This is going to be different

It is 11 at night and I can't get to sleep so feel free to skip this post because I have not slept good in last few week and I'm homesick, well maybe not so much as homesick as I miss my Mom and Dad and Josie, my cat who always sleeps with me.
Being here has been amazing, I have gotten to see pieces of art that I have only seen in book in person. Also being a history buff you can't beat the history and mythology of Rome and Italy. At the same time I really miss Dr. Small who was one of my favorite teachers ever, he taught me about Greek and Roman mythology and now it is hitting me that he is dead because their is nothing more that I would like to do than sit down with him and talk about the different myth that came from around here.
Also I'm trying to get my thoughts in order to write the Art History essay and I'm worried that it is going to be more an essay on the myth of Romulus and the founding of Rome than it is going to be about the Art its self. But as someone who studied history and Mythology for FUN it is hard to not use the history of the Rome in more ways then just the Art. So far I have found a painting that show Romulus and Remus mother with their father Mars called 'Mars and Rhea Silvia' by Peter Paul Rubens, I want to talk about her and her life and then the birth of the twins. Then I plan to use the She-Wolf and talk about the twins growing up and also use 'The Rape of the Sabine Women' by Pietro Berrettini and talk about how Romulus violient nature could come from his father Mars the god of war. Like I said I worried about this essay turning into a history essay vs. art history.
I'm starting to get tired and I don't even know all of what I said so good night.

These are the some of the drawing I made for the printmaking class.




The book is because of my love for reading.

The heart of stone because sometimes I wonder if I have one.

The sleeping cat because my best friend in the world is my cat who likes to sleep all the time.

The cancer ribbon for my mom who is in remission.

The sun and there is a rain cloud that didi not show up in the photos very well. For a long time I have been battling depression and the rain clould stands for that and the sun is because over the past 2 or so year I have been gettin better.

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Notre Dame

These are some photos I took at Notre Dame.

I'm in Paris as of today tell Wednesday night. Today my mom and I went to the Louvre Museum. I got to see the 'Mona Lisa' in person and also Jim this is for you I saw 'The Raft of the Medusa' I still remember you talking about it in the design class. We also went to Notre Dame and I decided that I like the Gothic architecture then the Baroque architecture. For me it is because I have always loved stained glass, but I can see the differents between the different styles. I will put some photos soon.

I know I have already updated my blog today, but I wanted to ask about the journal that goes with the blog. I really bad about writing every day in a book so I have been trying to update my blog at lest twice a week. I have not written in my journal for a while and I want to know of the journal is something we turn in, because it seems really personal for each person. I also know at the end of the day when I'm here in Italy all I want to do is relax and read a book or watch something on my laptop. If someone will tell me one way or another about the journal I would really like that. I also put up things on my blog that I would have written in my journal so you wold be reading the same thing twice.

These are photos taken in Assisi and Siena. I will be travling all of the next week so I don't know when I will be able to update my blog again but hopfully soon.