Christa’s Musings

I’ve gotten another new dress- This one is another vintage Gunne Sax from the 70s. The cat is Lucius, he belongs to my roomie, and he makes quite a reluctant, squirmy and whiney accessory.  Not very practical for carrying around all day, but definetly cute.

I’ve been pretty sick the past few weeks and insanely busy with my book illustration class, but I’m producing a lot of good work.

Value Studies

I’m Illustrating T.S. Eliot’s Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, and so I can’t get it published bc I don’t have rights to the text or anything, but it will give me some really strong portfolio pieces.

“And indeed there will be time
For the yellow smoke that slides along the street,
Rubbing its back upon the window-panes;
There will be time, there will be time
To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;
There will be time to murder and create,
And time for all the works and days of hands
That lift and drop a question on your plate;
Time for you and time for me,
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions,
Before the taking of a toast and tea.”

-T. S. Eliot

It has rained a lot and I think my little seedlings may have drowned- I came outside and found a 5 inch deep puddle of water sitting atop of their cute little leaves. Agony and woe. I’m trying to save them. I think some will make it.

I also met with my academic adviser today to find out that in Illustration, my GPA is a 4.0 and my overall GPA is a 3.8, and that means I’ll probably graduate either Magna Cum Laude or Summa Cum Laude. What whaaat. The only classes I have left are self promotion, portfolio, two free electives, one art history and one free lecture. I can’t wait to decide what electives I want to take!

Off to do more work!