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Devious Journal Entry

Fri Apr 17, 2009, 5:19 PM
So anyone who knows me, can tell you that I am one of the most indecisive people on the planet. I can't make my mind up about anything, be it an important decision or where I want to go for dinner. So I am very excited to say that I have decided what I want to do for my senior show.

I'm about to finish up my junior year here at college and I had been trying to decide what work I'm going to want to share for my senior show. The senior show is pretty much sums up your experience in the art program. A HUGE amount to planning, time, and money go into the the show. Students are responsible for planning everything for the event. This mean postcards, posters, business cards, entertainment, food and drinks that will be served, organizing the space, hanging the work, pricing the work, promoting the event, etc. The show is sort of the students debut into the art world.

I had two possible ideas for the work I wanted to show. I plan on graduating with a concentration in graphic design, and that's what I want to do for a career. I've been working on a series of fun package designs, that seem to be pretty effective. For a while I was thinking that if possible employers were going to be at the show, it wouldn't be a bad idea to showcase my design work. However, while I feel like I'm pretty good at design, it's not what I'm most passionate about. I enjoy it a great deal, but I'm not about to climb the nearest mountain and shout it to the heavens. My other possible option is the digitally edited photos that I've been taking of the woods (I've posted a few of them here). I love everything about that process. I love going up into the woods with a camera and snapping away. The forest is such a fun place to be, I could (and have) spend hours and hours walking through the woods, capturing what it is that I love about being there. I love opening up my photos on the computer, and seeing how everything turned out. I love seeing a photo jump out, that I know would look awesome if I tinkered a bit with it. I love working on the photos, and making them tell a story, and seeing the process they go through to get there. I love watching my prints come out of the printer. I love to share my efforts with people and getting feedback. I love having people tell me that my photos remind me of their own experiences in the woods.

Since the later choice makes me so much more happy, I've decided it would be the better choice for the show. I know it seems like the clear choice, but you have no idea how long it took me to reach this conclusion....but that's just how I am. I'm just glad I was able to make up my mind.

Anyhoo, hope all is well with everyone else. And I'll try to post some new work soonish. =)

  • Mood: Optimism

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:iconb34r:
Ooh, girl, I feel ya. I'm 2 weeks from my senior thesis show and I'm nervous/unprepared/crazy/exhausted. My suggestion is to work something into the photography that can evolve. It got hard to keep working on my project toward the middle, so I've been mixing it up with some offbeat things, like making t-shirts, just so I can stay active on it. If you need brainstormage, I'll do what I can.

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-Surrealism has less to do with what is random and senseless, and more to do with realizing that our lives don't always have to make sense-
:icontree-girl:
:hug: Thanks Bill! I hope your show is amazing.... when is it? If you need any help or anything for yours, feel free to hit me up =)

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A world without art? That is impossible.
:iconb34r:
The reception is the 30th. Mainly, I'm just tying up some loose ends in CSS and making collateral. Take a peek:

ctrlaltgreen.org

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-Surrealism has less to do with what is random and senseless, and more to do with realizing that our lives don't always have to make sense-
:iconjeremybrown:
Ha ha, very nice. You never did mention when and where your show is in your entry...can I assume it's the same show as Megan Lee's?
:icontree-girl:
Ah, sorry 'bout that. My show wont be until next year...so I probably didn't need to be as worried about it as I was seeing as how I've got a bit of time to figure things out.

Megan Lee's show is this year,Sunday April 26 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm. And it's at Lizza Fine Art Studios

155 Bridge Street
Tunkhannock, PA
If you need directions, let me know.

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A world without art? That is impossible.
:icontree-girl:
Is that kick ass logo your handy work? I likes it a lot =)
And I'm assuming you mean the 30th of this month... if so, I'm afraid I'll still be out here in PA. How long will it be up for? I'll be home the second week of May, and if it's still up then, I'd love to take a look.

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A world without art? That is impossible.
:iconb34r:
Of course it's my 1337 skillz! Yeah it's this month, but don't stress about it. I'm gonna take mad photos (I'll upload here) and driving to Bport to look at a wall is not a high priority.

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-Surrealism has less to do with what is random and senseless, and more to do with realizing that our lives don't always have to make sense-
:iconlaurie-laurie:
Oh Kelli, I definatly think your woods photos would be the best choice! Everyone loves them so much because your heart is them! Your package-designs are of course wonderful too, but I figure you might as well be doing something you really really love for your first art show, than not.
(And like Judi said, Landscapes sell!! lol)
:icontree-girl:
:hug: thanks Laura, that was kind of my thought as well... though I still have to tell Dave. I think he's going to be disappointed that I'm not going with the package design work, but hopefully he'll understand.

And I still can't believe Judi said that! I never would have thought I'd hear that from her. But yeah, while it's not my main reason for doing it, in the back of my mind I know that the photos would be more likely to sell than my packages. And after putting a bit of money into the show, it wouldn't be so bad to get a little something something back XD

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A world without art? That is impossible.

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