Floating Thoughts

...sometimes I wonder if anybody wonders what I wonder.

no one wants to be mediocre

Portrait

My life is an adventure. I write my own story.

This thought inspired the theme of my self-portrait. Will post when it's done.

Mini Ninjas

This is the most beautiful game trailer I have ever seen. I want to make movies like this one day.

Poll Closed

Thanks to those of you who voted. I appreciate it, although I didn't get the response I was hoping. To those of you who commented and said don't strangers determine your thesis, write about what you want, that wasn't the point of this exercise. I'm not crazy enough to let people decide my future for me. I just wanted to hear peoples opinions on the different ideas or the reasoning behind why they chose a particular idea. I got none of that. But oh well. Thanks for your effort.

~blah~

I've been in a continuous daydream for the past few days and not getting anything accomplished. I've fallen behind in my school work and class attendance. Not a good way to start off the year.

Dare I?

Have you ever wanted something that you know you can never have? Not some trivial trinket, but something that would require major sacrifices and upset the lives of multiple people. I'm so torn.

Thesis:Complete::Wendi:Alumna

This past year, I have been having a small problem that may become a huge one soon if I don't make a decision soon. So what have I been so indecisive about that may make my world crumble if I don't bite the bullet soon? Only my thesis topic. The only guideline is that it must be a substantial paper of approximately twenty pages that demonstrates engagement with the leading edge of research on its topic. Oh, and I guess something philosophical since that is my major. I have a few ideas running around in my head, so you guys let me know which one you think is best. Ok here goes. Should I write on:

A. Constructing a Black Art World - this would be an attempt to construct a black art world in light of George Dickie's institutional theory of art and W.E.B. DuBois and Alain Locke's work in the arts in the early 20th century.

B. Can There Be a Black Aesthetic? - this would be an attempt to answer the question of is there a such thing as a black aesthetic, and if so, what constitutes it.

C. Authentic Individuality in Society's Sea of Sameness - this would be an existential look at what it means to be a self in society, partly introspective also.

D. Something art, architecture, or design related to possibly use as a writing sample for when I apply to grad school in one of those programs.

So that's the the choices right now. I'm not going to let you know which one I'm leaning towards because that may skew your opinion. BTW...The first two are papers previously written and that just need to be expanded upon and go in to greater detail with defense and refutation. Give me your opinion in the comments. Please and Thank You.

Out Peace

Dear Readers,

Please leave me some comments or something so I won't think I'm talking to my self on here. Although I probably am. The problem may be that I'm not writing about what you would like to talk about. If that is the problem, then drop me a line below and let me know what you want to read about. BTW...I removed the chat box because it hasn't been used in over a year but I will put it back up if anyone requests it.

Sincerely,

Joi the Artist

PS. Please don't let this post read 0 comments forever. That would be so painful. Thank you loyal fans.

I Just....

Want to make music. I wanna pluck some strings and stroke some keys and piece together my own melody. However, my electric is 1,000 miles away, my acoustic is out of commission for a little while (I'm out of strings, I would prefer nylon to steel anyway, the warm sound just does something to me) and I lack a keyboard. So if anyone out there is listening and would like to make a donation to my instrument fund anything will be greatly appreciated. I might also dedicate a song to you. I love music.