I don't know how to make what I want to make.

I want to make things that express how I feel.
Duh, who doesn't?
But I want to do it in a very particular way and have many people see it, because I feel like if I create something with meaning to me that I can't just talk about, I want other people to see it so that they know.
Does that make sense?

I also want to make things using words that are powerful. Quotes that bang and pop and leave some stains while they fizzle out. I want to make images that do that for them. I can't come up with words--I can hardly dictate what I want to say in the first place! But I do feel like I could make imagery that explains how I feel using the words that are given to me by someone else. I might not be able to speak for myself, but I can provide my own color.

Murder in the Cathedral

Personal work using a quote from T.S. Eliot

Etching using hardground. Click to make it bigger.

Warm Days!

Soooo many projects have been piling up in my classes that there has been very little time for me to work on much personal work (aside from the personal work I am supposed to be doing for Etching, but even that is an assignment now).
However, today was extremely nice out so I took the opportunity to visit the Greensboro Arboretum with some friends and just sit around for a few hours.

I didn't get any work done and really just doodled, but I like some of the results.
Also, there were tons of worms by the creek there. I love worms.

Anyway, I have so many other things to post I just have to sort them out first. More things up soon! Which just means I will update my archive? I think that makes sense.