Diane’s World

It’s about that time of year.

The time I want to throw my hands up in to the air, and yell “OK God. What are you doing?”

Actually, this is what I want to do:

That’s my dream. I want to live next to a deserted cliff so that whenever I get fustrated I can yell off of it - as though God would hear me better that way. As if all I need to do is speak louder for God to understand.

I can imagine that he is chuckling at my ignorance right now.

“remember, your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask Him”

So, how come that always happens at this time every year?
My life was made yet more complicated this morning.

No don’t get me wrong, I had a good morning.

In Art History had a huge presentation. It went very well - the video worked (See it at HERE). Me and Amanda were only required to fill up 20-25 minutes, but we led a discussion that managed to last the entire class period. We also got our art history test back, and I only missed 2 points in a 130 point test. The prof even photo copied my essay and handed it out to the class as a perfect essay.

(The essay was to compare and contrast three works of art based on practically everything we knew about the art movement’s goals, procedures, and background)

These were the pieces (or at least these are rather similar):

(The first one is Kadinsky (Blue Rider group), Second is Picasso (Synthetic Cubism), and I have no clue who did the third one, but it’s some Dada artist - and there aren’t too many famous Dada artists…well, except Duchamp. But I would argue that he wasn’t really Dada…)

I filled up three pages of writing.

No, I’m not bragging. Really. I just know how to take an art history test - this is my third AH class.

However, I’m confused. I have added yet another thing to my rediculous long list of passions.
Afterwords I had a talk with my art prof. She thinks that I have a gift and passion for art history. She thinks I should try getting an internship with an Art Museum - or even thinks that getting a masters in Art history might be good for me.

How come everytime I actually really want to call my parents, they aren’t available? (I hope you guys had a good trip by the way)
I only dabbled into art because I wanted a Graphic design major (as in computer generated art) - - - but now my interest has exploded into ART in general.
I don’t know where I’m going after college. Whereas most students just don’t know what to do, I WANT TO DO FRIGGEN EVERYTHING.

I want to travel - see every continent.
I want to get married eventually and have kids.

I want to get a masters.

I want to become a photojournalist…

…and an art teacher / professor

…and a color psychologist

…and a museum curator

…and an event coordinator

…and a graphic designer

…and a painter

…and a ski instructor

…and a band publicist
….and an advertiser

…and a missionary to Africa

…and a website designer

I want to become fluent in German

I want to live on a farm

I want to live in Washington

I want to live in Germany

Being a passionate person is extremely difficult. I have a ton of things I want to do, but no lifetime is long enough to do them all in.

I feel obligated to use my gifts to futher God’s kingdom, but which ones? All of them? Why do I have to choose? How am I supposed to choose?
I really need a mentor. I don’t know where to look for one. Maybe I’ll email Pastor Rod… or someone. I hate bothering people just because I need to talk.
Yes. That all came from getting an A on an art history test. I need to stop thinking so much.

Oh. Found a cute song that makes me smile: Here in your arms by Hellogoodbye. It’s so cheesy… but crazily addictive. I can’t be grumpy while listening to it… even though Ben Lehman says it sounds like Cher. Oh well. See the music video here.

And I guess it helps that the guy in the video is adorable.

SPEAKING OF MUSIC VIDEOS: The worst one I’ve ever seen has to go to Hinder’s Lips like an Angel. Catchy song, bad morals, good looking singer, AWFUL stage presence.

These pictures speak for themselves:

Honestly? What’s with that arm? He does it the whole time!

Oh man. The classic tie-pull. What music video is complete without the tie pull?

Haha. Hinder, I love you, but you suck at stage presence. You look like a retard.

I got that out of my system. I need to do homework now.
Prayer. I need it. Gimme, gimme, gimme.
Deeds

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Quick post because I’m in a good mood.

Since I talk about art so much, I decided to add an art category to my blog descriptions… just so those people who hate art are forewarned.

Big Art History test tomorrow - a little scary. I’m currently am very knowledgable on the following subjects:

Art Nouveau
Fauves
Blue Riders
Die Bruke
German Expressionism
Analytic Cubism
Synthetic Cubism
Futurism
Orphism
Rayonism
Ash Can School of artists
The Photo Sucession
Suprematism
Constructivism
Expressionism
De Stijl
International Style Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture
Dadaism
Surrealism
Metaphysical School

Hm. I studied forever with Libby today. It was rather a good time - she’s a fun person.

Anyways - I had an uplifting talk with Professor Van Geest today. Is it just me, or does that woman really know how to give encouragement? She pretty much sat me down and told me my strengths, and those things that I need to work on.

Strengths:

Biggest one is: PAINT APPLICATION METHODS! (Who would’ve known?)

an “innate sense of color”

Strong Ideas

Her one criticism? I hate to be nit-picky and getting details exact. She pointed out that I have good drawing skills, and I have the ability to be nit-picky, I just hate doing it.

Sigh. I love professor van geest - talk about a rather timely ego boost!

Talking about ego-boosts, congrats to Karyn for selling her first piece of art! You are a real artist now!

