Christine's Arts Blog!

I back and ready to write even more. I have been publishing and I even applied for a playwright residency. It sounds like a wonderful organization with a great potential. I wrote an article for Rain and Thunder which is an activist journal and heard back that they were pleased to publish it. I was also published in The Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology. It is great to be writing again and I am sorry for not posting anything sooner. I am back and will be talking about The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Hey there, I decided to devote much of my down time to poetry and writing. I am currently working on trying to get my documentary into film festivals. I showed it at the local university's local filmmaker night. I noticed how much time you have post graduate school even with working full time. I submitted a poem back in October and was just contacted now that the journal aaduna wanted to publish my haiku. I was ecstatic sometimes like I mentioned in earlier posts being rejected as a writer comes with a price. As a writer you must keep both oars in the water and keep on rolling. I submitted more poetry. So here's the blog where you can check the journal out! Make sure to visit www.aaduna.org to see all the poets (including myself) in the weeks to come. Peace, Love, and Light! Until then keep on writing! http://www.aadunanotes.blogspot.com/

Finally after all this time I completed my thesis. It was an amazingly long process but in the end I am glad I completed it. I worked very hard to complete it. At times I thought I would not see the light at the end of the tunnel. But I hope by me writing this people take from my experience to never give up. I remember the quote and I am not too sure who it is by but it goes like this "you are responsible for the effort not the outcome" and with that in mind on my most insecure days I kept treading! It is truly a beautiful feeling to be completed with my creative thesis!

I decided to get away from the subject of art. I wonder when people read this- do they wonder about me. I briefly introduced myself in the beginning of this blog. This blog was once a multicultural blog I had for graduate class that turned into an art blog. I had a blast in the class and the professor that taught the class always encouraged her students to explore themselves a bit deeper. I learned so much from this professor: she taught me to constantly keep trying, never give up, make sure I become the best writer and student I could be. I never would have made it through graduate school if I did not take her graduate writing course. I still refer to many of her notes she gave us in that class. As I get ready to defend my thesis ( it is coming up here shortly) I think of what one of my favorite professors would encourage me to do. So Dr. Anne Marie Fowler if you ever find this know that I am eternally grateful for everything you taught me. I will never forget the wisdom you ...

September and October are always busy months for me! I had a lot of homework and getting aligned to finish up my thesis. But I do enjoy now and then sneaking away to see different forms of art and films and such. I was lucky enough to win tickets to see a live presentation via Fathom events on the city of Pompeii. It was very interesting and much of the information I had never heard of! If you have a chance and want some interesting reading take out some books about the city and people of Pompeii. It was sure an eye opener for me!

Well happiness is to report I did pretty well in my World Literature Class :o) I think I might keep this blog up and not only dedicate it to literature but to art, film, and other mediums. It was pretty fun keeping a blog for class :o) I hope other students enjoy it as much as I did myself! I did see a new Woody Allen movie over the weekend called Blue Jasmine. It was a sad but good movie. It goes to show you can have all the money in the world but that doesn't make the world go around.