So this is my first blog ever. i used to be against blogs but i have come to the conclusion that this is going to be the easiest way for people to see what is going on with my life here in italy for a few months. so i have already been here for 6 weeks now...i think...and things are going well. i share my room with a girl named erin, she is a senior at duke and is very nice. my other roommate is liz, she is a 4th year at cleveland art institute. she is hilarious and fun to be around. we live near santa croce...kinda... and unfortunately right next to the busiest dance club in florence. which we have yet to go to haha sad but true. we should go considering we hear it from 10pm-4:30am everynight. we have a fabulous Ecuadorian restaurant close to us and we have become friends with the lady who runs it. turns out she came to italy for art restoration and ended up loving it and opened up her fabulous restaurant called "Eby's" i highly suggest going. the best sangria i have ever had and 4 euro burritos!!
on mondays and wednesday i go from 9-7:30. I have batik in the morning (that is silk painting and wax resist dying)my teacher is this fabulous old english woman named iris, she makes my mornings!! in the afternoon i have sculpture (which today my teacher told me i am a very good student however i need to slow down, and take in my pieces better...) then at night i have digital multimedia (in which i am already working on two independent projects for his class. one i am doing interventions in the florence underpass of the train station, coming soon, and the other is photo emulsion onto ceramics which i am working on with a girl in the class). on tuesday and thursday i have jewelry design from 9-12 and friday are FREE!!!
the weather is cosi cosi here, it rains most days but it is around 40-50 degrees. today is a beautiful day the sun has been out all day. i have not explored much of the city since i was fortunate enough to see it 2 years ago with my dad. thus i have been able to go on a lot of the school art history trips to ravenna, pisa, lucca, siena, san gimignano and in two weeks liz and i are going to venice for carnival.
i do not go out much since it is expensive and i am trying to save my money for trips. so i have been out once and that was not a pleasant experience. had an italian creepo all over me, was not a highlight of italy. but i dont really mind not going out, i have become a certified nerd, i read most nights and work on sudoku. i know so grandma but i get home and then go work out around 830 till 10 and then i shower and by then it is 1030/1045 and i have to get up at 8 anyway, so hopefully this weekend we will go out and see the night life.
i need to explore the city more and i know it. even though i have been here for a while i still kinda feel like i am skimming on the top not really belonging to the city. at times i do but other times no. it is odd i have never really felt a need to be so connected to a city but all my teachers harp on the fact we REALLY know florence and KNOW the life here and experience it. so maybe i dont feel it now but maybe i am and just dont know it. ahhh anywhots.
oh hahaha so i am i think one of the only people who wears studio clothes most days. i know people want to fit into the culture and not stand out like typical americans, so you do not get singled out, but honestly. i am always in studio clothes and i dont get bothered..probably because i look nasty haha. yeah it is entertaining to me to see what lengths some girls go to at my school to look like an italian to fit in. oh well, it is their choice. haha maybe i should try more but hey this is me, covered in plaster and paint and everything else.
going to try to go to open model tonight, i need to draw from the model more and plus billy ray would be proud. (drawing teacher from undergrad)so that is the goal for today, remember open drawing!!
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