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I find it completely awesome that i have been here in person. Cinque Terre, Italy i miss you so much.

A 2007 sculpture by Lausanne-based Vincent Kohler.

“At the Fuji Kindergarten in Japan, Tezuka Architects created a unique environment that, as a tool for learning, promotes freedom of movement. “Ring Around a Tree” is the extension of an existing kindergarten that consists of a wood and transparent glass volume spiraling upward, enveloping a Japanese Zelkova tree. The project creates spaces for play and foreign language instruction, while also providing a fun area for the children to wait for the school bus.

Though, to the average adult, the space appears to have just two floors, for the children it has six with some areas being just three feet (one meter) high. Elements like railings and handrails are very slender, while the interior floors are made of wood. All outdoor areas are covered with soft rubber mats to help cushion the children’s inevitable falls.

Planted more than 50 years ago, the Zelkova tree has quite the storied past. It was hit by a typhoon and almost uprooted. The tree dried out completely but recovered despite general disbelief. Older residents of the area remember this Zelkova because it was the only tree to be used by children for climbing and games even before a kindergarten ever existed.”

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I finally got all the paintings i kept from my classes together. At least all the ones that i like. This covers, for the most part, the last 2 semesters of painting. I need room to put them all!

I really really really miss painting. I have a canvas and a wood board all finished to be painted on when i get home. Time to get colorful.

I feel better now than i have in the past couple weeks. Why may you ask?

Because i found my wand! Metaphorically of course but really it’s an object just like a wand. Long skinny made of wood and can be used to create something, but instead of magic this one would be art. Actually now that i think about it some can say art is magic…..anyways time to create!

One of my favorite drawings from my study abroad homework. We were told to add to a postcard and i thought of this. All the graffiti was actual graffiti i had seen in Florence, no bullshit. The YOGURT still perplexes me. I also tattooed David with “Naked 4 Life” i think most of you can figure that one out.

I love art because i can make anything anyway i want. If i don’t like it then erase or start over. It is my own therapy.