I was accepted in to OCAD (Ontario Collage of Art and Design) a little while ago for Graphic Design. I was waiting on Ryerson's decisions for Fashion Design before I made my decision. I found out a little over a week ago that I was on the wait list. :( So I accepted my wait list position and the offer to OCAD. I now have to wait until later in July to see if I got a spot in Ryerson. SO I'm planning for OCAD, and hoping for the best. Fortunately for me, if Ryerson accepts me, I wont have to change any of my plans, Ryerson and OCAD are on the same street and I'm planning on living in Co-op that is near both schools.
Despite OCAD not being my first choice, I'm kind of excited. They have a lot of neat things there, but they also don't have a bunch of stuff, like res. blah Finding res for my self has been an adventure.
Well anyhow, I guess I'll update on my university status later. Ryerson has tell Sep 7 to make final decisions on the wait list -_- but in the FAQ they said if you don't hear back by mid to late July, you probably wont hear back at all.
That's all for now,
Ashley
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Discovering Religion Part 2
So this week, I read about Druidism. It was interesting to contrast it to Buddhism. I feel even more drawn to Druidism, mostly because it deals with very modern issues, such as the environment and consumerism. The reason for this being that Druidism practised today is very new.
The original Druids of pre-Christian Britain have been long dead, and because they believed in teachings being passed on by word of mouth, many of these stories, songs, prays and teaching were lost. The only records we have of the Druids are the things Julius Caesar had written. During the first Druid revival period, which was during the Renaissance, many people searched for documents and became increasingly interested in Celtic lore and story. Iolo Morganwg, aka Edward Williams, wrote the Gorsedd, claiming it was the real Druid prays. After his death, it was revealed that the whole Gorsedd was fictional. For a while many neo-pagans used the Gorsedd as their kind of "scripters", but it eventually fell out of favour, because many people did not wish to practise based on fictional stories and prayer's. (My research was done from a book called What do Druids believe?
) It's very free of dogma, and is open to all beliefs.
Anyway, druidism feels natural to me, as if it's something I already know and have always believed in. I want to learn more about natural healing and such. If I had done better in science in high school, maybe I could be going to university to study natural healing, herbalism and midwifery. I could always go back after I finish my design program. oh wow, thinking about it I have a lot of Celtic/Druidic hobbies that I want to get into. For one thing there's the harp. I've wanted to play the harp since i was 5. No kidding, I was it on Disney's Fantasia, and I wanted to learn so bad.
I've been very much influenced by my ancestors as well. I'm part native American (like 1/16, not that much) but I'm interested in their beliefs about nature and the spirit world. I don't know much and I'm trying to figure out were to go to learn about my ancestors.
Well, for know I am happy with my learning. I'm might pursue Wicca next. My grandmother is Wiccan, so there's a family connection.
To be continued...?
The original Druids of pre-Christian Britain have been long dead, and because they believed in teachings being passed on by word of mouth, many of these stories, songs, prays and teaching were lost. The only records we have of the Druids are the things Julius Caesar had written. During the first Druid revival period, which was during the Renaissance, many people searched for documents and became increasingly interested in Celtic lore and story. Iolo Morganwg, aka Edward Williams, wrote the Gorsedd, claiming it was the real Druid prays. After his death, it was revealed that the whole Gorsedd was fictional. For a while many neo-pagans used the Gorsedd as their kind of "scripters", but it eventually fell out of favour, because many people did not wish to practise based on fictional stories and prayer's. (My research was done from a book called What do Druids believe?
) It's very free of dogma, and is open to all beliefs.Anyway, druidism feels natural to me, as if it's something I already know and have always believed in. I want to learn more about natural healing and such. If I had done better in science in high school, maybe I could be going to university to study natural healing, herbalism and midwifery. I could always go back after I finish my design program. oh wow, thinking about it I have a lot of Celtic/Druidic hobbies that I want to get into. For one thing there's the harp. I've wanted to play the harp since i was 5. No kidding, I was it on Disney's Fantasia, and I wanted to learn so bad.
I've been very much influenced by my ancestors as well. I'm part native American (like 1/16, not that much) but I'm interested in their beliefs about nature and the spirit world. I don't know much and I'm trying to figure out were to go to learn about my ancestors.
Well, for know I am happy with my learning. I'm might pursue Wicca next. My grandmother is Wiccan, so there's a family connection.
To be continued...?
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Discovering Religion
Recently I've started reading about Buddhism. I have also begun to read about the Druids and other pagan and neo-pagan religions. I have never been very religious, as my family never practices. When my brother and I were born, my parents decided that we should choice our own religion, thus we were never baptized. My father, Roman Catholic, the norm for French-Canadians, turned Atheist. His reasoning was personal. I guess I can say he's not totally Atheist. More Agnostic, because he still celebrates Christmas with us. And we, on my step-mothers request, give blessings to god for our meals, which my father encourages my brother and I to take part in. I never recite the whole prayer though, I can't thanks god for my food, something inside of me tells me it's wrong. Flame me if you want, but I was raised agnostic, and was never taught the meal time prayers, so this concept seems awkward and unnatural to me. I wouldn't mind using the Japaneses pray Itadakimasu. Which I believe comes from Shinto and translates simple as Thank you for the food.
