So today's purpose....
art.
At one point I really found a passion for it. I say 'it' because I was never sure what I found a passion for exactly. I can't draw people, I can't use chalk, I'm so rigid with oil based paints, my shading was never right, etcetera. Give me an oil based medium and a photograph of the ocean though, and I'll surprise myself. I can really say all this credit goes to my Art teacher, Mr. Riches. He's by far one of the hardest teachers at the school and isn't exactly amongst the most liked. But he's taught me so much, and on a much broader spectrum then just art. I was really looking forward to taking a graphics class at ATEC (applied technology education campus) this year, but after a scheduling mistake I'll probably have to take a few optional classes instead. Art II was my immediate go-to class. I can't wait to see what I can do this semester. My first goal for the semester is to recreate some photos from Charleston to put up in my room. And yes- I'm finally getting around to redoing my room. It needs it, bad. I wanted to do a black, white, and red room, but that'd be kind of hard living with a 4-year-old. So I'm doing what I can, haha.
Anyways,
There's one person whose style of art is absolutely brilliant in my mind. He's not alive today, but his story is amazing. He's a photojournalist who visited third world countries and really did everything he could imagine. His work deserves to be checked out, and thankfully TOMS did a good job of getting his story out there. Here's his website, http://www.daneldon.org/site/
And after hearing how my blog is getting seen by new people I hope they can take the time to check out that link.
-QOTDYou spend so much time wondering who you are, don't you think? You flounder about, searching for your identity, when most of the time it is as plain as the nose on your face. You struggle with questions of purpose and need, and forget that the answers are found mostly inside yourselves.
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