Art class went pretty well tonight. It took me several drawings to finally get the idea of what Tessa was talking about, for the first set of drawings, but then I got it, and she said I’d gotten it, so, well, that was good. And then the second thing we worked on was crosshatching, which I can do, so, cool. Then we did, um, something else, and then we did a couple of ‘things I need to work on’ sketches, so I worked on perspective/foreshortening, and I think one of…
kinda weird
That was kinda weird. I just went out to the mailbox to put some mail in it, and it was very bright, and I happened to have my sunglasses in my pocket, so I took my glasses off and put the shades on. I don’t remember the last time I went outside without corrective lenses. It is very big out there. Very big and very . . . fuzzy. Weird.
oh, you wanted to know?
Oh, you wanted to know what grad school I was thinking about? Sheesh. Nosy. I’m thinking about going back for my MFA in creative writing. There’s a fairly decent MFA program at UAA. The only problem with this is that I actually /want/ to go to Mills College in Oakland for an MFA. But it costs several thousand times more, and, well, is in Oakland. So I don’t know. :/ UAA has plenty of other undergrad degrees that I’d like to get. Anthropology, geology, theatre, art … the problem with…
:(
I called the school. Their office hours are 8:30am to 2:30pm. I called at exactly 2:30. Nobody there. :(
grad school
So what the hell is a person supposed to do if grad school applications want letters of recommendation addressing her ‘academic preparedness’ if she hasn’t been in school for SIX YEARS? Henry suggests calling the school and asking. How practical of him.