February 26, 2010

Here's to Being Creative! (I need to stop neglecting this Blog)

So, pathetic as it is, this is my first entry for 2010.... I need to stop neglecting this blog.

Despite having a full plate this go around, I must say the year has been pretty good.

I managed to finish the first Act of my play (the concept of which I'm still trying to keep a secret) before school started. I had gotten quite blocked just after jumping that hurdle, but surprisingly enough, ENG 400 pretty much cured that. We had two playwrights talk about their works, and that did wonders for me. Particularly when Dr B came to talk about The Children's Teeth. Something just clicked in that room, and I was able to come up with some concepts that I can play with in order to finish Act 2. In between everything, I managed to churn out a lot in short periods of time. I'm still optimistic about finishing it soon.

Travis and I got our Sigma Tau Delta pins and certificates. Though I already knew I was an official member, it's a great honor to get the pin. I like pins (maybe just a little too much). I'm looking forward to what Sigma Tau Delta accomplishes this year.

We started dramaturgy for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Haven't worked on it in about two weeks, but we'll be having a reading at COB on Tuesday, so that should give us a good idea of where to go from here.

This weekend is the Sidney Poitier Conference and Film Festival. To be honest, I had never seen a single one of his films. I've still only been able to see the one (volunteering can do that). But! I am definitely gonna get my hands on as many of them as I can. Reading the synopses really got me excited about his entire filmography. If you get a chance, you should do the same (for art's sake)!

Not to mention, My team and I are getting a lot of creative freedom to play with COB's newspaper. I didn't think I'd be so into layout and design, but it's exciting. I've always liked graphic art, but this is giving me more incentive to be creative with things like a business card or something like that.

On a similar note (being visually creative, that is), I got another tattoo (on my arm) and dyed my hair (to match apparently). Being creative with my appearance is one of my favourite things to do and I'm constantly looking for ways to do that.

So here's to being creative! Here's to keeping things alive!