This week’s blog assignment was to write about “making special” and how we personally do. After I studied my personal space however, I felt a little depressed. My space back home is decked out from floor to ceiling with paint, pictures, art, posters, and things I’ve collected. Almost everything had to stay home since I had to fly here. I stuffed whatever I could in three suitcases, leaving very little room for extras. Campus Apartments doesn’t provide much space for decoration anyway, but the two tapestries I did bring went up by the couch.
The desk area looked deserted, so I’ve begun to display things I normally wouldn’t to make it feel more like home. Take for example my Campbell’s recipe box, or my beverage bottles, or my hats by a pile of rocks from Agate Beach, and posters I’ve collected from around campus. I also cut up my Beatles folder and displayed it on my wall. With this in consideration, I’ve certainly “made special”, but it doesn’t feel very special yet. A little happiness worms its way into my heart as I look down at my doodles on my notebook.
I’ve always been a doodler, drawing on everything I could and shouldn’t. Since I’ve been here I’ve been slightly stressed and haven’t been feeling too creative, but I found myself doodling again today! I don’t have a specific pattern or theme to what I doodle, but it’s usually constant for each individual object I’m drawing on. Except for my Jansport backpack back home (I wish I had a picture to share) which is my favorite; complete with dinosaurs, cassette tapes, palm trees, nautical stars, lyrics, and more. Drawing is my favorite form of making my things and space “special” and unique. It not only looks neat when it’s finished (which it rarely ever is) but it usual means something to me. It often speaks of a mood I was in or a thought that was dominating in my noggin for the moment. Ellen Dissanayake states “… one intends by making special to place the activity or artifact in a ‘realm’ different from the everyday.” My activity of doodling is an aesthetic realm entirely, but the temporary transition into a little more interesting zone makes all the difference in my attitude.
I’ve always been a doodler, drawing on everything I could and shouldn’t. Since I’ve been here I’ve been slightly stressed and haven’t been feeling too creative, but I found myself doodling again today! I don’t have a specific pattern or theme to what I doodle, but it’s usually constant for each individual object I’m drawing on. Except for my Jansport backpack back home (I wish I had a picture to share) which is my favorite; complete with dinosaurs, cassette tapes, palm trees, nautical stars, lyrics, and more. Drawing is my favorite form of making my things and space “special” and unique. It not only looks neat when it’s finished (which it rarely ever is) but it usual means something to me. It often speaks of a mood I was in or a thought that was dominating in my noggin for the moment. Ellen Dissanayake states “… one intends by making special to place the activity or artifact in a ‘realm’ different from the everyday.” My activity of doodling is an aesthetic realm entirely, but the temporary transition into a little more interesting zone makes all the difference in my attitude.
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