Woohoo.

It’s a very unenthusiastic “woohoo,” because I still feel like I’m recovering. I’ve been on break for a week already and I’ve mostly spent it on resting and organizing. I’m spending the break absorbing feedback, sketching and reading. I’ll also print some projects for people and and get some art ready for some 2010 shows starting up next month. It seems like whenever I just want to “be done” with art, I get sucked into shows and projects. I’m glad for this,  it keeps me going and reminds me that there’s a life outside of graduate school.

I also wanted to make a public thank you. This past week I received an anonymous check meant to supplement my art making. I am immensely grateful for this extremely generous gift and plan to use it for my thesis work next semester. Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you (thousand times over).

The next few weeks, I’m going to update and organize the website/blog. I’m getting a camera for Christmas, which means I can re-shoot recent work that didn’t photograph well the first time around.

And to end this post, here’s some books I’ve been using towards my thesis draft:

And books that I read for fun… or try to, because I start them on vacation and then take four months off to do school. This winter break I plan on finishing these books:

I manage to finally update the site! There is now a “books” section to the site. I moved some artwork that fit better there and I added a slew of new books. Most have been seen throughout my blogging, but it’s nice to have it all in one place.

I also got rid of my “contact” page and display my email in the “Welcome” section of the sidebar and the “about” page. Hope this is not confusing, it seemed more efficient to do that. I like to minimize where it makes sense.

Have a good week. I’m going to try and keep this posting momentum going!

-Megan