Because of the chalk controversy and our fear of glitter, we have revealed the natural fairy within us!!
so today was the infamous Stonehenge trip….rain/cloudy/foggy/cold. AWESOME!
Our entire way there I was excited because I knew that upon arrival we would me THE Busty Taylor, who I had heard all about from the seniors. He was just what I pictured (I thank Marc Anderson for the image that I put in my head after hearing his stories on him). Busty was oh so serious about how Stonehenge was created & loved his little sticks that would show us how the stones “talked” & where this insane spiral of water was….truthfully I think that Stonehenge was some kinda witchcraft, human sacrafice, creepy thing, sorry Busty.
All in all though, it was a interesting field trip for us VCUKers. Worth all the neck cramps we now have from sleeping on the bus?? I think so.
As the time is flying by I realize I come home after everyday and think to myself, today was the greatest day of my life. This experience has given meaning to my original decision to come to the University of Delaware. It is something I would have never been forced into experiencing anywhere else. The idea of traveling to Europe isn’t something that anyone in my family has done, or may have do in the future until my eyes were opened to another part of the world. After never leaving New York, New Jersey or the Bahamas I’ve come to understand and see everything around me in a more intelligent, and broader span.
Yesterday was an amazing day that we spent in Kensington Gardens. As explained by many of my roommates all over the blog you can view pictures of my face with expressions most have not seen before, fear. I don’t get shocked or scared by many things, but the idea of being in that tree with that dress on, actually almost brought tears to my eyes. I’ve never laughed so hard with a group of friends, or had such a rush from something as simple as climbing a tree. London has brought on experiences that I never would have had before, beyond seeing the outstanding speakers, shopping or food. The experience as a whole I can truly say has been the best 4 weeks of my 21 years. With a little over a week left, (I can’t believe I can say that) thinking about having to leave upsets me to no end..
“be a fairy.”
So for my Make Art NOW we wanted everyone to feel free to act like a little kid for an afternoon and spread “pixie dust” throughout the part, with chalk and glitter. Unfortunately we found out that chalking could get us in trouble with the authorities so we had to resort to other child like activities. I really wanted to climb a tree and after a few attempts and realizing that just getting up there was much different then when I was half my size. Ang, Wolfe and I got up there at the same time while Nicole and Aly stood below very upset to not be up there with us… their journey up required team work and the continued pics show the fear that struck once aly got up there. I hope you think they are as hilarious as I do.
today jaclyn, kathleen, matt, micki, and myself began the movement to “make art now” by bringing everyone to the peter pan statue in kensington gardens, equipping them with pixie dust, and encouraging everyone to spend an hour in the park taking playful photos of their interpretations of fairies and what it means to be childlike. here are some i took while walking around with jaclyn and hopefully everyone else will post theirs to the blog soon!
Today michael johnson shared some inspiring words with us about what design can do:change your mind about the city/move a brand from no where to somewhere/
what design can’t do: always win every time.
At most visits the designers just show us their successes but Michael Johnson showed us one of his failures which was great too see ( he did have 7 D&AD pencils placed on his shelf).
In regards to Nicole’s post “never grow up” here are some photos we captured while climbing our tree. Though it was much more difficult then in our younger years we managed to create a system to get all of us in the lovely tree in hyde park. I cant imagine what we looked like from an outsider point of you but i could imagine it was a sight to be seen. Overall today turned out to be such a nice day, it reminded me of my childhood. I literally never want to grow up…
