So basically, I've always had some sort of undefined passion for
art. I'm not the most dedicated lover, I no longer go to galleries and I no longer draw, paint, photograph, record or destroy anything any more. A self confessed underachiever, I attempted to coast through art at school and 6th form, doing just what I needed to, even though I loved everything about the process of creating. Somehow, I managed to get into Chelsea College of art & Design for a year long foundation course, a pretty decent place to go, it's situated right next to the Tate Britain in London, to which students get free entry to any exhibition, offering the chance to experience new and wonderful pieces every lunch break (I spent my lunch breaks soaring through the air with an eccentric young man from Switzerland). My time at Chelsea lasted about 5 months doing pretty much nothing before I realised I was doing pretty much nothing which led to me leaving and getting a part-time job I detested for the rest of the year.
Now I find myself at Uni again, doing Media and Cultural Studies, being asked to create a blog about something I enjoy doing... art, I love doing art, I just never do any. But maybe this is a wonderful opportunity to change that, to get back on the metaphorical saddle and grip a literal brush, something I haven't done in a little over a year.
I'm going to use this blog as a place to post research into numerous artists I may come across, their work, their methods and hopefully a place I can use to document anything I might actually create. I reckon I can do it, the hardest part will be allowing the cost of materials into my ever dwindling student budget.
