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Month: September 2017

Upside-down Schiele

Upside-down Schiele

When I started to draw the Egon Schiele drawing I was anxious because I didn’t know where to start. Once I began with the abstract parts of the piece it was easier to then fill in the more textured parts of the drawing. Normally I would have jumped into a drawing by starting at the face because it was the most interesting part of the picture. But then I realized that it is hard to proportion the rest of the…

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Just Average

Just Average

My experience with reading “I Just Wanna Be Average” in one sitting was very peaceful. I sat down in a blocked off desk on the upper level of the library, and read for an hour and 15 minutes. Reading this long of a passage gave me Déjà vu, to when I used to read for long periods of time. I makes me miss when I was younger and had so much time I could use on personal things like reading….

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Literacy Narrative

Literacy Narrative

In the story Superman and Me, Sherman Alexie describes how growing up with books allowed him to positively impact the younger generation of Indians on the Reservation. Because of this he was allowed to see the bigger picture,” I loved those books, but i also knew that love had only one purpose. I was trying to save my life”. Alexie grew up having access to books due to his father who constantly brought them home  for his own collection. By reading…

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