performance art

So I was carving a pumpkin when Amber called. She called to complain about and ask for ideas for this installation piece she has to do for a class on Saturday, but we ended up talking for over an hour. We talked about applications and portfolios and scholarships and art schools vs. liberal arts. I find comfort in the fact that I'm not the only one who's scared or confused or completely and totally undecided. We brainstormed to come up with something for her installation and during that I thought of a couple pieces I might try.

But sometimes art is just a joke.

You can draw something in a matter of seconds and it could get oohed and aahed or you could spend days or weeks and the thing won't get a second glance. You just have to know when and where to stop and you need to stop right at the least amount necessary to get the reaction you want. So am I so great for knowing when to stop? Or does everyone have this knowledge?

The same tools and materials are available to everyone in this world so how can I use them in a way that's different and exciting?

This summer at the Pre-College Prog, this girl made a huge square out of oyster crackers, then filmed herself walking on them. And this is art. But where does it get you?


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Then I get off the phone, read for a little bit, then get on MySpace and I have a new message, copied from a message that was sent to a friend:

[Subject: uhhhhh okay
Body: And I'm not the only one who thinks you and carly are straight up bitches together.
Its pretty much everyone.
And I'm letting you know that in the nicest way possible.]


Why can't the people I love and love me live closer? And the ones who think it's no big deal to call their friends "bitches"..... why can't they be the ones three hours away who I only talk to every other week on the phone?