“The tears come streaming down your face… when you love someone but it goes to waste. Could it be worse?”
Ok first of all - “Fix You” by Coldplay is one of the greatest songs ever. I made a playlist of songs that have made me cry, and this song made the list today.
For the curious ones, here’s the list so far:
1. Fix You (Cold Play)
2. Cheers Darlin’ (Damien Rice)
3. Transatlanticism (Death Cab for Cutie)
4. Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley)
5. Left and Leaving (The Weakerthans)
6. More Like the Moon (Wilco)
7. Everything (Lifehouse)
8. When Peace Like a River…it is well with my soul - you know, that one hymn.
Yeah. Odd mix - but there’s a reason for each one.
ANYWAYS. You may be wondering why they heck I am posting at 3:30 in the morning. Welp - I just got back from painting. Yeah. The art majors get special permission to be in the classroom building past locking hours.
Ahhh… the bitter sweet life of an art major.
And I’m finally ready to unveil my self-portrait. Here it is:
(drumroll)
It’s not completely finished, but it’s done enough that I will turn it in for the critique. It’s title is “Pulse; a self-portrait”.
For the curious:
The yellow texture is made from wood glue and joint compound chunks
the tubes and the crackly purple part is made out of joint compound and elmer’s glue
and the red texture to the heart is made out of paper towels, elmers glue, and a gloss finish (so it always looks moist even though it’s completely dry)
Haha. You never knew all this stuff could be used in artwork, eh?
Well we happen to have a very expermental class. People have used the following things in their artwork
elmers glue
paper towels
pieces of metal with bullet holes in them
t-shirts and jeans… and other random pieces of clothing
beeswax
joint compound
dirt
dried paint peeled off of a palette
rope
newspaper
wood glue
clothing tags
manilla envelopes
pencil
feathers
mugs
Joe was thinking about stapling some Sweedish Fish to his canvas at one point…
Yeah crazy. I know.
Yes. Well “Pulse” is very much so a self portrait. Dwell on that for a while. I’ll be impressed if you were able to understand why I chose this subject. If you want to tell me what you think I’m trying to say, that is very useful. So give it a try.
Anyways, life has been funny.
1. Not much sleep recently. Nope. Not much at all. Surpisingly energetic despite this.
2. Already finished with three of my classes for the most part (Advertising, graphics III, (almost) painting, and my HPER course).. Art History and Photography II are the only two I am concerned about.
3. Had the funniest bowling experience. Went to lemars with Carmela, Dave P, Andrew K, Eric, and Pug. It was a blast - and I usually hate bowling.
4. I got paid. YAY!
5. I go home in almost exactly a week. YIPPEE!
6. I have amazing friends. I’m going to miss Dordt during break.
Ok. Sleepy time (Finally!) I must go to bed. I have an 8am class tomorrow, and I’m still covered in paint so I need time to scrape it all off.
Love ya!
Deedles
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Neat artwork… did you see that new movie out called Pulse? I haven’t… it looked scary. Just wondering if you got the name from that.
I can’t wait to see you soon!!!! YAY! Auntie DeeDee is coming to babysit!!!!!!!!!!!
Sammy will smile for you.
~SARAH~
Oh, do you know what song always makes me cry? My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness… On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand…
Reminds me of Grandpa Feucht’s funeral.
I am sure that Mom told me she wanted a different hymn at her funeral… I’m going to have to figure out what it was… I use to remember, but I have a mind blank. Not that we should plan her funeral anytime soon!
Oh, I think I remember… I’m pretty sure it was “He Leadeth Me…”
Hmmm… Which one was it? I think it could’ve been either. Mom? WHich one?
Oh, and “pulse’ has nothing to do with the movie.
I’m excited to see all of you again!
Deedles;
Nice heart. And it is almost anatomically correct. The right coronary artery is in the right place sitting adjacent to the atrium, but it is a little thin. Your heart is pending a crisis. The anterior descending artery usually runs in the interventricular groove, which should make it just a little to the right of where it is now(the left side of the picture, which is the right side of the heart). I’m impressed.
My favorite song is Wo findet die Seele die Heimat der Ruh (o where is the haven of rest for the soul). I bet you never even heard of it. Frag deine Mutter.
Deiner Vater
In case the Russian mafia bumps me off, or I get hit by a meteorite, please sing Jerusalem the Golden and the Sands of Time are Sinking at my funeral. Thanks!
How many times do I have to tell you??? I want “It is well with my soul!!! And Lord haste the day when my faith shall be sight. The clouds be rolled back as a scroll. The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend. Even so it is well with my soul. MOM
Dad - thanks for the corrections… if I understood what you were trying to say I would fix it. Maybe later. You can have the painting if you want.I love you.
Mom - I Love You!
Sarah - Gosh… do you have to make two more songs that make me sad? I love you too!
I could have sworn (not that I swear…) that Mom told me “He Leadeth Me”once! I’m not making it up!!!! I’m not smoking anything!!!!
~SARAH~
Right sarah.
haha.
I think this is the most comments ever on a post… but then again, half of them are mine. Darn. And I thought i might be popular.
Haha, sorry, Diane, you’re not popular! Every single comment on here was from you or your immediate family. Why aren’t your friends commmenting???? They must not be that nice
“Comment.”
Ha! Take that Sarah! I have (a) friend!
But did you know, Hallelujah was in fact not written by Jeff Buckley, or by Rufus Wainwright (who has also sung it), but by Leonard Cohen?
I do love Jeff Buckley’s version though.
I love the line from the song “and love is not a victory march, it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah…”
some songs that make me cry are as follows:
one - u2 (particularly the live version from the Pop tour which he dedicated to Michael Hutchence of INXS who had recently died who Bono was good friends with and was nearly crying himself while singing it)
hallelujah - leonard cohen
fix you - coldplay
the blues - switchfoot
all is full of love - bjork
i will follow you into the dark - death cab for cutie
hide and seek - imogen heap
such great heights - iron and wine (I know it was originally by the postal service, but their version is much more upbeat and poppy, plus the iron and wine version is paired with memories of Garden State which makes me weep like a baby)
I’m sure there are plenty more, but I’ll stop there for now
And I love this painting, and that it’s made of all kinds of different stuff. I could try and make up some meaning for it, but right now I’m more into just experiencing it. Maybe I’ll comment on meaning later