Nigel Ewan enjoys life.
“Note that the emblem was not only fire, but a tongue of fire, for God meant to have a speaking Church. Not a Church that would fight with the sword—with that weapon we have nothing to do—but a Church that should have a sword proceeding out of its mouth, whose one weapon should be the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ! I think, from what I know of some preachers, that when they had their Pentecost, the influence put upon them was in the form of tongues of flowers. But the Apostolic Pentecost knew not flowers, but flames! What fine preaching we have nowadays! What new thoughts and poetical turns! This is not the style of the Holy Spirit!”
Leslie Howard and Noel Coward, 1938.
(Source: gregorypecks)
“Christ, Whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise!
Triumph o’er the shades of night;
Day-spring from on high, be near;
Day-star, in my heart appear.”
—Charles Wesley’s Christ, Whose glory fills the skies
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Benjamin West. The Ascension. 1801.
Last night (3 may 2013), my sister and I drove to Nelsonville to see Bill Callahan play at Stuart’s Opera House. (A popular location for Drag City artists, apparently!) Instead of sitting in Stuart’s auditorium-style seats, we sat on collapsible chairs on the stage itself, and since we got there a little early, we had front-row seats.
I’d seen Bill Callahan play once before, in july 2011 at the Wexner Center in Columbus. The Nelsonville show had an identical guitar + guitar/occasional harmonica + bass configuration, and a very similar setlist: lots of Apocalypse songs and only one or two songs from the Smog era. The sound was beautiful—just the right volume to appreciate the artistic subtlety of the music. Especially Bill’s lead guitarist, who was super great. It was a fantastic time! Bill Callahan may not have changed much in the past two years, but my ability to appreciate him has only increased!
What I did this week (3 may 2013)
- Turned in my final package design project, which I spent all of three weeks on. Mr. Hazlerig gave us an insta-grade™ and I got an A, so I’m not complaining.
- Did some homework at a table with Colleen, whom I hadn’t seen in ages!
- Had friendship lunch at the Hills. It was just me and Ian this week; some of the others were at a lecture about Family Guy, which I did not attend.
- Had a White Castle-themed meltdown with my team on tuesday morning.
- Made actual in-class progress on a project in Advanced Type. There must be something in the air this time of year.
- Took my “final exam” in Draping, for which I had to drape and create a pattern by looking at an illustration. I haven’t got my grade back yet, but I’m sure I did poorly.
- Forgot to take a crucial piece of draping homework with me, causing me much duress.
- Used my charisma at the CCAD library to access their button-making machine (for White Castle purposes, of course).
- Finally heard back from Cheryl Steele about the mysterious lost draping homework. Had to invade a senior fashion crit to get my work back. On the plus side, Cheryl Steele texted me, which was practically on my bucket list.
- Got annoyed at the warm weather all week.
Sometimes, Give One Casual Element A Try.
Prince Charles and the suited loafer.
What I did this week (26 apr 2013)
- Had a very disappointing monday, consisting of an extremely dysfunctional package design class followed by an ill-planned friendship lunch. (Turns out the tiki bar on Grant is closed on mondays.)
- Managed to tweet about White Castle a whole lot, but didn’t do a whole lot of actual work. This project is shaping up to be quite challenging.
- Almost broke down into tears in Cheryl Steele’s class after realizing the true amount of work due. It doesn’t help that the class is full of fashion majors to whom I cannot relate on any level.
- Finished up my package design project in a hurry on wednesday night with copious amounts of glue gun, all so I could use the shrink-wrapping machine at school on thursday. You see, I have all these things planned out very carefully.
- Had some nice old-fashioned group critiques in Advanced Type both tuesday and thursday. It is nice to sit in a circle and talk about your work.
- Braunschweiger sandwiches.
- Worked on my final garment for Draping. Lots.
- Drove back to campus friday evening for the opening reception of the senior graphic design thesis show. Introduced myself to one of the senior ad teachers; ate cheese; awkwardly misunderstood sarcasm; criticized and lauded people’s work with A, my critique cohort.
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