Mood:  loud

Well, I know it's been a while since my last entry and with good reason.  As my path may be in front of me, the exact directions it goes remain in a cloud until the light will finally shine through.  2007, as I expected it to be, was a year of good tidings and joy but were balanced by a sense of humility and new direction.  I made perhaps choices that were not befitting a teacher but more a student and was given a bright new avenue to express some of my creativity which has been stifled since my last post.  I recently started learning from some of the greatest artists and philosophers in my area and also begun creating something very special that I hope will change the way people think about entertainment, my very own cartoon.  

 It is a homage to all the great cartoons that have changed our lives as well as some fun twists that I, personally, have always wanted to see in a cartoon.  All I will say about this project is it is titled "One Sunday Afternoon" and will play on the flights of imagination that I find dear to me.  

On another note I wanted to share a recent experience so that perhaps I may gain some perspective on the situation:

The past three months I have been attending the Art Institute and have dedicated nearly all of my time to my school work, education, and  bettering myself in every conceivable way...and even some unconceivable ones, my favorite!  

I even pulled up two of my more important grades: Design and Color Theory!  Color Theory was most challenging because I had little hands on experience painting, which was the focus of most of the quarter for me.  I lucked out in my Design class however because earlier in the quarter I had picked up a beautiful wine bottle with an absurdly made sticker containing the logo and company information as its label, so I kept the bottle because I wanted to make something from the very elegant bottle, and sure enough my final project in Design was...YES A WINE BOTTLE!  We actually got to design an entire bottle, start to finish, with a presentation beforehand to get feedback from the class, which served as our mock client.  If that wasn't enough, a project that was equally as important, we were required to paint!  A skill I had just been enhancing in Color Theory... Needless to say I wanted to have my Design teacher again.  

Well...Next Quarter starts next week.  Let's begin round two!