Memento

So, think i may have sabotaged my chances with the 'Who are you' competition....got a bit carried away and couldnt decide what to enter, so entered 3 different pieces... This may have been cheating.
So if on the teeny tiny chance that they tell me i've won, i'll just have to be honest and tell them i cheated.
But ho hum I had a blast taking part, and thats what counts.

We've broken up for easter hols now. I finished me slippers proj and got a distinction!

Am technically on a break..so decided to chillax.. but was bored after an hour so just got cracking on artings, already stuck into the next unit.

Since been off have also tidied up a bit (flat lookin spick and span) and put food in my fridge and seen people. And been to the library every day to look at books (the uni lib is much better, but  cant be bothered to drive to bournemouth).

Like to keep in the swing of getting up and out....to think i didnt do anything before studying...what did i do with my life?

The theme for this proj is 'wish you were here'. Im going on holiday to spain on Wednesday to stay with me madre, for a whole week, so going to keep a travel journal and do some sketchings. 

Last time I went to spain was ..aside from the quad bike accident (that was pretty bad, sorry mum)....but mostly due to not being right in the head, and people confusing me...was disastrous. Disastrous doesn't even cover it actually....

This time is gonna be great.

All packed and ready to go.

I cant wait to have a week of blue skies and seeing the doggy woggys, and time with my ma. will probs blog and upload some photies.

I am excited for this project, we have to develop craft and design ideas to make a memento. I have been researching some really interesting artists, and looked up the meaning of memento.

it means a souvenir, something to remember something or someone by. It can also be to give a warning,
and  comes from the latin 'memento mori' which means, 'remember you will die...'

Its all very optimistic.

I dont want my project to be too deathy, but thinking of doing something about how life is fragile and we should make the most of it.

So since I am vaguely interested and perplexed by life and death, have plunged straight in at the deep end with a little mind map of life and a littlemind map of death.

anyone have any views on life / death?
All views welcome.

I have a lot of questions abut these topics, but I dont know any of the answers.

Who Are You?

I'm entering this arty competition, you have to answer the question 'who are you?'

http://www.facebook.com/inspiredAUB/app_229376917149574

How would you answer this question?
What image would you use?

The question has got me thinking and inspired me..its like making my journal into art.

The prize is to get your work supersized onto a billboard... Which is pretty awesome..though kind of scary, because everyone will see it.

But its good to do things that scare you. And there seems little point in me being an artiste if i dont want anyone to judge my work...

I've been trying out a few ideas.. Its such a broad question and i have a million different answers, and things i want to say.

I started off with a mind map, and thought of just doing a mega one to submit as my piece, but perhaps this isnt very easy on the eye.

I could talk about who i have been, who i am now, who i want to be. I could do something about humans in general.

I think a good piece of artwork is something that can be interpreted in different ways, so it carries an individual meaning to each person.

I want people to make a connection with my art so that it is meaningful to them.

Alternatively i like to do something that makes you smile, or provokes some sort of emotion.

I also like to use art to express things that are otherwise too difficult to explain.

Anyways, im not sure which to submit yet, but here's a few scribblings and photos and editings and possible responsings..

This is kinda cool as I'm discovering more every day who I am,

Life is a journey and blah de blahh...

and I like scrabble.

Plus you have to sort of figure out what it says. 

 

I am a Work of Art

scribblings in my note book, talking about me and people generally.

I photographed it on my table that is covered in paint, because that is who i am, usually covered in paint.

I made  the image black and white because the writing says it on its own.

 i would probably rearrange some of the words, or maybe do a piece on the last bit, which says

 I am a masterpiece.

that's something i never thought I would say, but I think its true for everyone,

human beings are so intricate and complicated

And really its amazing..

This is an image of my writing about who I am, all back to front and skewiff

because once, I got really freakin confused

and things got messy

and I really didn't know who I was or if I was even real

I did some oil pastels, scribbling over and etching out words,

because I like scratching things off.

The blobs of paint and mess are luminous.

you cant make out the writing in my notebook,

because really its irrelevant,

its like a secret code, because everyone is a unique combination of stuff

And everyone has secrets and things you cant work out about them.

I am Not Afraid

This is an image of my face, the eyes being the window to the soul.

One of the eyes is all swirling and complicated, an eye inside an eye,

Its an image of brain-wonkyness.

I added the text I am Not Afraid.

The picture is sort of a lie, because i'm pretty much scared of everything, but its like one of those affirmations when you tell yourself your not.

I'm not afraid anymore of life or mental illness.

Fingers up to you,

This is an image about being strong.

Socialising

Its a littlelate to be bloggering, i just wanted to share that I do grown up stuff now , like go out on a Saturday night with my neighbour for a yummy meal...we went to The Horse with the Red Umbrella. Its so nice and friendly there. There was a quiz and everything ...I didn't know any of the answers but it was a laugh.

It's so nice to be living.

Double drawings

On Saturday night, Wise Hollie and I decided with our combined wisdoms, that we should combine our artistic talents, get drunk and do one of our momentous joint pictures on a canvas.

The only rules are you have to start at the same time with your eyes closed, co-ordinate your palettes, use continuos line, and only change colours when you get to an edge. The other rule is that you just have to go with the flow of the pen even if you're saying "I don't want to be drawing over here".

The other rule should be not to consume alcohol before partaking in a Duo pic. We both agreed that the result is kinda stodge, and am probs gona paint over it...

We used oil pastel but you can try it with anything.

But with the joy of technology these days, I managed to jazz it up into some weird cool pieces of art using a swanky gadget on my ipad. Hooray for digital art.