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Friday, November 5, 2010

Art Therapy

Ok so tonight at my dorm there was a program about character design with this artist who basically does what I want to do, just not with Disney. Obviously, it was super exciting to actually meet someone in the industry and hear what he had to say :D
It was kindof a workshop too, and he had us all describe ourselves, then describe our opposite or arch nemesis... go figure, mine was basically the typical resident of Collins. Haha. It just so happened that there was the most obnoxious person I have ever met at this thing. I have seen him before around, and have always just had this natural aversion to him. Tonight he crossed the line.
When I got there, the first thing he said to me was "sorry, this is only for the cool Jewish people"... wow. He then proceeded to go on about his vegan ways and bash this girl he bragged about calling out on in some class for eating meat, and basically called her a barbaric pig. But THEN. He was talking to this girl, instigating arguments because that is what he does to gain self validation, and it somehow came up that she was anti-abortion... uh oh. Throughout the rest of the night, he found ways to make stabs at her about it. Part of the workshop was going through various newspapers and magazines and cutting things out to make a collage of our anti-me. (*btw his description of himself, NOT his opposite, included narcissism, being an ass, and other traits of the like. AKA he is aware of and pretty proud of the fact that he is that way.) His involved dead babies. I also overheard him say to her that he hoped she would have to go through an unwanted or unhealthy pregnancy and would have to make the choice about an abortion herself... OMGWTF.
He was by far the worst, but as I said in my first post, the majority of my dorm shares several of his views and characteristics, and that proved to be true for the rest of the turnout for this event. So I was pretty annoyed by this, despite my excitement for the event itself. So what did I do? I did some art therapy for myself and created this:

(I don't know why it won't rotate, sorry.)
We ended up having to present these, and if I had known that I probably wouldn't have been so bold. But oh well.
Notice I blatantly named her "Henrietta the Hipster". Oh the scoffs. I just use the term so people know the group I'm referring to. I understand that within the "hipster" subculture there are dozens of different types and not all of them are bad at all. But I found it funny that as a group that in general doesn't want to identify itself as a group, since they're all so individual, they all scoffed at the use of the word in a negative light.
So let me break the picture down. She's got a pillow for her head, which is decorated with sheep, as she is smoking a hookah (s0 k3wL!!!!1) *insert symbolism. She is wearing a peacock rug cut to be a super hero cape *insert symbolism. She is being choked by her belt. Her jacket is huge and puffed out and her hands are on her hips with her legs crossed in a "I'm cool" stance. One hand is carrying barbed wire, poking at and annoying everyone around her wherever she goes. All the while while she tries to be so outward about how cool she is and show off, she is chained down to her image, and is basically a slave to it. The wordage at the bottom says "promote the look".
Then he had us draw a version of the nemesis. (see above.) Poor Henrietta, her trendy vintage scarf is hanging her :'( which goes back to the belt in the collage. It's going back to a hangman game type contraption with four letters to be filled (look). Her features are harsh and sharp, like her personality.
Needless to say, they did not appreciate this. Suck it.

It felt VERY good to make these, especially with them sitting right there. Just a few more rants/therapeutic sessions and I will be rid of my angst :D
ALSO, the artist said he liked mine!!!!!!!!!!!!
All in all, a very introspective and positive experience. He will be back two more times this month. I'm looking forward to it :}


























Harry Potter kitteh says goodnight.

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