My mother's house is different. Although my step-father is Roman Catholic, also the norm for the Irish, and my younger half-siblings are attending Catholic schools, we don't pray before a meal, and it's been a long time since he's made us go to church :p I guess my mom is technical a Catholic now, because she was married in a Catholic church to my step-father, but that whole issue was rather iffy, due to the fact that she already had children (out of wedlock on top of that). So I'm not really sure how that worked, meh, what can I say.
My boyfriend and I were discussing marriage a couple of times, and being that neither of us a religious or want to associate with a Christian church, it was generally agreed upon that we're not going to get married in a church. It's not that we don't agree with the teachings, I fully agree that we should not lie and we should not harm others. It's how the church brainwashes people, and all the corruption that has risen from the church particularly the Catholic church. After discussing this with him, though, I felt at a loss. What kind of marriage would we have? What would we do? I don't just want to have documents sign in front of a jp and then have a party with family a week later, it's not the same. As my boyfriend explained it, I want to have a fairytale wedding. :p ok so yes I do, I want some sort of ceremony with my family and friends to be apart of. :p I could always have a Buddhist wedding XD and yes they do have weddings. There are monks licensed to oversee the ceremony, just like Cristian priests.
I'm sorry I f this blog seems generally theme less at the moment. This idea for a blog entry came to me while I was trying to fall back asleep. I did intend for this to be a blog about me growing up, didn't I? and I feel that this has been kind of an important part, that may or may not take on a significant role in my adult life. And I'm not censoring what i say ether, the whole reason I started a blog was so I could put out my raw emotions and just get them off my chest and on to "paper", where people may or may not read. I just don't care. :)
To be Continued...
My mother's house is different. Although my step-father is Roman Catholic, also the norm for the Irish, and my younger half-siblings are attending Catholic schools, we don't pray before a meal, and it's been a long time since he's made us go to church :p I guess my mom is technical a Catholic now, because she was married in a Catholic church to my step-father, but that whole issue was rather iffy, due to the fact that she already had children (out of wedlock on top of that). So I'm not really sure how that worked, meh, what can I say.
My boyfriend and I were discussing marriage a couple of times, and being that neither of us a religious or want to associate with a Christian church, it was generally agreed upon that we're not going to get married in a church. It's not that we don't agree with the teachings, I fully agree that we should not lie and we should not harm others. It's how the church brainwashes people, and all the corruption that has risen from the church particularly the Catholic church. After discussing this with him, though, I felt at a loss. What kind of marriage would we have? What would we do? I don't just want to have documents sign in front of a jp and then have a party with family a week later, it's not the same. As my boyfriend explained it, I want to have a fairytale wedding. :p ok so yes I do, I want some sort of ceremony with my family and friends to be apart of. :p I could always have a Buddhist wedding XD and yes they do have weddings. There are monks licensed to oversee the ceremony, just like Cristian priests.
I'm sorry I f this blog seems generally theme less at the moment. This idea for a blog entry came to me while I was trying to fall back asleep. I did intend for this to be a blog about me growing up, didn't I? and I feel that this has been kind of an important part, that may or may not take on a significant role in my adult life. And I'm not censoring what i say ether, the whole reason I started a blog was so I could put out my raw emotions and just get them off my chest and on to "paper", where people may or may not read. I just don't care. :)
To be Continued...
Saturday, May 1, 2010
My Projects
Currently I'm still in high school and I'm looking for a summer job so that i can pay for art/fashion school next year. :p
I was considering starting a small business that would do fashion and costume accessories, but decided that that's a project that can wait for a year or two, I need real money when I start university. I'm thinking about applying to a coffee shop. A couple of my friends told me that they could see me doing that. (and I recently have become addicted to gourmet coffee (I'm a tea drinker!!!!))
My job search was going to start at the begin of April, but I volunteered to be head costumer at our schools play. We're doing Romeo and Juliet. Classic high school cliche, right? WRONG! Our drama teacher/play director has a vision of an alternate universe R+J. He's retained the original Shakespeare verse, but left out the tights and fruity collars . They're all bad ass, leather jacket waring, bickers in the midst of a gang war. Sounds like Westside Story? Wrong again! There's no dancing or musical numbers. Just pure Shakespearean, leather jacket, badasser-y here!
My future projects are quite ambitions and it'd be a miracle if I finished them by the time university is done.
