Art > Ethics

Oh, Daily Themes. Today, Coffee and Tea are having a dialogue. ^_^ I imagine Coffee as something of an acerbic, overdramatic starving artist ("I have measured out my life in coffee spoons,") and Tea as quite like Obi-Wan Kenobi: British nobility meets Zen monk. Writing is fun.

I shopped the two Ethics classes today. They were alright, but Art History is better. I love discussing ethics, but I don't really feel like reading about it. By contrast, my AH prof said, "this is a class about looking." Well, what do you know. My favorite pastime! And Japanese art is just so cool, and I'm not talking about manga (though geeky me does see touches of stylistic continuity). So much of it is very Zen, very nature-based, sparsely elegant and rustically graceful. And yet it is rife with whimsy. It is also really cool because it influenced French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. The hardest thing will be memorizing the names and the time periods and all that. But if I have the option of taking it Credit/D, there's nothing to fear. It meets again tomorrow and I'm already excited.

Friday is Origins of Andean Complex Societies and probably the resumption of my work in the lab. The senior essay is due so early. It's insane. But it will be a good thing for my other classes.

By the way, it is FREEZING. The gross mystery liquid made icicles on my window today.