I’m Afraid
I’m afraid that it’ll be cliche
I’m afraid that it won’t be art
Maybe i’ll never be
Embroiled in controversy
Public enemy number one on the hit list
Something remiss? The look in your eye says
You’ll never be the first in line to buy
Because it’s just not good enough to be
Art, I’m afraid…that it’ll be cliche.
Whew. Just wrapping up a few of the most chaotic, stressful weeks of my life. But all is very good right now.
Steve: recovering from surgery. Taking it one day at a time. Oh we had our first wedding anniversary late in April! Yay!
ELAN Awards: 2009 is done and done. The producers are getting the ball rolling for 2010.
Acting: Performed as a french-accented character from the 17th century at the Moonlight Masquerade fundraiser for the Giovanni Bastone Foundation last week, raising money for BC Children’s Hospital and childhood cancer research. One of the funnest performing gigs I have ever done. Thank you to David C. Jones and the Laughter Mission Society for hiring me once again!
School: Back at SFU for my first full semester in 4 years. Yes, it has been that long. It’s great though. This time around, I am determined to not allow myself to get into a habit of falling asleep in class. Also very annoyed at teenagers who chatter through lectures and pack up early. How disrespectful.
Art: SFU Linguistics department hired me to do cartoon drawings for an experiment. A real challenge for me, because I don’t draw people! Ever! But the steep learning curve was good for me, and I’m proud of my work.
BC Politics: Did my part and voted at 8:30 in the morning, reminded everyone on facebook etc! Cannot believe the voter turn out – less than 50%?? How pathetic! Mandatory voting and $300 fine NOW. Those that don’t vote don’t have the right to complain.
“I don’t know the issues” excuse is not valid. Go and find out about the issues – it doesn’t take that long.
“I didn’t have time” excuse is not valid. Make time. Vote early. You are entitled to time off work:
From Elections BC website: “You are entitled to four consecutive hours off from work between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on General Voting Day if you are an eligible voter. It is up to your employer to decide when during the day you can take this time off. It is illegal for your employer to deduct pay or penalize you for taking time off to vote. Employers and employees are encouraged to work together so that all eligible voters can vote without disrupting business operations.”
“I didn’t get around to it” excuse is not valid. Voting is an action. You can’t just sit around all day and realize at 7:50pm that you don’t have time to get to the elementary school 2 blocks away.
This sort of inaction really frustrates me. Even in an election where the choices are generally unsavoury either way, you must still get involved! What will it take to get the young vote out there?
Maybe I should run for politics. Would people vote for me? In any case, I’m really feeling the urge to get more involved in something non-partisan, encouraging people to vote. BAH!
Yes, today, I am photographing my sketchbooks, starting with a couple of select things from 2003 probably. There is an absolute shitload of “art” from my growing up days in our storage locker downstairs, most of which is not worth its weight in paper, but I suppose one of these days I will have to dig it out and decide what to do with it. So yes, I figure that I started coming into my own, i.e. developing my own style around…lets see…grade 12. Before that, it was all crap. Even grade 12, it was all crap. I’m not even looking for polished work! I’m looking through doodle/sketchbooks for RAW stuff, the SINEWS and BLOOD and OXYGEN, something in the paintings, the drawings, the lines, that shows a little promise, a little passion.
I figure that I have about one good piece of art in me for every 3 months of living. It’s like I have to think about it, think about it, dream about it, let it frustrate me to the point where I have to grab a piece of paper and let’er rip. Sometimes that piece of art is uh…2×3 inches big or so. That’s okay. Compact is good. It’s like a really expensive meal at one of those really “good” restaurants that serve you about 3 bites on an oversized plate (i like cheap and big and dirty myself, but that’s me). That’s like my 2×3 inch drawing. haha. OHHH REVELATION!!! That’s how the celebrities stay thin! They eat at expensive restaurants and they will never admit that they’re paying too much for not enough food.
So yes, i’ll get around to posting all the…uh…”art” on www.beverlywu.com soon. Yeah, the site is going into another round of re-design. This time, it’s going to be really freaking simple and a little bit pretty but more functional than anything. Goodbye flash websites. Hello CSS.