I want to start that small business I mentioned earlier. I also want to start a web comic. I don't know what it would be about, but it would be fun to do. It is possible to make a living off web comics, or more specifically the selling of merchandise of the comic. Sometimes the comic is picked up by a publisher and you get royalties, like the guy who's doing MegaTokyo. (Megatokyo, Vol. 1
) I've noticed a trend that if the artist can make it 1000+ they mange to do it for a living.
Another ambitious project of mine is vloging, specifically make-up tutorials.
omg now that I think about it there's a lot I want to do. I want to learn how to make soap, and candles and pretty paper... hahaha, I'm feeling very ambitious. XD maybe I'll actually get to do some of this stuff soon. i found this awesome website with tutorials on how to make soap. This website dose not just teach you how to make soap, but also other at home mixtures, like hand cream and bubble bath.
Ya so that's my rant about things I want to do XD You get to look forward to reading all about this for the next couple of years, assuming I mange to sustain this blog through university :p
~ashley
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I was considering starting a small business that would do fashion and costume accessories, but decided that that's a project that can wait for a year or two, I need real money when I start university. I'm thinking about applying to a coffee shop. A couple of my friends told me that they could see me doing that. (and I recently have become addicted to gourmet coffee (I'm a tea drinker!!!!))
My job search was going to start at the begin of April, but I volunteered to be head costumer at our schools play. We're doing Romeo and Juliet. Classic high school cliche, right? WRONG! Our drama teacher/play director has a vision of an alternate universe R+J. He's retained the original Shakespeare verse, but left out the tights and fruity collars . They're all bad ass, leather jacket waring, bickers in the midst of a gang war. Sounds like Westside Story? Wrong again! There's no dancing or musical numbers. Just pure Shakespearean, leather jacket, badasser-y here!
My future projects are quite ambitions and it'd be a miracle if I finished them by the time university is done.
I want to start that small business I mentioned earlier. I also want to start a web comic. I don't know what it would be about, but it would be fun to do. It is possible to make a living off web comics, or more specifically the selling of merchandise of the comic. Sometimes the comic is picked up by a publisher and you get royalties, like the guy who's doing MegaTokyo. (Megatokyo, Vol. 1
) I've noticed a trend that if the artist can make it 1000+ they mange to do it for a living.Another ambitious project of mine is vloging, specifically make-up tutorials.
omg now that I think about it there's a lot I want to do. I want to learn how to make soap, and candles and pretty paper... hahaha, I'm feeling very ambitious. XD maybe I'll actually get to do some of this stuff soon. i found this awesome website with tutorials on how to make soap. This website dose not just teach you how to make soap, but also other at home mixtures, like hand cream and bubble bath.
Ya so that's my rant about things I want to do XD You get to look forward to reading all about this for the next couple of years, assuming I mange to sustain this blog through university :p
~ashley
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First Blog Entry
Blah, ok so I just spent over an hour try to come up with a blog name. I wanted to somehow incorporate my two favorite hobbies(that I'll one day be payed to do ;) )
What are those hobbies you ask? Art and Fashion
I've been pretty serious about the visual arts for about 5 years now, but at the same time i realized that I love clothing, and designing clothing. I swear if it wasn't for the Barbie Fashion Designer Game for Windows 95, that I used to play contently when I was 5, I probably would not have become an artisan-went-stupid :p
You can imagine the difficulty I will have to face when it finally comes down to choosing between Fashion Design School or Art school. My first chose is still Fashion Design, I'm just waiting for that acceptance letter. I should be hearing back from them within the next 2 weeks.
Ok I'm just going to say it now, I know I sound really naive and unwise, talking as if i already received all my acceptances and now i have to chose, but honestly, there's not much else I can do except keep up my hope. Before I received my acceptance to art school, I was freaking out, I was certain that my portfolio was shit and that I would never get accepted. Well I did. And might I say, I was quite ecstatic when I found out :p
anyhow to be continued... :p
~ashley
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What are those hobbies you ask? Art and Fashion
I've been pretty serious about the visual arts for about 5 years now, but at the same time i realized that I love clothing, and designing clothing. I swear if it wasn't for the Barbie Fashion Designer Game for Windows 95, that I used to play contently when I was 5, I probably would not have become an artisan-went-stupid :p
You can imagine the difficulty I will have to face when it finally comes down to choosing between Fashion Design School or Art school. My first chose is still Fashion Design, I'm just waiting for that acceptance letter. I should be hearing back from them within the next 2 weeks.
Ok I'm just going to say it now, I know I sound really naive and unwise, talking as if i already received all my acceptances and now i have to chose, but honestly, there's not much else I can do except keep up my hope. Before I received my acceptance to art school, I was freaking out, I was certain that my portfolio was shit and that I would never get accepted. Well I did. And might I say, I was quite ecstatic when I found out :p
anyhow to be continued... :p
~ashley
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