Andy Warhol and Sleeping Quarters

Yesterday, my advanced art class took a field trip to the Avritt Center to see the Andy Warhol exhibit. I have nooo idea how a small town like this could have landed SO MANY of Andy Warhol's original prints; the fact was beyond me. This is definitely artwork you would typically find in the High Museum in Atlanta. It was very very cool. After we were done with the tour, which involved us making our own silk screen prints (which was very interesting to learn about. Made me want to start getting into screen printing.) they gave us our own drawing boards so that we could put crayon to paper and pour out the inspiration we received from the exhibit.

With all that being said, it was a pretty long day yesterday. When it was about ten o'clock, I wanted to lay down in my bed, but that just felt like such a waste of time, to just lay in bed an extra couple of hours. I got to thinking and I decided to live out one of my childhood memories. I'm pretty sure we all at one point in our lives have made a blanket fort. So that's what I did! I made the top bunk of my bed into a for with a sheet, four hairbows, and a yardstick. Easiest thing in the world and I felt like I was having a blast. I don't know why I thought this was so fun. I suggested this to Noah earlier in the day because he was so bored, but, I don't think he is as childish as I am. Maybe that's why I thought it was so much fun. But, I got a flashlight, got in my fort, and surprisingly spent over an hour thinking of ways to portray shadows of animals using my fingers. I was getting pretty good at it, too! I conjured up a turtle, a giraffe, and almost a whole person! (along with the classics: bunny, dog, ect..)
I think that life gets so complicated and so busy that we forget the little moments of peace and playfulness that we all need to function. The next time you don't know what to do, (that's me.) next time youre bored, or whenever you just start to feel sad or overwhelmed, make a blanket fort. Enjoy the small moments that make you remember how life was when you were a child.