No Clever Title Today.

Hello, old friend.

So, in my old entries I talked about applying for and getting rejected from OCAD. And being relieved about that. Well, I'm still glad I failed to get in. A couple years have gone by and I've now started a degree program at the University of Toronto. Complete opposite direction. And completely the right one for me. I decided to go as a mature student, at the ripe old age of 25, and it's been fantastic. I didn't think, for the longest time, that I'd ever go to university. But now I've finished my first year, and I've learned a ridiculous amount of great things, academically and personally. So this is my path for the next few years, and I'm super happy about it.

I'm doing my drawing, painting etc. in my spare time, as time and inspiration allow. The rest of the time I'm filling my brain with knowledge about International Relations, Political Science, Environmental Studies and sometimes I sprinkle some Human Geography or History on top. Privately, I fill my brain with ideas about beauty, poetry, travel, circuses, happiness, and terrariums. Anything to explore my creativity and ideas about the world and life. Sounds scattered, but to me it feels whole.

I recently joined hitRECord.org as a way of somehow being involved in my creative process and a community of people doing the same thing while I'm in school. I'm thinking that maybe this is a great way to stay engaged with this part of my life with however much time I have to contribute to it. And it will be really interesting to see if anyone out there in the hitrecord community picks up any of my posts and does something cool with it.

Here's a snippet of poetry that has a safe place in my heart, from Khalil Gibran:

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet
and the winds long to play with your hair"

S'all for now. I'll try and post some birdy drawings soon. <3 br="" nbsp="">