Well, the first week of Spring semester is over. All my classes are GREAT. I'm taking, intro to acting, physical comedy, private guitar lessons, electro-acoustic ensemble, production and reproduction (not what you think, it's a music class where we learn the ins and outs of the Bard recording studio), acting company and first year seminar. All my teachers are lots of fun and I anticipate learning a TON.
On top of all the amazing classes I'm taking, my friend Hannah and I started the Bard Puppetry Union. The club will allow all puppet lovers to express their pent up alter-egos through puppetry. Hannah's mom's best friend is a professional puppeteer and we hope that the school will fund her coming to Bard to teach a puppet making and performing workshop one weekend! For those I haven't been gushing to about puppetry recently, my puppet fervor began when my dear ol' dad took me to see the Jim Henson exhibit over winter break. I'd forgotten how much I LOVE the Muppets, but being surrounded by all of Jim's artwork and reading about his amazingly creative and upbeat life made me fall in love with Kermit, Piggie and all the others all over again. Puppets can create such silliness and joy, which these oh so serious, depressed, existentialist scholars of Bard need quite badly. I also envision the club acting jointly with other clubs, especially those involved in human rights and social issues to raise awareness in a fun, innovative fashion.
I've decided since I'm not taking any poetry or creative writing this semester, and it's something I enjoy and want to cultivate, I will be posting one short story or poem a week on my blog. The main purpose of my telling you this is so that I'll feel the need to actually DO it. If I know people are expecting something once a week, I'll feel obligated to produce something.
I don't have anything right now, because I just came up with this idea, but next week, expect something a bit more substantial to read than my normal run-down of life events.
I'm also going to start doing challenges of the week, just for fun. You can choose to ignore this or not. This week's challenge: Give at least three hugs a day! Hugs are great and wonderful things. If you hug someone for about thirty seconds your hearts start to beat together. I don't tend to be a very huggy person naturally, but I've started making a point of hugging my roommate, Emilia, because both of us are used to being hugged by our parents at home and we miss the huggin' since we've been here. So go on, hug someone!
Love,
Marina
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