metal wiring

So when we were given this blogging assignment, I had no idea what I was going to do. I had a million ideas but nothing concrete that I thought I could actually write about.  I came up with the art project idea as a way to reconnect with my friend who is an aspiring art educator.

            I should have known trying to learn from my friend wasn’t really going to work out. Often instead of working on the project we kept distracting each other. Other times though, we got on each other’s nerves and the project got neglected due to our irritation with one another. Also, while I loved doing these projects they have become just too time consuming.

            With all that said, however, I did completed a metal wiring project this week. The metal wiring was tough to work with because it did not bend easily, it had a black coating on it that got all over my hands, it wouldn’t shape with the pliers, and was overall just difficult. After a few blunders with my initial project ideas my friend helped me decide that a sun would be one of the easiest things to make. This was much easier said than done, but the end product clearly was a sun and I was happy. Unfortunately, while I knew time management was always going to be an issue I had never realized how badly I had underestimated the problem.

            As I stated in my original blog I do love art.  Unfortunately, because of my time constraints I have realized that while I wanted art to be my passion, it is not. I wanted to use this assignment (and art in general) to try to re-establish my friendship with my artsy friend. Good news is that my friendship is fine, bad news is that traditional art just isn’t my thing.

            When the pressure was off, I realized what I was passionate about. I have a great passion for creative writing.  I found it a great outlet since I was young. I learned to channel my emotions (frustrations, sadness, happiness, etc.) into writing which was something I could never clearly express accurately when speaking.

            I usually write short stories or poems (although I have written a play).  The things I write tend to be more serious (my friends say they start sad then get better) and the characters and plots are vastly different from my life.