The skies are a beautiful shade of pink, and life is happening all around me. It's amazing and terrifying simultaneously.
The journal I'm starting up with L at school is taking on some momentum. I interviewed a new prof at school tonight. It was awesome to talk to someone with similar interests, but more knowledge. The kind of knowledge I hope I will gain.
I've been discovering the joys of talking to people. My investigation into the meaning of friendship yielded surprising and rewarding results. Asking them questions and listening to their answers without necessarily providing my own insight. This interview was another sort of investigation, maybe an investigation into my future.
I've started the heavy-duty research into graduate programs. I'm still hesitating about everything, but I'm anxious to be decided.
New job at Bummis. New internship around the corner for Vice magazine, which will be the first time I'm doing something even remotely related to my field (and getting paid -- not bad). I think although it's not perfect, it's a smart move towards my 'career'.
I haven't been reading my design blogs too carefully, instead I've been reading books, which is a nice change. I guess I just needed to find the right one, and that was "On Photography" by Susan Sontag. It's the kind of book that focuses on this great art theory, but also, the theory is totally applicable to life. For example, she said
"In contrast to the amorous relation, which is based on how something looks, understanding is based on how it functions. And functionning takes place over time, and must be explained in time."
I think this is a great and comforting quote. It makes me worry less about not understanding things, or not being able to express my thoughts on things, because if I understand that this will take time I understand that there is no need to put that kind of pressure on myself.
My next book will be Barthes "Camera Lucida", another photography book. I guess i'm seeing these photography books as different sorts of entries into cinema. In a way, expanding my scope of knowledge. There's an intro to Art History I would love to take next year, but my schedule does not permit it. I guess I'll have to learn myself, which is not such a bad thing.
(I will blog more.)
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