Day 1: I'm writing from my new school's library. Shhh! It's so quiet. My first official day here at OCAD has been superb. I've been handed lots of free stuff, including rootbeer flavoured cotton candy (aren't you jealous Mark? muhahahah), and I've met many friendly students. Score. I can't believe I'll be here the next four years of my life...or more. The view from the massive checkered building on stilts called, The Sharp Cenre For Design, is gorgeous...you should come see it. There are a zillion cool shows and exhibitions popping up round the city soon, too. I'm seeing the Warhol one tomorrow. You've probably heard of 'Nuit Blanche' starting from 7pm till morning on Sept.30. There's also a gallery called Xspace in Kensington Market that displays our work. I'll post as many shows as I can on here when I get other dates confirmed so that those of you in Toronto can come out and support the arts.
Mark is back in Leeds...again. It was incredibly hard to say bye to eachother after 72 days straight of epic summer fun. I think 'Transatlanticism' by DeathCab for Cutie sums up my feelings on the matter. I love that song. Anyway, we thought it would be December until we saw eachother next, but someone had other plans. THANK GOD. A good friend of ours who isn't coming for the wedding, but instead a week before the wedding has given us an early gift...he's sending Mark over in October! Wooohoo! That's right...during Mark's half-term week he'll be here (22nd-28th). We were speechless. How do you even say thank you for a gift like that?
Day 2: More classes. More chaos. I went to look at all the hi-tech cameras and video-cameras that we can rent for assignments and exploring in general. They're so beefy. My first film assigment is a 3 minute one called, "How I See It". It's due in two weeks. We're supposed to interpret that sentence on our own and express it through a film.
Any ideas?
Lots of love to everyone...especially all you UKers. I'll see you in December. Until then, send me chocolate and emails. Please?
Once trans-Atlantic tag team bloggers, now husband and wife dynamic duo...
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4 comments:
I'm glad to hear that you guys had an awesome time over the summer! Your "carpe diem" approach to everyday life (whether that happens to be spontaneous trips to Niagara Falls or wild road trips in Scotland!) is admirable, and is inspiring me to get my spontaneous-fun-freak-on sometime in the near future.
Sounds like OCAD is going well, Beth. I may not appreciate that (ugly) building on stilts as much as you do, but at least the interior is functional and the view is impressive.
Keep the posts coming!
Mike
"How I see it"? That sounds like crazy talk to me. It's good to see you've finally blogged...and stuff. Also good to see you've found a place you have to be quiet...I seem to remember you finding it quite hard to be quiet in England. Enough about you... read my blog, I think I'm the only one that does, at the moment. http://twentypence.blogspot.com thank you very much.
Love
Toby
PS Why do I have to type "dejbjkzu" just so you can read this?
Hey! You started OCAD!!! That's so cool! It sounds like a blast! I wish I could go to school with you, and we could hang out and do art stuff together!
WOOT!
I miss you! Glad you and Mark had a great summer! Sounds like a blast! Hey, if you're coming here in December you guys better make your way up to Colwyn Bay to visit (if you're not too busy!)
Love you!!
hey Beth: on behalf of all those in "Creating Fine-Arts in Post-Secondary School", I welcome thee (actually our degrees/diploma/whatever is probably quite similar).
Anyways, may God bless you with the same creative burst, drive, spontanaeity and inspiration that He's given me
Matthew
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