(We decided that if someone buys a piece of your original artwork is what christens you into the title “artist”)

By the way - I’m starting a new art movement called the “Quirkists”. My landscape painting is taking a rather unusual turn and will soon be quite the statement. Just y’all wait. My art prof loved the idea and said she doesn’t think it was done in art history yet. Just you wait.
OH AND TO ANSWER SARAH’S QUESTION - Bob Ross makes things look a gagillion times easier than in real life. The fan brush is amazing, but not as simple as tv would suggest
Welp big test tomorrow. I’ve been waking up at 7am every day to start homework and it’s been wonderful

Night, y’all!

Diane
OH ONE LAST THING: I was published in the Diamond today. The first article on the Opinion page… do check it out!

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Hooray! Today marks the day that we set off the advertising for the east campus t-shirts. People on campus probably recognize these signs: (and as always, clicking makes it BIGGER)

Yes this project has been my baby. I’m proud of my baby. If you guys want to be cool - buy an east campus t-shirt or two. This Ghetto won’t be here for much longer!

I’m half-way done with my landscape painting. It’s turning out relatively satisfactory. I definitely have a very VERY strong style - thick paint, with a strong love of the colors bright green, thalo blue, red and yellow ochre.

Yes, somehow this rather disgusting color has captured my heart - and has easily become my most-often used color of paint.

Here is my UN-FINISHED painting thus far:

and here is a close-up on my newest addition - the tree:

This effect wa made possible by my new favorite tool: THE FAN BRUSH - most commonly made popular by the TV artist Bob Ross:

Unfortunately, you don’t even what to know how much this small little brush that I’m deeply in love with costed…. (owie.)

Welp, as usual - my to-do list is gargantous. I should get back on it… even if I did write “write a post for mom” on it.

If any of you want to have fun, I’m probably gonna be hiding in my room all weekend… or the library (it’s parent’s weekend… boo)

Have a good day everybody!
Diane

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just figuring out why my website is acting up.

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Imogen Heap / Frou Frou = Good band. (They are the same thing… kind of) One of the only women singers I like these days.
Thanks to Amy for giving them to me in New York.

Anyways… I already wrote this post - Twice. I keep on absentmindedly closing the window before publishing it.

Well… Things have been good.

I really don’t know what to say… or where to start. Ho hum.

Well my mom did suggest that I posted some normal people for once - apparently Dave and Eric may be a little…er…outrageous for the general masses.

So if you want conservative, I’ll give you conservative!!!:

My mom is probably slapping herself on the forehead right now, wishing she gave birth to a normal child. Sorry mom. Not today.
OK… I’m joking.

Laura actually was dressed up for an Art project for me. We were making a film for a huge project - and we needed a nun. So we got “Sister Wendy”. Thanks for doing it Laura, you rock my socks off.

Anways, this project is about whether or not art should be funded by the government.

Many think, “well, why not?”

Well, want to see what your tax dollars are purchasings? HMMM?

Ohh here is a nice example:

The name of this piece is “Piss Christ”. I feel wrong just saying the name. What is it? It’s a small, plastic crucafix that is emerged into a glass bottle of the artist’s urine and blood.

Yummy.

Yes. I got to look at a mass of very revolting artwork.

It was very hard for me to do - I even gave up eating chicken for a week after seeing the perverted works of Joel-Peter Witkin (I’m not even going to post pictures of his artwork because they are so disgusting… google his name only if you are ready to vomit all over your keyboard)…. ok I’ll give you a hint - he takes dead people, chops them up, rearranges the peices, then photographs them.

Ick!

Yuck!

URRGGHH!

It’s nasty. I’m sorry I had to expose y’all to that. But if you are interested in hearing about more revolting art, tell me and I’ll give you a huge list. It’s awful.

Well back to my project…

Laura, and the two wonderful guys who let me use them in my video. Much thanks to Micah and Matt- very much possibly the two greatest guys of the week.

That picture looks like it is a band’s cd cover. They should start a band called the “hail Mary’s”! Hhaa.. that was a bad joke.

Speaking of weird stuff that art majors do, Friday was “dada art day” in Art history class. We all got to take a hand at creating some dada - or nonsense - art. Here are some of the pictures of the day:

Here is an amazing performance by Joe, Shawn, and two girls I don’t know that well, where they had to recite a whole bunch of words that don’t make any sense while standing on his head.

Entertaining? YES. Art? Uh….

Here’s another example:

This group - including Tasha, Libby, Melanie and Dan - had to throw scrap paper in the air, then glue it down to a piece of paper exactly as they found it.

It was great.

My group was supposed to create movement in the room, so we spent the class dancing, playing music, making animal noises, playing follow the leader, turning on and off the lights and singing “Kum-bye-yah”.

I LOVE BEING AN ART MAJOR!!! ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

Anyways - Saturday was Price is trite. Props to David for getting “best in show”. You deserved it.

Laura and I decided to be boring, so we just switched sweatshirts - and pretended to be each other. I know, so dissappointing. Sorry.

Anyways!!!

After price is trite, we had Afro Man, a Scottish dude, and Captain Jack Sparrow visit our room - LL AT THE SAME TIME! I know! Laura and I are so popular!

Wonderful, eh?

Ok… hum…. interesting things to say… ummm. I think I’m out.

Well, It’s almost GIFT time. I’m excited.

Have a wonderful week, Y’all!

D-Marie.

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