Repost - for those who asked why I deleted the original entry, it's cause the first video got very out of sync about twenty seconds in. Apologies for the confusion, I know it stayed on my Google Buzz even after I'd deleted it - fail. But hopefully it should never happen again, as I learned the very valuable lesson that whenever possible, iMovie should be used for YouTube uploads instead of evil, evil QuickTime.
I spent an unplanned extended weekend in Chicago and found the luxury of some spare time.
So I drew a drawing:
And I learned a new Rural Alberta Advantage song:
I call this "Disregard the Goof-up in the Fourth Verse"
I hadn't done anything artistic or tried fiddling around with anything new on the guitar in a long time. It felt good to make something with my hands for once.
Also, this is totally unrelated but at one point yesterday I found myself smack in the middle of the UChicago campus to grab lunch with some friends. It was my first time on campus in a while and long story short, I nearly had an existential crisis in the middle of Hutch courtyard. It just felt so unbelievably weird to be walking around on the bustling quads with my friends - just like the good old days, except this time mumbling to myself, "I should be here. But I'm not. I'm flying to Calgary in two hours. A year ago I didn't even know Calgary existed. What the fuck."
I also kept mistaking strangers for people I knew. I'd see somebody familiar and excitedly ask, "OMG, is that so-and-so?" And get responses like "No, that's just an impostor", "no, that's a first year", and "no, that's a tree."
Then I ran into my friend who was celebrating his birthday by running around campus with liquor. We did a shot together in the middle of our student center and that made everything better again.
I spent an unplanned extended weekend in Chicago and found the luxury of some spare time.
So I drew a drawing:
I call this "7/8ths of an Elephant's Face"
And I learned a new Rural Alberta Advantage song:
I call this "Disregard the Goof-up in the Fourth Verse"
I hadn't done anything artistic or tried fiddling around with anything new on the guitar in a long time. It felt good to make something with my hands for once.
Also, this is totally unrelated but at one point yesterday I found myself smack in the middle of the UChicago campus to grab lunch with some friends. It was my first time on campus in a while and long story short, I nearly had an existential crisis in the middle of Hutch courtyard. It just felt so unbelievably weird to be walking around on the bustling quads with my friends - just like the good old days, except this time mumbling to myself, "I should be here. But I'm not. I'm flying to Calgary in two hours. A year ago I didn't even know Calgary existed. What the fuck."
I also kept mistaking strangers for people I knew. I'd see somebody familiar and excitedly ask, "OMG, is that so-and-so?" And get responses like "No, that's just an impostor", "no, that's a first year", and "no, that's a tree."
Then I ran into my friend who was celebrating his birthday by running around campus with liquor. We did a shot together in the middle of our student center and that made everything better again.
wow, you surprised me with the painting if you really drew it yourself. You never drew anything in my memory after you quit your art class like 12 years ago.
ReplyDeleteIt reminded me of your dad who has talked about starting his drawing hobby for about 5-10 years and never draws anything (except for drawing a dog who you can't tell which end is head and which end is tail). His latest plan is that he has to create a kind of art stutio in the basement for himself. I said, "yes, take your time".
There's a slight beautiful tone in your voice. Much enjoyable to hear now.
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