Hello!
So I'm back for Easter holidays in Brighton, hungover from being out three nights in a row and I'm finally having one of those 'sensible, cosy nights-in' kind of evenings. Today I've been binge watching YouTube and Friends in bed all day and I feel like mush but I kinda wanted to do something productive and I really enjoy writing about life. I feel this helps me organise my thoughts and it allows me to work out what goals I want to achieve, its also good to look back on to see how my life has changed - and if anyone wants to give it a read, go for it!
So I guess at the moment all is going well. I'm really enjoying University in Cardiff (if you didn't know I study Textiles BA Hons) now that I've moved into a more quite flat and made new friends. I've also started to love Cardiff as a city way more as I've discovered new places to eat and drink and in class we've formed our little friendship group which is cute. If you've seen my recent life-update video, I had what I called a 'wobble' over Christmas time and I associated all the shitty things that were happening in my life with Cardiff and I planned to transfer closer to home for my second year. However, when I came back I was so happy and its weird to think I went from hating Cardiff to loving living there. I'm also enjoying my current modulles- in class Ive chosen a theme of 'Naive Doodles' so I've been working in this new, simplistic, child-like style which was quite far away from my style as an artist but it's taught me a lot. I'm basing my mark-makings on my dreams and keeping a dream journal which is such an interesting project and researching what specific elements in my dreams mean has been an eye-opener to maybe what I feel excited, nervous or anxious about in real life. (if you wanted to see some of my work my art instagram is @charliepriceart) I'm also about to start my essay which is on subcultures. In a nerdy way I'm super excited to do this essay and I've enjoyed the lectures so far as I'm a bit fan of the This Is England series and movie which explored skinhead subculture and style is important to me, I love learning about it and how it shows who you are.
So Uni is going well and I'm pretty excited about this year too. Me and my Uni friend Katie are going to Sweden for my birthday which is cool as I usually stay at home and have a big party there but it will be fun as were also going to a festival in Stockholm. I'm also going to Spain with my family and potentially going to Spain again with my old college mates for another festival, which I still need to book but fingers crossed it all goes to plan!
Something I've learnt this year about myself is that I'm a really strong person for getting through my 'wobble'. I don't think I'll ever mention online what really happened because although I keep a virtual diary of my life, theres stuff that I want to keep private. I also feel that I've started to really appreciate the perks of being single. I've got so much time on my hands and I can do whatever I like so I've been setting myself little projects that I never used to get round to doing. Like last term, I decided to teach myself how to cook so I don't just end up eating pasta pesto overnight (classic me) and when I come back for the next term, I've decided I am going to buy second hand/ charity shop clothing and DIY them to completely transform them for example, festivals. I've got a Pinterest board for this project I'm setting myself and I got loads of good ideas. I saw this one I really wanna try thats basically smashing up CDs then sticking all the individual fragments onto a hat or whatever which makes a really cool reflective pattern - perfect for a party or festival. I then could potentially make a Depop page and sell some of my stuff but I'll see how it goes, I'm more up for just setting myself this creative project as a hobby. I guess this could tie into my YouTube too as I could record the thrift store to festival transformation process. I love watching this kind of videos myself so they would be so fun to make!!
Speaking of hobbies and YouTube, I want to take a new direction with my videos and make them more thrift store, fashion and style focused because fashion is something I am passionate about and I find those ones really fun to edit. I also need to vlog more as its so lovely looking back on them in the future. I guess that ties into the Sweden and Spain trips too. I hope to get really creative with my editing skills and push myself, making blogs super sharp quality and aesthetically pleasing to watch. I love editing way more then filming so I am defiantly going to look into pushing my creativity further online.
If I'm thinking long term plans for life, at this current moment I think I would love to be an art teacher. My plan is to finish my degree then do a 1 year teaching degree and then I'll be qualified to teach later in life. I don't want to come straight out of education and go straight back in so I'll give it some time if I did decide to be a teacher. I think between then I see myself moving back to Brighton and having a few different jobs and pushing myself as an artist. I would love to do open houses and workshop classes and potentially sell some of my art. Obviously the dream job is to make enough money from vlogging that I can have stability but its hard, especially in this day and age when everyone wants that too. For me its now about the views though, either way I am going to continue showing my life online because I love watching other peoples lifes too and he whole editing process and everything is a great hobby to have. But, who knows what the future hols for me, a lot could change.
Well anyway, I reckon I'm gunna head to sleep as I really do need it. Let me know how your life is going as I'm loving reading at the moment, I've also been listening to podcasts on the way to Uni which is a new interest of mine. I hope you enjoyed reading this- I definitely enjoyed writing it and getting out all my thoughts. It's funny to think I might look back on this post one day and laugh about how much has changed, strange.
Night, Charlie x x x
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