Messy room, wet hair, and everything

I am going to sleep before 10pm tonight if it kills me. I can't wait. I got barely over two hours of sleep last night but doing well on my anthropology test was worth it. I'd rather be sleepy than do terribly on an exam. It's weird... the days that I get the least amount of sleep are the ones that I tend to be able to make it through the easiest. It's like naturally something in me knows that I have to put in the extra effort to be awake and alert, so I don't even notice it.

There just seems to have been SO much this week. Yaaa know that feeling when you have a ton of stress built up and then it's over and you can't even remember why you worried so much? I always try to remember that when I'm studying for a test or writing a paper. I try to realize that before I know it I will be in the classroom turning it in all finished, so there isn't a need in the world to fret. It is true. Tomorrow always comes...especially due date tomorrows.

I must've been stressing pretty badly because I feel kind of brain dead right now. I don't know what to do with myself.

I can't wait to get home and rest for a few days. It's going to be a good week off with the family.  There's not a place in the world I'd rather be next week. Cannoooot waaiiiitttttt. Life is beautiful.

I had critique Tuesday for my press mold project. They were made by making a mold of a nail polish container with plaster and clay. Once all that set up, I removed the actual nail polish bottle from the clay and plaster and then was able to press clay into the mold and make multiples that were later fired. I made some of them nicer and solid, some cracked and piecey, and some of them are only fragments. There are about 120 casts, including the fragmented pieces.

I think I blogged earlier about my issue with materialism/consumerism and all that jazz that really irks me about the world. I personally paint my nails about a trillion times a week on average, so the polish bottle itself is pretty personal to me. I think my concept can say a lot of different things, but it's a pretty clear message when you get right down and simple with it... Material items do not last.  Take what you want and leave what you want.

"Crit" went swell for the project. I remember first getting into art 101 here and realizing we'd have to go around and talk about each person's work as a group. This idea was a bit scary for me at first. I've come to love it though. It's so interesting and beneficial to hear feedback about what your work means to other people. It can all be so subjective and personal, but at the same time art can be very obvious and this-is-what-I'm-saiying. What does it mean, how does it make you feeel (haha, I've always gotten a kick out of that one), what is it saying about the artist, about life, about society, culture or just plain-old what does it look like and how does that work for the viewer? etc etc etc etc etc.  The list goes on and on. Can I just say that I adore critique days? I love hearing what people personally think about their own work and what they were trying to say with it, compared to how other people view and feel about the work. The more and more I get into art, I realize I cannot simply make aesthetically pleasing, pretty things. Meaning is so subjective but must be there in some way, or we become mere decorators and embellishers rather than artists. It's crazy how all the projects that I do are each related and connected in different subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) ways that I never intended. It's amazing to see connections in my classmates' work as well. It's all so interesting just to see the things that people dream up and create. Love lovelovelove.