Decision

If you are decisive, people will be pissed at you. If you are indecisive, people will be pissed at you. If you are decisively vague, you can keep people confused for hours.

Drawing Course Preliminary Information

In preparation for my drawing course during the fall, I have begun looking at information for the course. I have looked at information in the North Carolina Community College System Common Course Library, as well a previous semester syllibi from CPCC. I will be taking the course at Gaston, but I assume the courses will […]

Introduction to Me And Drawing

What is it that attracts me to drawing? It is a simple art form. Lines and textures create the image. Nothing excessive, color isn’t even a consideration on most. I have sought to understand my interest in a book I have on the topic of drawing. I have seen many drawings that do not interest […]

Excellent Service From The USPS

I received my latest Galls catalog today in the mail inside of a clear USPS bag. Here is the label from the bag. I was already pissed at USPS this week because they managed to not follow simple instructions (scan a SCAN form to expedite tracking), and in the past few months, general mail delivery […]

The Library

Assignment: Describe the smells in one of these places: a church, a hospital waiting room, a public bathroom, a library. (In 3-4 paragraphs or 1 poem.) Response: Early in the morning Enter the old building Walls of stone and mortar The lobby smells like a damp cave Moving into the library itself The odors of […]

New Hobby for Fall

I have decided to take Drawing 1 during the fall semester for my pleasure. Drawing is something I have always had problems with, even something as simple as a sketch of a ceramic piece. I hope to be able to potentially take figure drawing in the spring. The human body has always been something that […]

Summer 2007 Semester is closed.

I have finished my final assignments and the Summer 2007 semester is now finished for me. I now find myself trying to figure out what I will do with my time now that I am not constantly thinking of the next assignment due. I think my plans for the remainder of the summer include teaching […]

Epigraph Poem

Assignment: Write a poem using one of the following quotes as an epigraph at the start of the poem: “The World is Change; life is opinion” – Democritus “Worlds are altered rather than destroyed”- Democritus “What we call the beginning is often the end”-T. S. Eliot “Love takes up where knowledge leaves off”-St. Thomas Aquinas […]

Complex Activity

Assignment: Write a conversation between two people who know each other very well. Have them involved in a complex activity, but they should not talk about the activity. Show how two people might think they know each other but really don’t and at times don’t listen to one another. Response: Before reading this piece: [Please […]