Stumbled upon it, thought it was quite interesting, actually

Enjoy an article I stumbled upon. It records the results of an experiment of an artist drawing while being introduced to doses of LSD. I think 2-45 minutes- 5 -45 minutes are quite beautiful actually. Although this is a sketchy way to get loose, the results are pretty remarkable.

Europe, love of my life...

As promised, pictures from my trip to Paris this summer. It was amazing. I am definitely going back! I would really love to travel all over Europe. This trip we stayed in France. It was incredible. I would recommend traveling to Europe to anyone. It definitely is an experience. Enjoy!

Fearing for my life

So this past week was Riverbend. For those of you who don't know, Riverbend is Chattanooga's week long music festival. Every year the festival ends with a fireworks display. I'm not much into big crowds, but I happened to venture out on the last night Friday; for the sole purpose of watching the fireworks that I assumed were going to be pretty good. You know what they say about making assumptions. It took me an hour to walk from my car into the actual festival. I had suffer through walking down a long dark street, by myself mind you, and across the walking bridge teeming with people. Okay, back to the fearing for my life. After crossing the walking bridge you come to the Hunter Museum and it's beautiful pedestrian bridge. Usually I enjoy walking this bridge but that night, I FEARED FOR MY LIFE. The bridge is made of glass and metal. On the last night of Riverbend, I could not believe how many people were standing on this bridge. In my mind, all I could picture was just one of the large glass panes cracking slowly until I fell through. Not only were there hundreds of people on this bridge but I was trying to shove my way through them. And that little girl. Oh man, I wanted to pull her little pigtails out! She was dancing around in the middle of the bridge not paying attention to all of the people trying to get through. I politely said "excuse me." She looked back at me, gave me a little smirk and continued ambling to the other side. Long story short, never again will I cross this Bridge during riverbend, or any time when I think there may be an excess of people roaming the streets. Maybe, just maybe this decision has saved my life.

P.S.: I leave for Paris this Friday, there will be pictures my friend, lots of pictures, and hopefully an anecdote or two! :)

HELP! I need somebody. HELP! Not just anybody... H-E-L-P!!

Someone needs to find a cure for the common cold, NOW. I think I've just caught the plague. Someone save me with your brilliance.

So, I'm just exhausted.

First off, this post is going to be a mishmash. I hope you can follow me here. I tend to rant /ramble. Really, I don't think I could be any more tired. This week, and maybe a little of last week I feel like I just can't keep up. And... time seems to be flying by in these last few weeks of this semester of school. I am beyond ready for summer, or just some warm weather would be nice. This week, I have realized just how much I love drawing, well, ART in general. And, I really want to improve. I'm loving this semester. Okay, that's not all, but that's all I have time to say right this second. I have to leave for work now, as usual.

Addendum: So, it' Friday, my First day off this week, and I'm pretty excited to have some free time to hang out. This week definitely took its toll on me. Hopefully, I can keep up the hard work, and end this semester right. Well, I'm off to job search. I need a change. I'm tired of all the Drama.


Oh and thanks Blake for the Turbo Jam session last night. I realized just how uncoordinated I am, and my muscles are killing me. This is you and I doing Turbo Jam:

Learning to Love you More

I was introduced to a very interesting site called "Learning to Love You More". If you have a minute you should check it out, and participate, if you feel so led.

Please check out the website called:LEARNING TO LOVE YOU MORE

Based from Yoko Ono's piece Grapefruit featuring specific instructions on how to create "art", Learning to love you more is created with that same premise.

Site bio:Learning to Love You More is both a web site and series of non-web presentations comprised of work made by the general public in response to assignments given by artists Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher. Yuri Ono designs and manages the web site.Participants accept an assignment, complete it by following the simple but specific instructions, send in the required report (photograph, text, video, etc), and see their work posted on-line. Like a recipe, meditation practice, or familiar song, the prescriptive nature of these assignments is intended to guide people towards their own experience.Since Learning To Love You More is also an ever-changing series of exhibitions, screenings and radio broadcasts presented all over the world, participant's documentation is also their submission for possible inclusion in one of these presentations. Past presentations have taken place at venues that include The Whitney Museum in NYC, Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, Aurora Picture Show in Houston, TX, The Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, WA, the Wattis Institute in San Francisco CA, among others.Since LTLYM inception in 2002 over 8000 people have participated in the project.

I completed a few of the assignments. Here are my findings.

