blazin'

suggested track: "rainbow in the dark" by dio

it's refreshing to see (or read) that times are looking up for just about everyone in some way. myself included. a afr cry from the last month or so. my paintings and studio work in general are coming along, and are in a place where i feel the work will be cohesive visually and conceptually, and won't suck. i don't feel as though i've done hardly anything, yet i realized that i do have about four bodies of work going, even if it does feel like i am slacking on some of it.

i had a crit with derrick yesterday that went really well. it was probably the best crit i've had with him. usually my crits last like 45 minutes or something, but yesterday's went for over an hour, and i think we both just felt really comfortable talking about the work, my plans for my show and for what i want to accomplish with the work, and of course mixing it all up with talking about comic books. i have about five other critiques scheduled in the next two weeks, so it's going to be crunch time, as well as information overload. it'll be good to get so much input for the last push before my show.

i guss the news that has me feeling good more than anything is that i will probably be in maine for a few days about a month from now. it'll be so good to get out of madison for a little while and be back in portland. drinking allagash, seeing old friends, being in a more comfortable surrounding near the ocean on the east coast… it'll be good. i hope i can pull it off. i also might make a small trip out to portland, oregon (the crappy portland), later on in the summer as well with my friend debra. that'll be nice.

i was going to write about TA selections/ PA applications, blah, blah, blah… but i'm sick of bitching about it and talking about it.