#paper!

Lol i can have pills and it can help. On planes, it didn't seem as bad as boats and i hate it because i love the sea!! And i love water.

There's probably some stuff you can do to help you with anxiety. Hopefully. Idk what lol but except the start and the landing, while you're in the air, it's the same as if you're in a car. If there's a little bit of turbulence, pot hole. I never experienced a lot of turbulence or anything that bad.

orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect?

It gives my brain such unbelievable amounts of serotonin and i don't know why

bamboo ⇢ do you change into a different outfit when you get home?

Today’s artist lecture was manned by the artist Ariel Schlesinger. It had a lot of chaotic energy. Compared to the other artist lectures this one was very free-form there was not much of a plan, no PowerPoint or slides but the lack of them made it much more spontaneous; you were able to see much more of the artists personality and can imagine how he operates on a daily basis which I liked.  

Ariel's first focus and perhaps the little bit of plan he did have was how other’s view your art compared to how you view your own art which he said was similar to how you perceive yourself in one way compared to how others see you which I related to. This was visualised though him searching himself up on different sites, it was kind of like a mini experiment though he called it therapy, which was both amusing and made sense.

Over these weeks it has been interesting to see different kinds of art that people create, and this week’s art was no different. Schlesinger’s art is very fun to take in, there’s is something alive about the work he showed us, they all have this kinetic energy to them much like Ariel himself, even the static works, which he talked about wanting them to have the same principles as the kinetic works.

The step by step process he took to his art was fun to see. How his brain works and all that jazz. He would conjure up an idea, test it and then experiment to get the desired effect to be able to repeat it. I admired the hand on and technical approach behind his work it all felt kind of mad scientist like but worked and the end result was something extremely absorbing.

Ariel Schlesinger, Untitled, 2019, from ‘We started with a Flame’ Exhibition 

http://new-children.ru/post/134715246478

New paper day is the best day!

This is two different orders of paper that happened to come on the same day. It appears to be a universal truth about packages and books on hold: they all arrive at once.

The first package was some kami for general, everyday use. I decided to try a new brand of paper, because I wanted some more double-sided papers to play around with, and this Jong Ie Nara combo pack seemed to be a good test case. The thing I was most worried about was whether it was going to be perfectly square, because I have absolutely no patience for imperfect squares on paper that is billed specifically as origami paper. I am happy to report that these are perfect squares! I can now breathe easier. I also really like the variety in this pack: you have the standard rainbow of single-sided papers as well as a standard rainbow of double-sided with really nice complementary colors on the reverse. Plus, there are 8 each of the patterned double-sided sheets, which means there are just enough for me to cut down into smaller squares and make 30-unit kusudamas! I’m very happy with where I can go with this paper.

And then, there’s the special paper. The same friend who asked me to teach origami at her school this past spring asked me to make some origami handouts for their winter fair. I decided I would make snowflakes, so I chose to make them out of tissue foil. Honestly, it looks a little more like glassine in this photo, but that’s part of why I chose that paper: it’s very thin, like glassine, but it also has a subtle shimmer that is very reminiscent of real snow. I’m really pleased with how they’re turning out so far.