Sunday, February 20, 2011

I don't need a witness to know that I survive

Working with the art for the River Review website has made me remember just how obsessed I am with art forms in general. I mean, it's not weird for me to be obsessed with things relating to theater (from TV shows to comedies to musicals), music (audio tracks), and music (instrumental - I mean, I play piano) because I'm involved with all of them. I'm even a writer in my spare time, so literature & reading are also fair game for my obsessions.

But honestly, my love for all things art does not stop there...not by a long shot.
1. I have a deep and secret love for photography, though I have very little talent for it. I just love to appreciate it.
2. I am seriously obsessed with Terpsichord. Like, Julia and Cecilia kind of tease me about it, it's so bad. (I tried out my sophomore year, but that's a memory I try to block out whenever possible. Good lord it was awful.)
3. I spend a ridiculously amount of time admiring the art around school. Again, Julia and Cecilia tease me about it. And working with the RR art has me in awe all over again.
4. I flow between spending loads of time on art websites, like DeviantArt and Tumblr.

Probably the only form of art I don't drool over is film. I mean, I definitely appreciate the beauty in it and I absolutely love reading about the process - and film is a blend of visual art and photography and theater, so you'd like I would love it all the more. But I've never really been a movie person. Show me one though, and I'll absorb it with all the fervor I save for art forms.

I love love love artists. I feel like they're my kindred souls - I'm not going to try to explain it because that'll ruin the point, but just know this. I want to marry some sort of artist some day.

Post title is from a song by Jack's Mannequin - The Resolution. Love their stuff.

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