Assignment #27

Take a picture of the sun. Just a picture of the sun, nothing extra or fancy. Please make sure the sun is visible in the photo, we won't accept reflections of the sun or photos where the sun is not visible. Please be careful not to look directly at the sun through your camera's viewfinder; looking directly at the sun could damage your eyes. If you need to, just point the camera towards the sun and shoot the photo. ACCEPT THIS ASSIGNMENTEvery submission must include the following: NAME (as you'd like it to appear on the website) and LOCATION (where you are from). Submissions missing these details will not be posted. D O C U M E N T A T I O N > You will send us your picture of the sun along with the city and state/country you were in when you took it. Send us your work using either our UPLOAD PAGE or via email EMAIL .Questions? Email us.

Ashley Clark, Location: My front porch, Chattanooga, Tn

Assignment #43

Assignment#43:Make an Exhibition of the art in your parent's house

This will be an online exhibition, existing as a slide-show on the site. Take pictures of your parents art. This is the art you grew up with -- that picture that has always hung above the toilet, the abstract print that confused you as a child, the statuette of an angel -- art so familiar that you might not even think of it as art. But it is! And it shaped your vision of reality. Your photos should include a little bit of the surrounding area, a bit of the wall or table the art is on. Number the photo files and supply us with a corresponding numbered list of one-sentence descriptions of how you viewed this as a child (Did you like it? Or, how did it make you feel?) ACCEPT THIS ASSIGNMENTEvery submission must include the following: NAME (as you'd like it to appear on the website) and LOCATION (where you are from). Submissions missing these details will not be posted. D O C U M E N T A T I O N > Send in from three to five images and the corresponding text. Send us your work using either our UPLOAD PAGE or via email EMAIL .

Ashley Clark, Location: My house, Chattanooga, Tn

We never had art on the walls when I was growing up. I grew up with plain white walls, a small daybed, and hand-me-downs. All of these pieces were aqcuired in the last few years. My mom had a decorator come in and furnish us with all of this fancy stuff. All this said to me was that she had the money to make our house look like a museum. I never even notice that they are there. The majority of them are portraits of canines and horses doing what canines and horses do. It's pretty sad to me that I don't take notice of any of these works. I think it's mostly because they weren't painted or picked out for a specific purpose. My mom just said "Find something pretty that will fill up the space." So, unfortunately none of these ever puzzled me as a child. They sort of just puzzle me now. Why do we need these? Couldn't we do something better with the money, or pick out something we actually like, something that means something to us?

Assignment# 50

Assignment #50Take a flash photo under your bed.

REPORTS:

Don't vacuum or alter anything under your bed beforehand. Take a photo under there with a strong flash, preferably with the camera sitting on the ground. Make sure your photograph is in focus! We are looking for photos that depict the space between the bottom of the bed and the floor, please do not send us photos if your bed is flush against the floor or if it is a loft bed. ACCEPT THIS ASSIGNMENTEvery submission must include the following: NAME (as you'd like it to appear on the website) and LOCATION (where you are from). Submissions missing these details will not be posted. D O C U M E N T A T I O N > Send us your work using either our UPLOAD PAGE or via email EMAIL .Questions? Email us.

Ashley Clark, Location: My room, Chattanooga, TN

Assignment#53

Assignment #53Give advice to yourself in the past.
REPORTS:

Choose a particular age you have been, perhaps a time when you were particularly lost. Write out a list of practical advice to yourself at that age. Begin the list with this header: "Advice To Michelle Cambell at Sixteen" (only use your name and whatever age you want.) You must specify the age that you are giving yourself advice to!! Be very specific with your advice, for example, don't just say "Hold on to your heart," but instead say "Don't go out with Kevin, he will eventually cheat on you. Go out with Jake instead, he is actually cooler." If you need to use fake names go ahead. It is easy to say that everything happens for a reason, but take this opportunity to redirect yourself towards what you think might have been better. Sure everything turned out ok, but maybe you should have quit that job five years earlier, maybe you should have had children when you were 27, maybe you should have flossed, maybe you should have gone to the alternative high school, or not said that thing to your best friend. Tell yourself what to do in clear, specific language. Do not write an essay, make it in list form. ACCEPT THIS ASSIGNMENTEvery submission must include the following: NAME (as you'd like it to appear on the website) and LOCATION (where you are from). Submissions missing these details will not be posted.

Advice to Ashley Clark at age 16:

• Speak up, no one will know who you are if you have nothing to say.


• Don't worry what other people think of you, you do that too much. Just worry about what God thinks of you, and what you think of yourself.


• Don't lie, you aren't good at it anyway. Your parents will always find the truth.


• Go out and date some. Make some new friends. You only live once. Make the most of it.