seems to have a handle on the class, and she’s full of energy, so I’m still optimistic.  I’m really digging my drawing professor though.  He’s about 30, real laid back and progressive.  His name is Lennon Michalski, and he’s supposed to have some work up at Ann Tower gallery, and he’s participating in this season’s first Gallery Hop on September 17th.  I plan to go check it out at some point.

That pretty much wraps up my entire week.  It’s good to be back on some kind of path.  I really enjoyed having the freedom to plan out what I wanted to do every day for the last ten months, but with freedom comes responsibility, and now that I don’t have to worry about that four days a week, it’s freed up some space in my brain for other things.

Ryan