a compilation.

it's been nearly a month and a half since i've last written, but in all honesty i've had nothing of importance to say. i feel that the summer is a compilation of days and adventures that can't be explained individually. the summer is a time to pick your favourite memories and figure out an overall feeling that comes along with them and the summer as a whole. this summer has been less than a wild ride but more than a blip on my radar. i've got pictures and memories and songs to trigger feelings and scents that won't ever leave my mind. i've created new friendships and reconnected with old ones. i've had nights i'll never be able to remember because of alcohol but stories to be heard for the rest of my life. but, if i had to choose one sense to explain my summer it would be touch.

i know that scent is the strongest sense tied to memory but personally touch reverberates much deeper within my core. thinking of the feeling of touching another human being or feeling the water rush all over my body after jumping off of a cliff and into a river or lake triggers so many more emotions for me than scents or sounds. i don't know where i'm going with this. here are some pictures and other things that can explain my summer better than i would be able to with words. xoxo. maggie.

watercolours.

so i figured out what to do for my verb project.
if you watch it, let me know what you think. xoxo. maggie.

watercolours. from maggie gray on Vimeo.

verbs. art?

so, my first of two summer classes that i'm taking is a three dimensional studies studio art class. now, three dimensional studies isn't really my thing, but i want to be able to take other classes throughout my time at uvm that require this class as a prerequisite so i'm suffering through it for now.

my first project, a model art gallery made out of butterboard did not come out the way i would have hoped. my fingers, being less than nimble, were not capable of creating the sound structure i was hoping to achieve. the end result was a sagging, miserable looking excuse for a solid building/anything interesting enough to qualify as a satisfactory place to display works of art.

my second project, a model of a rhinoceros beetle made solely of barbecue skewers and hot glue, came out much better and i was really able to get into it and achieve a final product i can be proud of.

currently, i'm in bailey howe library- having been surfing the web on the computer for the past hour- trying to find some inspiration for my "verb" project. i have this and one last welding project to finish by the end of the week and, assuming that i'm correct in assuming that the welding will be the quickest project to complete, i decided i might as well put some extra time into this one and get it done by tuesday night.. hopefully. this "verb" project is inspired by richard serra's list of verbs that he created as a foundation of actions you can perform upon some single kind of material or convey through the molding and malleability of whichever material you were to work with. (i hope that was the correct use of malleability.)

my first thoughts were to use the verb "of refraction" because i love the use of light within prisms and the way they function has always intrigued me. looking further into the project, i began to realize that creating a prism was really not feasible and just hanging a bunch of prisms in a tree to watch the light refract was too much of a cop-out and i would feel completely lazy and unoriginal if i presented that to my class. after my first presentation of my butterboard project i can't bear to present another project i'm dissatisfied with. i'm contemplating using "to impress" and do some type of embossment project but i want to do something on a larger scale. for now, i need to get off this blogbreak and get back to work though because i should have been in class long ago and the blogging isn't really helping me get any further with my searches. hhhhhh. xoxo. maggie.

listen, watch.

a day of rain.

today was a dreary and rainy sunday. the past three weeks of what i can solidly call my start to the summer (massachusetts journey, the move into my new home, first of the summer parties, night-time swimming adventures, finally training to serve at applebee's, jumping in lake champlain, biking all across creation, etc.) were sunny and amazing and filled with fun. today was an extreme foil to act as a definitive ender of the weekend and hopefully help put me into work mode for at least the next four days.

my first art critique in my summer three dimensional studies class did not go as well as i'd hope so i'm going to try my best to get as into the rest of my projects as i possibly can. luckily, with a fuller schedule (class monday through thursday from 9am until 12:30pm and work monday through wednesday from five on) i'll be able to set more firm exercise plans incorporating running outside, biking, swimming, and finally being able to make use of the uvm gym now that i'm an official student!

since my last post more disposable photos have been taken, using up my first set of three cameras, now i have two more to get through before fresh prints. take a gander at a brief summ(er)ary of the start to one of my favourite seasons to enjoy in burlington. more photos after the jump.

summer in the RTL.

i will be missing my rutland lifestyle allllll summer. NOT. but, i will definitely miss being able to see some of my best friends whenever i want. i've posted this video before, but just take another gander. gets me reeeally excited for the rutland summer parties to come. hell yeah. xx.

RUTLAND PREMIERE GBP from zach lefter on Vimeo.

maggie[off]abreak?

it is completely impractical for me to be awake right meow. it's 3:30am and i'm just barely beginning this blogpost. in five and a half hours i'll be starting my first college class since starting my "break." luckily, my class is an art class which will be a lovely transition back into my school life. i miss learning too, i really do. i'm excited to get back into the swing of things- especially with such a mellow segway into education with only taking one class at a time throughout the summer. the reason i'm posting though is not to discuss my classes, nor to discuss how this technically takes me off my break- i'm writing to update about my recent @$$achusettes travels. and this time, instead of my typical picture posts, i'll be posting disposable prints! they are always so much more fun and i'll be posting as many as i can this summer.

thursday morning i took to the highway and began my trek to medway, massachusetts to visit my friend sam. with my luck, one exit away from sam's hometown, my tire blew and i had to slowly creep along the breakdown lane to the nearest gas station so i could get ahold of aaa and get a new tire. after two extra hours tacked onto the travel time, i arrived at sam's and we hung around his house briefly before driving another hour south to his family's house on the cape. that night we made our own sushi, lounged around before sleeps, and woke to a gorgeous view of the ocean. more photos after the jump.