ch-ch-ch-changes

photo courtesy of Raimon Ramis, AP

Wow, I’ve been gone too long! I’ve been busy. I graduated! And in a pretty dope cap too. We paraded around Beverly led by bagpipe players and had a quick but sweet commencement ceremony at Cabot Cinema. The boyfriend and I went to lunch with my family and we were so tired afterward we came home and passed out for a few hours.

The following day, I took my friend, Faith, to get her first tattoo at Jim’s in Seabrook. We had to wait a few hours to get Korie, the artist we wanted, so we drove up to Portsmouth and went to Bliss, Treehouse Toys, and Macro Polo. It’s a really good thing that I don’t live closer to Portsmouth. Bliss was filled with the softest scarves and dresses, but I resisted! I was on a mission to find my niece a birthday present. Macro Polo is more for older kids and child-like adults, but she’s just turning two. Treehouse Toys was perfect- they have the coolest toys. I can’t wait to play with them with the birthday girl.

I hate to end on a sad note, but I just came across this article on NPR about the recent passing of Louise Bourgeois. Upon seeing her retrospective at the LA MOCA in 2008, I was initially drawn to Red Room and the Couple sculptures and only mildly interested in the Femme Maison oil paintings. Since then, however, I’ve gone back to those paintings in my memory and online while struggling with femininity in paintings with interiors in Senior Seminar. I have never been much of a fan of Bourgeois, these aforementioned pieces being of the few that appeal to me, but I still find myself going back to her again and again. Kind of like a teacher who is somewhat unpleasant but you keep going back because you know you’ll learn the most from them.