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Sketchin

8/9/2017

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I was really inspired by a class I took earlier this summer. In response to an assignment to create a visual set of instructions, I ended up making the first draft of a mini book about ways to prevent panic attacks.

​Showing my work to my professor and the small group of other students, I unexpectedly felt this huge weight coming off of me. I started thinking about how much of my day to day life is spent trying so hard to appear to be a mentally healthy person.

For a really long time I've had this feeling that it's selfish for me to make art about this. After all, my experience isn't as bad as a lot of people who deal with depression and anxiety.  


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The thing that felt different in class was the crazy amount of positivity and support I felt. I started to think that maybe it's ok to tell my own story. Maybe it can even help other people. Maybe it would help me too. 

I took a little vacation last week and spent some time sketching. I didn't even really think about what I was drawing, but there's some stuff swirling around in my head that I think it's better to pin down on paper.


In the hospital, I was told to keep a daily journal, but so far just writing down stuff been pretty uninspiring. I'm realizing I need to bring more of a sketchbook vibe into it, that's probably the only way i'll stay interested.

I'm gonna keep making these sketches and see where they lead me. 
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Messy Desk, Souvenir of Cambridge

8/7/2017

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It's time to clean my desk. I think I might be becoming an art-supplies hoarder. A few of the things I've collected over the past month:
  • antique daguerrotype embossed foil framing bits (a whole pile from the queechee gorge village antique store)
  • lovely vintage crinkly blue foil ribbon (to use as water/waterfalls for my dudes)
  • vintage marimekko fabric (todd's farm)
  • a paper mache life size arm with clenched hand and painted blood on the end (yard sale)
  • a tiny old book with beautiful plates called "Souvenir of Newport, RI" (antique barn in the Lake Champlain Islands)
  • an embarrassing amount of other tidbits what is wrong with me???​

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About the "Souvenir of Newport" book: I've decided to make one modeled after it called "Souvenir of Cambridge." I've already drawn the front cover, now to come up with my own favorite scenes to include....
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