Autumn colors outside Classic Hall
Outside Parker Auditorium
This Wednesday was my first day back in classes, after coming back from Hanover’s break. Fall break never feels like it’s long enough, but I console myself with the knowledge that it’s only a few more weeks until Thanksgiving break, a.k.a. turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, pumpkin pie, and my dad’s cranberry-orange relish. Yuuuuuuum.
Over the break, I went to my sister’s marching band competition, worked at my job at the meat counter of a grocery store, hung out with a few friends from work, got a haircut, saw the movie, “Where the Wild Things Are,” and slept LOTS. “Where the Wild Things Are” actually made me cry (but I have convinced myself that it’s because of childhood nostalgia). Clearly I am getting soft in my old age. I was really impressed with it; if you haven’t seen it yet, check it out!
Driving back to Hanover, I had to force myself to keep my eyes on the road … the fall colors were almost at their peak, and the drive was gorgeous (despite the rain). My route goes through part of the Hoosier National Forest, and I sooo wanted to get out of my car and start taking pictures. But today I got some pretty nice photos of all the reds, yellows, oranges, and browns while biking around campus.
Classes have hardly skipped a beat here. I think fall break has renewed my energy to tackle course work, which is fortunate because I am quite busy right now. It feels satisfying to know I’m accomplishing something worthwhile.
Currently, my main project is getting the art gallery ready for the student art exhibition. I had a meeting with my art professor yesterday, and the next steps are to work with the gallery workers in choosing works, matting and framing them, deciding how to arrange them, and installing them.
In my other classes, we’re studying the history of feminist art, doing reductive drawings of the figure (a.k.a. drawing with an eraser), and reading short stories by Eudora Welty.
In the meanwhile, I’m still working on a Halloween costume. I’m going to Goodwill this weekend to see what I can conjure up. The best ideas I have so far are an undead bride, a gypsy, an undead cowboy/girl, a hippie, etc. I always aim to have something unique, but my imagination seems to be failing me this year. I hold out hope that a good idea will strike me before President DeWine’s Halloween party.
