Out of the couple weeks that I have been at college, I have gone home almost every weekend. A lot of my friends make fun of me for coming home so often.. And I know how it can be weird for me to do so.. I have finally graduated and have the freedom away from my family and my high school.. But the thing is, I love my family and my parents.. I love the comfort of home; having Korean food, having a bike; having my own room, going to my home church; and also being able to meet up with old high school friends.
Today, I went to the high school football game to visit the underclassmen from band and it was so refreshing to see them and to get caught up with those people that I once saw every day. Life moves on, but it doesn't hurt to contact those past friends once in a while.
bye bye until next time ^
Friday
leaf by leaf
I have a mild obsession with trees. I'm not sure what it is, but trees in their complexity have always amazed me.
In high school, I would often doodle trees on my notes or in my journals. They were never really good-looking trees, so it was always my personal goal to draw a better looking tree than the last. Although they never really turned out well, it was always relaxing to continue to build on the branches and to make the leaves one by one.
Last Monday I was at this art club at school and our project was to try to make different geometric shapes through duct tape, paint and cardboard. And out of some strange instinct, I thought of putting a tree in there. And so I made a background with different colors and textures, and then I started to construct a tree with tape over the background with the plan to spray paint over the tree and the shadow of the tree would remain. While I was constructing this tree, I was surprised at the amount of people that would walk by and compliment my tree. I never considered myself particularly good at creating trees, whether it be with ink or tape. So I guess my four years of doodling trees in geometry and chemistry really paid off!
^ bye bye for now
In high school, I would often doodle trees on my notes or in my journals. They were never really good-looking trees, so it was always my personal goal to draw a better looking tree than the last. Although they never really turned out well, it was always relaxing to continue to build on the branches and to make the leaves one by one.
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| tree in a letter I sent to my friend |
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| tree I drew with different shades of markers |
Last Monday I was at this art club at school and our project was to try to make different geometric shapes through duct tape, paint and cardboard. And out of some strange instinct, I thought of putting a tree in there. And so I made a background with different colors and textures, and then I started to construct a tree with tape over the background with the plan to spray paint over the tree and the shadow of the tree would remain. While I was constructing this tree, I was surprised at the amount of people that would walk by and compliment my tree. I never considered myself particularly good at creating trees, whether it be with ink or tape. So I guess my four years of doodling trees in geometry and chemistry really paid off!
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| finished project with the tape tree skeleton on the top |
^ bye bye for now
Sunday
a walk through Chinatown
This was a week ago; but better late than never?
Two of my friends and I heard of a "catfe" (cat cafe) that was going to have a pop up store in Chinatown (LA), so we decided to have a mini adventure and head over to Chinatown.
We walked around Chinatown (the area where the tourists go..) and found little stores with all sorts of trinkets and random items, including hats, toys, jewelry, turtles, postcards, flowers, pots, and just all sorts of fun things.
We passed by an artist who painted miniature paintings through the hands of a puppet artist. Quite a random site that was present among the boba tea shops and Chinese restaurants.
After a couple hours of waiting (I'm not sure why we actually waited so long), we got to spend fifteen minutes with some pretty adorable little creatures.
Two of my friends and I heard of a "catfe" (cat cafe) that was going to have a pop up store in Chinatown (LA), so we decided to have a mini adventure and head over to Chinatown.
We walked around Chinatown (the area where the tourists go..) and found little stores with all sorts of trinkets and random items, including hats, toys, jewelry, turtles, postcards, flowers, pots, and just all sorts of fun things.
We passed by an artist who painted miniature paintings through the hands of a puppet artist. Quite a random site that was present among the boba tea shops and Chinese restaurants.
more random stuff! - some of the items that were at these stores were so cute ~
After a couple hours of waiting (I'm not sure why we actually waited so long), we got to spend fifteen minutes with some pretty adorable little creatures.
The catfe was definitely not worth the wait, but it was enjoyable walking around and about Chinatown, just looking at everything, so all in all, I guess it ended up being a fun adventure.
^ adventure's out there!
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