CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME

 

Right now I’m studying Plastic Arts, in general I like it a lot although there are things I think that might be lacking and others that are not entirely necessary.

In terms of subjects specially in Art’s History almost everything is based on European world and Painting, I think all that makes sense, but sometimes they tend to repeat some authors and even paintings over and over, it would be great to have more Latin and Oriental references and to talk about other practices like Pottery and Textiles. About the Workload and length of studies I think is well placed, but I know of some workshops that can give too much work and too little time to do it, I haven’t had that problem but some classmates are frequently overworked and get tired of it.

About the teaching methods, it depends on every workshop teacher, in that case some tend to be more close to the students and dedicated than others, I think it would be great for them to talk about their experiences with their students and maybe give each other’s some tips, it would be good for them to have more communication in general.

Now, about the faculty facilities I think that might be the biggest problem, our faculty is a mess, we have asbestos ceilings, when it rains, everything floods, and is impossible to work in it. The building structure is basically falling apart, there are rats and birds inside and they tend to get super nervous, there are some workshops that barely have the required tools or even chairs. I think the only thing good about that space is the food casino, which I hold dear to my heart <3.

NEW lEISURE ACTIVITIES DURING PANDEMIC

The new activity that’s been keeping me entertained is coming from the textiles world. Well, most of the things i‘ve done so far are unfinished, is a bad habit i’ve always had actually haha.
For many years I’ve had interest in embroidery so i started from there.

I made these like ancient letters (I don’t know the specific name, they’re from the 16^th century though) 

 This is a replica of a Matisse painting of a cute cat in cross stitch.

Then I learned to crochet, I started with thin threads, I remember at the start it was so hard to get the stitches right, I used to make them too tight but with time and practice you learn the movement and just get it right out of nowhere.

This is some sort of mini tablecloth, 

I really love these colors combined

                              This glove took a lot of time and patience,

                             one of the fingers broke for some reason :(

Then we bought a missing piece from my mom’s and I sewing machine.

I’ve tried many times to do garments too with this but I always mess up something and then get frustrated and leave it there. 

The last projects I’ve done are these stuffed toys, I use to draw characters when I’m bored in classes so I wanted to make them in 3d, I’ve only done two and now I’m starting a third. I like them so much <3

The crochet helps me a lot during some classes bc most of the time I find it hard to have my hands unoccupied, knitting also keeps me alarmed and in some way more concentrated, all these things provide an outlet for creativity and in general they keep me entertained when I don’t have much to do, it’s been amazing to learn all these techniques because my mom also loves it and has helped me to connect with her too.

THE MANY PETS IN MY LIFE

To start this, i have to say i've had a lot of pets in my life, so i'm going to briefly mention the first ones since i don't remember very much. When i was around five- six years old i had a beetle dog called Barry, a black dog called Blanco and a cat named Cleopatra. Then when i was around ten, my brother and i, each got hamsters, i don't really remember their names and i feel like a horrible person for this lol. 

When my mom moved to La Florida in 2010 (the house we still live in), we got two cats: one named Lancerlot and another one called Pancha. Lancerlot scaped after a few months, and Pancha is still with us, she's been the pet we've lived with the most time yet. 

Pancha is black an white, very cute and wise-looking (i don't exactly know how to explain this).

Pancha has had two litters since she's lived with us, the first one of three cats and the second of five, form all of them i'm going to mention one from the first litter; Yoda, he was adopted by my mom's best friend, David, he changed his name to "Pilucho", he was a super lovely cat and always wanted people to pet him, sadly Pilucho died recently this year, but we know he lived very happily.

I think it was in 2014 when we adopted an old dog we named Albahaca, i would discribe her as grateful and lovely, she still lives with us. 

(This is the faculty's computer, unu) 

Now moving to my dad's house, also in La Florida, in 2015 we adopted a black cat named Raymond, he was nice and adorable only with me, i consider him the closest thing to a son i've ever had, unfortunately he was ran over by a car in February of 2017. I remember i cried for the next three days after that, i was so sad. I guess my dad was also grieving a bit so later that year he brought a black female cat, i called her Yoko, even though she's a bit gruff, and won't let anyone pet her for more than 10 seconds, we still love her a lot.

   

 This is Raymond

                                                                                      This is Yoko

                                                                                     

                                                                                 

That same year my brother found a cat in a bus stop, after a lot of efforts on finding her family through Facebook, we decided to just keep her and we called her Rosemary. In 2018 she gave birth to just one cat, which is very weird by the way, they usually give birth in litters, his name is Gordon, both of them are very tender and affectionate.

The last member 

we've added in 2019 is Alcaparra she's a three year old dog who loves to run and play, and has lots of energy. I actually find her a bit anxious and jittery at times.

Also, Albahaca kinda hates her, this is them arguing:

I tried to keep this as short as possible, i didn't mention a lot of animals we've had and i can easily make a 5000 word essay about my pet history. I'm sorry if it's a bit messy but i'm a divorced dads child who has lived in two houses at the same time all my life and i adore animals so...