Portrait

the face is large, taking the whole canvas. the nose is prominent, the biggest thing on the page. skin peachy, uneven tones. the eyes are glossy. the hair is on the fringes. the lips less than perfect. beauty in imperfection.

Writing

I'm trying to write a screenplay? I have no idea what I'm doing. I don't know how to brainstorm, what makes a good story....and I'm not a very good writer. :/

Open Sphere

I've been incredibly inspired by my theology class. I'm not sure why, or what it is, but the way my professor describes things strikes me with vivid images.

The last one I remember deals with the Creation. I'd like to create a visualization of how Genesis describes it...

Autobiography

While working on an assignment for broadcasting (biography on Walter Cronkite), I imagined how amusing it would be to write my own autobiography. And while mine was slightly inappropriate (joking that I would turn it into a romance novel for all those completely non-sensual moments that I've had in my life), it caused bouts of laughter anyways.

And then it struck me that it would make an interesting (probably comedy) movie: someone writing their own autobiography -- trying to make their life interesting, even though it's very mundane. It would be interspersed with scenes of their dramatized versions next to the REAL version of the story.

art

I've really been wishing that I could make art lately. I miss that time when I had art class.

Sometimes I get overwhelming urges to just create, which is always unfortunate during the semester (especially when I don't have a creative outlet class) because I never have any time that I can dedicate to artwork.

Lately I've been really inspired by Biblical themes for pieces of art...unfortunately, I didn't write the one down.

I do recall one particular image that has stuck with me, and it's a metaphorical representation of Jesus from the book of Revelation. I want to recreate the scene where the slaughtered lamb breaks the seals that represent history. It sounds slightly morbid, but I don't want it to be. I want it to be half black, opening (almost as if in mid transition from a movie or something) into a very cartoonish representation.

The other day, I also wanted to paint birds in v-formation. I'm not saying that I'm suddenly fascinated by ornithology, but I wanted to get the sky with the birds and....whatever.

Elevator

I've been harboring ideas again, and not writing them down when I think them. (This is me reprimanding myself.) Consequently, a few things that I've wanted to remember are gone. Hopefully just for the time being.

Anyway, this is just something I want to remember. Mallory and Annaliese went to an art show the other night and had a rather amusing encounter with a mutual friend's mother. It would also be HILARIOUS to see in a movie.

Okay, so Mallory and Annaliese are in the elevator, leaving the show. And the woman starts coming towards them, so they hold the door for her. She approaches them and says, very slowly and eccentrically, "Ladies, take it from a woman who has lived through the sixties....and the fifties....you can always dress cheesy. But never, ever let yourselves....be easy."

Both, struggling to find the right response, give a very sincere "thank you."

Pause.

She looks at them and screams, "it's a joke!"

"Oh! ha! ha?"

She walks away, then turns back around and shouts, "To the cheese man!"

The elevator doors close over Mallory and Annaliese's stricken faces.

Wading. Rushing. Fighting.

my mind is not a cesspool of new and innovative ideas.

my mind is a domain for brief, fleeting ideas that come and go as often as the wind.

when I finally find a good one, it's most often gone before I get to dwell on it.

hopefully this blog will help me grasp onto those thoughts, tame them, hone them, develop them into something better--or worse--than they are.

if nothing else, at least they won't be forgotten.