Books, Book, and More Books!

So, since the name of this blog is Artistic Interpretations I figured that it is time that i actually post some of my artwork! I have been meaning to do this for a while, but time has not permitted, plus it's quite intimidating putting your work up on the internet! But I realized that no one looks at my blog anyway except for Shara and Mom! SO why not! So from now on I will be putting the name of this blog to use! First I want to say that I LOVE bookbinding! It's so fun to make books and be creative with the covers, I'm so excited about it, and there's tons of stuff that I want o experiment with! So first off, here are some of the books I have made over the course of this semester.

FYI: This leather book isn't done, this is just the cover.

This was my second book I made, the cover is ceder, and it smells so good!
This is a paper case book, with a ceramic button and hand stitching. I had a lot of fun with this one!
The following two books are rebound Books of Mormon, so fun! I bought the mini ones, and they turned out really nice.
Also this blue book has applique flowers on it, I got really excited about using those, it turned out really cute.

This book is a coptic binding, and it's the first book I've ever made! I love the cranes, and the paper has gold specks on it!

This book has cork paper for the cover, pretty neat, and a nice feeling to it. And this is another rebound mini Book of Mormon.
This is a clamshell box I made for a flat back dos e do book I made, you'll see what that is in the next picture.
Ta da! It's three books combined into one! And this book is going to be in a BYU art show this winter semester, it will be displayed in the library.
This was one I really like, I loved the tree paper and the ceramic button. So cute!

Anyway, that's some of what I've been making, I'm going to make a calfskin book next with the fur and everything, it will be really neat! I also bought some glitter paper!! That will be fun to experiment with! Well, as you see I've been having a lot of fun, and am going to keep on making these books! More posts to come, maybe next I'll put some drawings and paintings up!

Catch Up!!!

So it's been a looooooooong time since I've actually written in this blog and I wouldn't be surprised if no one checks it, so I feel okay with writing whatever I feel like! Ha ha ha! So it's been a long 8 months and Ive done and learned a lot, bla bla bla. Now to the present. I'm starting a new semester of school and I love that all my classes have been interrelated, not intentionally, but it seems topics tend to overlap all the time, which I love! It gives me chills inside when we're talking about how rreligousity could be related to genes in my Psych class, and then it comes up in my drawing class! Two completely random classes. I'm really excited about my classes, and enjoy the wonderful debates and questions that are entering my mind. I'm taking a drawing class from Wulf Barsch who is a art professor at BYU and well known artist. He is one of the most fascinating people I have met, and I love that he opens minds up to ask questions and gain a desire for knowledge. He's one of those people that seem to know everything about everything, and likes to push people's buttons, but despite that you can see he has a good heart. Every class he starts out with, "Do you have any questions?" and if we don't he seems so disappointed, until we finally open up and ask a simple question, like how do you draw a circle, and then he'll go off on the symbolism behind the circle that it's sybolic of heaven, and that it has the color of blue, a square is red, by the way, and symbolic of earth, then if you combine them together it's symbolic of heaven and earth meeting, and then there's the triangle which is man reaching to god, flipped it's god reaching to man, combined- the star of david, oh and did I mention it's color is yellow, and if you didn't notice those are the 3 primary colors, and oh I don't want to forget that all values have a color, because they show a different wavelength which is what color really is, and we interpret those waves as color through the process of rods and cones in the eye, and the television desensitizes our eyes and how we see color, so because of TV, and computer screens some people can't even see certain colors anymore, so because Rembrandt used such a low key color triad, lots of people can no longer see his paintings and did you know that the old masters like Rembrandt used circles symbolically in their art and in order to pass the test to become a master all you have to do is draw a perfect circle, and then he'll ask, so how do you think you draw a circle? Wow! Can you see why this guy is so fascinating!!! He's like a walking text book! I don't know if all the things he tells us are true, but it definitely helps to stimulate questions. So today he mentioned that he's planning a trip to New York, with some of his Grad students to see some of the art being produced there, but he said the real reason is to go to Le Maison de Chocolat (the house of Chocolate)! :) He opened it up to our class as well, so I think I'm going to go, can you imagine how fascinating that will be! This class is 3 hrs twice a week, and I think he talks through most of it, which would annoy me, except I almost feel like his wealth of knowledge is more important than if he demonstrated and we just drew the whole time! So i'm excited for this adventure, and I'm sure I'll learn a ton, and maybe more than I want to! :)

On another note, I bought some new ballroom shoes today!!! Yay, I'm so excited, I got them way on sell, cause this company made a deal with BYU, so we got and extra 50% off! I love dancing, and even though I'm not at a competitive level, I plan on continuing throughout my life, I love feeling like a princess as I dance the waltz!

