Sunday 16 October 2011
063: I couldn't disguise my excitement when I heard Bon Iver, James Blake and 'Collaboration' in the same sentence.
James Blake and Justin Vernon, Bon Iver, have come together to form a haunting collaboration. Falls Creek Boys Choir incorporates both of these artist's unique styles at a midpoint that forms a melancholic mess, demonstrating James Blake's balance between silence and sound, and Vernon's harmonious falsettos. The pair use auto-tuned vocals, not to mask off-key inaccuracies, but rather as an instrument in itself - a medium for self-expression and magnificent creativity. Elements of both Bon Iver's and James Blake's self-titled albums are apparent throughout the song, Vernon's exquisite, ethereal vocals and the unpredictability and sporadicity, of Blake's irregular electronic intervals.
I am mesmerised.
062: I have now completed my first exam.
This is such a surreal feeling. Art has been a whirlwind of creativity, emotion, inspiration over the course of the past two years - and I mean that 100%. And now it's over, and I feel flat.
I had my first IB exam yesterday, for Visual Arts, a 45 minute interview in which I was able to share the meaning, technique, artistic influences, cultural influences, etc, behind my artwork. It was such an incredible experience, and I'm surprised to say that I genuinely enjoyed the experience. I can't be certain how I went - but my examiner did tell me that he was 'moved' by my work- which is all I could have hoped for. I feel happy with the way it played out.
I quite literally walked out of my examination and didn't even notice - I didn't feel anything, until my IB co-ordinator asked me how it went, and I had the most absurd feeling - that resignated with me for the remainder of my day. The examination was a confronting experience - to speak about something that has been so internal, something that is a part of me that I am only beginning to share with the world, but it was such an empowering feeling. I am so happy and simultaneously, I am so sad.
One exam down, twelve to go. Not too long now. I'm excited.
I had my first IB exam yesterday, for Visual Arts, a 45 minute interview in which I was able to share the meaning, technique, artistic influences, cultural influences, etc, behind my artwork. It was such an incredible experience, and I'm surprised to say that I genuinely enjoyed the experience. I can't be certain how I went - but my examiner did tell me that he was 'moved' by my work- which is all I could have hoped for. I feel happy with the way it played out.
I quite literally walked out of my examination and didn't even notice - I didn't feel anything, until my IB co-ordinator asked me how it went, and I had the most absurd feeling - that resignated with me for the remainder of my day. The examination was a confronting experience - to speak about something that has been so internal, something that is a part of me that I am only beginning to share with the world, but it was such an empowering feeling. I am so happy and simultaneously, I am so sad.
One exam down, twelve to go. Not too long now. I'm excited.
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