Saturday, November 21, 2015

Homework 8

How to put this- when I watch a dance piece, I want to be inspired to dance, to create. Once I’m inspired, I get this full body itch to just find a studio and go wild and maybe even choreograph. It’s not something that can wait a day or two. If it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen right then and there. I’ve literally canceled prior engagements, no matter how important, just to scratch this itch. That’s how I feel when I look at zines. I see a zine and think to myself, “I HAVE to do that. Right now. This is me. This is MY thing.” 


Zines…they totally rock my socks. I am seriously in love with them. I’ve probably spent at least 3 or 4 hours looking through all the sites given and even longer on my own Google searches just admiring the artwork. The question “Why haven’t I discovered these yet???” keeps playing on repeat in my brain. They just draw me in. I think it has a lot to do with the raw and almost unpolished look to a lot of them. They seem so real and I appreciate the freedom that exists within them. I enjoy them even more so when there is poetry and/or prose involved (guess that’s the poet in me). I’m casually geeking out and I may or may not be hyperventilating. Kidding, of course. But I am super excited about zines and can’t wait to further explore them in class. J

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