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Validation!

So, this little video is great! I love it! I saw this back in September or something, Shaina posted it on Facebook, and I thought it was great! But last week my roommate was feeling kind of down so I told her she needed to watch this video, and we've been having a blast ever since validating people! My roommates and I all posted it on our Facebook statuses and I've seen it show up on a lot of peoples Facebook, so I decided to post it here as well, since it's so great! SO we're spreading the good word, validation! You are great! You are amazing! You GIVE! I just have to say that this is all do to Shaina, cause she gives, and is sooo amazing! Watch it, you'll love it!

A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words!

Okay, so Shara tagged me in her picture perfect post, so I have to do it! Here is my picture!

Here's another of me with the Gun!!! First time I've ever even held a gun!

So, this is from my first shooting experience! I got to shoot an AK47! It was a lot of fun, I went with a friend of mine, and we had a great time, it was amazing how loud and powerful the gun was, it almost knocked me off my feet a couple times! ;) I have to say I felt pretty powerful with that huge gun in my hands, you sure don't wanna mess with me! Ha! Well, actually I'd be more scared that I'd accidentally hit you, it was pretty hard to aim, but sooooooo fun! :)

Oh and P.S.
We went last April, and it was a pretty warm day at first but Crazy Utah weather kicked in and when we got to the shooting range it was freezing and SNOWED!

Senior MTC! I LOVE my Job!

I work at the MTC, the best job ever! Not only do I work there, but I get to work with the most wonderful Senior Couples! I've been tutoring the Senior Couples in tagalog, and it is so fun! They are amazing and I learn so much from them! A lot of them are in their 60's-70's and they work sooo hard! I'm amazed at how fast they are learning! Some of them struggle more than others. :) Some I have to spend the entire time on Pronunciation, while others move right along!

One of the neatest things I've been able to do recently is "Guide" two couples in Samoan! I don't speak Samoan! But it's been really fun! We use volunteers to teach pronunciation and grammar, while I guide the lesson, tell them what to study and make sure that they're working hard! :) I've learned sooo much from this experience, because usually the volunteer ends up teaching me as well! I realized though, that the easiest way for them to learn is by speaking, not trying to understand every aspect of the grammar, but putting words into sentences! Hopefully this will help when I'm teaching tagalog! I've also learned a little Samoan, like, Malo lava! Very Good! and, 'O le aiga o a'u. This is my family! I think! Or Lo matou Tama O' e lalagi. Matou te fa'afetai atu ia te oe le perofeta soifua. Matou te fa'afetai atu ia te oe lo matou aiga! Matou te ole atu ia te oi e puipui le aiga. E le soufa o e Iesu Keriso, Amene. Iyan!!! Which means,Our Father in Heaven, We're thankful for a living prophet. We're thankful for our family. We ask thee to protect our family. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. That was a prayer in Samoan! I'm that good! :) Anyway it's been a lot of fun to learn this language, and I want to continue learning it! BUT, now they found a great samoan teacher, so I'm back to just Tagalog. It's sad, but who knows what language they could ask me to "Guide" next! ;)

The Waltz!

Soooo, it's been a really long time since I posted anything! I'm only posting something now for Shara, because she's the only person that actually checks my blog anyway but here's something interesting to write about.

So I've been taking a 280 ballroom dance class and it is sooo fun! We just started the Waltz! It is my favorite, I love it! I love feeling so elegant, like you're floating on a cloud, I think it is the most romantic dance ever! I was practicing with a friend the other day, and he taught me a little of the Viennese and it was even more fun! I just can't get enough and would do it all the time if I could! Anyway, that's all I wanted to say about that! I think everyine should learn how to do the waltz, you'll feel like a princess!