The Creative Habit

In my INQ class for over these past weeks we have been reading a book called “The Creative Habit” by Twyla Tharp. Overall I really like this book; I feel it is very enjoyable to read with the different structure she uses. Her structure is not common like other books I have read.  As you read her book you noticed she has sentences and words with different fonts and size, its not all the same it goes from big to little. In most you read just straight paragraphs not in hers. Her book is a personal narrative it helps inform others it is very artisty and free formed. Tharp also talks about creativity. That anyone can be creative. She states that being creative is just as simple as a parent tries to come up with ways to show the world Tharp believes that all it takes is to make creativity apart of your everyday life is to make it a habit. She spoke on how rituals are the beginning of the creative progress. Using an example on how her friend Auster met a famous baseball player but didn’t get to have their autograph because they forgot a pen. Now ever since doesn’t leave their house with out any kind of writing utensil. She also states how rituals are a reminder that you are doing something right. I never noticed the rituals I do everyday was something the reminded me I was doing something right till now. I really never noticed if I had a ritual but now I see Monday and Wednesday I have a 3:25 class so I make sure I am ready to go and at 3:00 I go to Dunkin with my friend Jasmine and walk to Davis and Tuesdays and Thursdays I wake up early and the first thing I do it check to make sure my friend Marcia is up and read by 7:45 to get coffee and not be late to class. In my rituals / routines I catch that I always make sure I check on my friends.

S C S U!

The second time around with making a video from my INQ class I feel like I came out on top. I am very proud of video. Back when I first did my first video, I was new to moviemaker on the mac. I wish I would have taken out more time to do the project then I did. So this time around I made sure I had a topic as soon as possible and I got into this project. This video was easier for me to do because I was one of those people who did down play Southern Connecticut State University. This was not my first choice. I actually applied here because my mother did not want me to come here and I thought if I applied here she would actually let me go to my first choice Long Island University.  But I messed up my finical aid and ended up here. At first I was not looking forward to it.  I can say I am glad I came. I was raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut and also Shelton, Connecticut. I see myself as a city girl. I love not having to be stuck and bored like I was in the suburbs. I saw myself in the city. With being here at SCSU I love how close I am to New Haven. I feel there are so many opportunities and I don’t have to be dependent on someone to get around. I need to go somewhere I get myself on the bus and I am there. This school is amazing. I really do love it to death. I am proud I am here. And I hope that I can change peoples mind that this isn’t out to what people set it to be. It’s a great school and you will have amazing time. Also if you think about commuting I say do not do it. I say live on campus get this whole experience you will never regret. I sure know I will not.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is here, there has been many events on campus that’s been happening for Halloween. One event I attended with my friends was the Oktoberfest. It was held in the basement of Farnaham. It was a fun social gathering. They had a Carmel apple maker I got to make two delicious apples.

 They also had a photo booth, xbox kinect, and fried dough truck. My friends both got fried Oreos and a fried dough. The only thing that stunk about it was like people kind of were just sitting around instead of getting involved and it was really hot inside the basement so made you not want to stay for long.

Midterms are OVER

Mid-term week(s) is finally over. Hello less stress! During midterms I can say I had a lot going on from problems in school to finding out one of my childhood friends was in a coma. So my focus like I wanted to have for my midterms weren’t all there. Instead of spending my weekend studying like I thought I was going to do I was more focused on trying to go home be with my love ones and visiting my friend in the hospital. I am very proud of one of my grades I got back that I was most nervous about which was History-110, I scored a B+. In this class I have been struggling but improving. On that midterm I had to write an essay I was so nervous because I know writing is one of my weaker areas not my strongest. But after seeing all my grades I am proud of three of my grades. With two of them I know I am capable of more. So for the rest of the semester I am going to make sure I am more than focus. I learned how to manage my time way better. Plus with this cold weather I plan on spending more time in my room then out wasting any time. More time in my room will equal more studying and homework time. So my goals for the rest of the semester is to bring my 3 B’s up to A’s and my 2 C’s up to B’s I know I can do it and I am more then willing to try as hard as I need to, to work for the grades I want. I am very motivated to be more than successful in college. Failure will now be an option.

Let The Art Speak For Itself

This Art piece I will title it “Human Development”. You can find this piece of art (mural) in the hallway that connects Jennings to Morrill. I noticed this piece of art every time I walk to class on Monday and Wednesday. Its very illusion and trippy. This mural was painted in 1986 by Nicholas Orsini, the professor of art at Southern Connecticut State University. It is a really big mural that takes up the whole entire hallway. I love this mural I think it is really eye catching and the colors attract my attention more. Every time I walked past this mural I didn’t know what it stood for. From a guess I would think it had to do with science since is has astronauts, an eyeball, plants, underwater plants and which I would say aliens. I would also say this mural was painted by an art class of a bunch of students rather than just one person, Orsini. But the true meaning is that it represents stages of human development. This mural shows from left to right, beginning with the emergence of life from the sea, then the discovery of microbiology, next with the exploration of space, after that the botanical and biological forms depicted, and last but not least the true representation of actual portal. But after finding out the means of what it stands for I wish I can ask the artist what made him paints about the stages of human development? If I could take a guess I would probably say since this mural leads into Jennings, which is a science based building, then it would have to deal with that but in the end this is still all assumptions, It would just be cool to know his ideals and how he came up with such an attracting mural. 

Happily Ever After..

On October 17^th, 2012 at 7:00 pm, I attended a talk in hickerson hall. The talk was called “Happily Ever After”.  I heard about this talk from Monique “Mo” one of the CCs in hickerson. This talk was about how to keep a healthy relationship and everything to learn from relationships. What I thought was most interesting was:

·       The ideals of paying for a date. Be open and up to the situation

·       Having to much expectations. Having too many exceptions for someone can ruin a relationship.

·      Know what to argue you about. Pick and chose your battles sometimes its not worth to argue over something so little.

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Don't Let Stress Overcome You!

So midterms have been hectic especially for me.  I started midterms last week and still have one more left tomorrow. Wish me LUCK!! But over the past week I have been stressed out on making sure I do well and get those good grades. But not much helped when I found out one of my best friends since I was seven years old got into a horrible car accident so since then I haven’t been in the right state of mind. I am constantly worried about her health and how she is doing. I am also worried about how my midterm grades are coming out since I haven’t really been oh so focused like I want to me. But after I am done tomorrow with my final last midterm of the semester. I want to get out and have a little bit of fun. So what I decided to do was sign up for the Lake Compounce trip next Friday I believe. I hate scary thing but its Halloween season and I don’t really feel in the spirit so I want to go with my friends get scared the Holy Ghost out of me and relax and enjoy the night. I know this blog is suppose to be about letting lose and to have already done something to relieve the stress already. I am not going to lie I am still stressed out its been a stressful past week. So hopefully with in next weekend and midterms being over everything will be okay and I can push through it and let go, live life, get scared and most of all have fun! I am not going let stress stop me. I am going to let me grow. Stress sometimes stops you from being you. Saturday it caught up to me and I noticed it and had to make a change.