Free Day :)

Today was very busy. It consisted mostly of work, errands, and studying for my midterm tomorrow. Unfortunately I have not had much time to focus on any upcoming art projects or ideas. However, in addition to art (I think I mentioned this before in a previous blog), I am currently working on my minor in English. So far I have balanced my art and English classes every quarter except for this one, where I am talking more English than art. The whole point for me in getting this minor was to become a better writer. As I read through books like The Grapes of Wrath, as I am doing at this exact moment sitting in the library, I wonder if I could ever write a book that could even compare. I know this dream is far-fetched because Steinbeck was a literary genius but as I read through the chapters, I could not comprehend how someone could create another world or character even that seems so real. Whenever I read book I feel as if I have lived through that experience in my own life and instead of it becoming "that book I read once," it becomes a memory. I don't know how to explain it but sometimes I cannot tell the difference between the story in a novel and my real life. I think, although this sounds crazy, that it is the goal of any author trying to reach the readers. I am not sure if I want to be a novelist. I thought maybe being a journalist for a music or even art magazine would be a great career. I don't know. If I can find a way to incorporate English into my artwork or vice-versa that would be ideal. Perhaps I'll focus on art as a narrative. As I write this now, I am beginning to realize how it ties into our lecture from Monday. How perfect that it focused on "personal narrative." And here I am thinking all these thoughts I just had were original...