At this point, I'm going to Philadelphia for spring break. Stacy, our wonderful office assistant, has some friends in Philadelphia that are either apart of the Simple Way or have friendships with many of those living in that commune. Either I'll be staying in a hostel, or with those beautiful people. Not quoting, but generalizing, she described it saying, "better to stay with some wonderful people who can show you the city, allowing you to discover the true philadelphia, than to come for two days and visit the tourist spots."
Only days after returning from Philadelphia, Regina. I bought tickets last night. Whether this succeeds or not, I'm in contact with the venue (Purchase College) potentially arranging a media pass. After all, I do work for the New York Center for Art and Media Studies. (that's true, i'm the Darkroom TA) (mom, you can't get around that). I saw Jess, one of the girls in the program, moments after buying my ticket, showed her my receipt. In her three weeks that she's known me, "Jordan, I've never seen you so happy." Yeah, in October, when Regina came to Minneapolis and it sold out, I cried. Okay, I teared up, but that was traumatic for me.
At this point of march, it should be significantly warmer than it is now. It's not terrible biking weather, but it's not quite enjoyable biking weather. If you haven't guessed what I bought, it's a red single speed beauty. Not as amazing as my Schwinn LeTour, but amazing for 45 dollars when bicycles of this quality usually sell for 200. I will say, I'm not a fan of new york city biking. There are lots of bike lanes, but there could be more. I have three lights, and that reflector vest that I received for Christmas, that was a wise gift. I'm getting a helmet soon. I don't think of these as costs incurred, as when I leave this state, I can sell all of that at a very high cost (especially because summer is high biking season).
Here is a photo that I handed in for critique today. Conceptually, I'm attempting to give urban decay a measure of redemption. One might use the word 'sublime,' although it has been a bit overused in the art world in the past several hundred years. What's different from this from previous works along similar ideas, I'm attempting to turn one-dimensional objects, one flat plane, into multi-dimensional objects. I'm trying to make the photos twist, pull, pop, turn, etc inside your head, working with lines, colors, forms, weights, and separations. This photo, I'm attempting to make it pop out at the viewer. Click the photo for a much larger image.On another March note, I walked out of the George (my dorm) yesterday and I heard birds chirping! It wasn't the fact that I heard them, but I heard them and I didn't hear the city. I heard the birds! It gave me a little hope for March. Sorry, there was a minor connection and the opportunity jumped at me.
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