Poem of the Week

"A Letter to the Girl I Used to Be" (CUPSI 2014) - Ethan Smith

This poem is really amazing. I will never be able to understand the trouble he went through in his youth or just life in general, but this poem is just so honest and amazing to hear. I've never met someone Transgendered and I wish I could so I could try to understand them as a person better. I mean we're all people. The way Ethan put this into to words is just really well done.

If You're Reading This: Piece

Title: If You're Reading This, You're Too Late
Medium: Sketch Book - Ink

My thoughts behind this is fairly simple. Page one consists of a sign that plainly states: If you're reading this you're too late. The other side contains a warning.

I don't like top 40 music. I certainly don't like Drake either. The saying comes off his new album title. I read it in a way that applied to my life and turned it into a work that I can understand.

Anyway - It consists of two "letters" one called "The Beginning" and the other titled "The Aftermath". The idea is one is a cry for help and the other is a suicide note.
"The Aftermath" -  I've thought many times about killing myself and what I would write to my friends. I was never concerned with my family. I've never worked up the guts to follow through with any of it and I hope I never do. But words can only speak so much.
"The Beginning" - I am the worst at asking for help. Especially when all of this hit me so hard as a kid. I've hidden it well for over 10 years and I'm just now starting to help myself. How I don't know but one day I'll be okay. It's basically me going through my mind trying to figure out why and how I got this way. Why I let it hit me so hard. Why I feel like a failure. I was trying to explore my inner thoughts and honestly neither of these begin to scratch the surface. But it's a start.

Poem of the Week

Jesse Parent - "To the Boy Who Will One Day Date my Daughter"

Blocks and Spheres

Project: Blocks and Spheres (Drawing II)
Time Frame: 2 weeks
Medium: Oil Pastel
Size: 30x44in (white paper)

Six photos depict the process and changes of my drawing in two weeks time:

Vangaurd: Business Cards

So in my class we have created a fictional company and now we are in the process of creating business cards. These two are just rough drafts and will look much better in the long run. I have created a 3rd but I didn't think it was quite as drafty as these two. So enjoy! One of them is double sided but you won't be able to see the other side. Sorry.

DISCLAIMER: All the info on here is fake (minus my cell which is blocked out). It's for a class.

Poem of the Week

Sabrina Benaim - "Explaining my Depression to my Mother"

Poem of the Week

Group Piece - "Fuck You, Old People"

(Tayler Geiger, Ben Tolkin, Andie Berry, and Sam Lai)

I know this poem can be a little controversial, but I really appreciate the truth behind it.