Collected stuff from the past semester

I didn't spend any time on the blog over the semester... so here are some things I found and was inspired by oover the semester. [dear Pinterest, I thank you the most]

humpback whale 

shell study by Fernando Romero

from my dreaams

artist 

great bracelets

this will be my bedroom

fishy! - from etsy

pattern!

humpback whale bracelet - etsy

humpback whales swimming

so beautiful

artist - same as above

pirates cove from Peter Pan

sleepy deer 

i want her arm tattoo

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Great dresses

I am usually frustrated watching Say Yes to the Dress - I don't understand how theeese people can be getting married. But I guess it's not just whether you can get the guy - but if you can keep him around...

Anyways, here are some great pocket-dresses. I've always dreamed of a slim-figured dress, something that is typically found under "Destination" wedding categories, but the shape of these pocket dresses are really flattering. They aren't as poofy as the Cinderella gowns and not as much flair as the Mermaids, annddd a little more wedding-y than my favorite slim silhouttes.

Lazaro tends to make some oof the nicest gowns - the detailed photo is from one of his dresses. 

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A few thoughts

After my meeting with Tamar, it's like my compass has become realigned. Besides wanting to be just like her, I realize that I like myself better around her, and I also like myself better when I'm doing this research I care so much about. I guess that's why I need to not let Julia get to me. My work and my passion for it is much bigger than her and [coincidentally] BIG. I think some things that I will need to change about myself - my post-Eric self, are coming a bit more clear. I think I need to step back and stop relying on people so much, but maybe be the one that other people rely upon. [I think that might end up helping me with relationships down the line as well...] Also, I need to stop talking things up so much and get things done. Today, after asking Tamar to do an independent study I realize that her phD students are more important to her, and she is much busier with them than she is with me. If I really want her attention, I need to start being the one bringing tons of things to the table and I need to be doing 10x as much work as her - if not more. Of course she'll always correct the silly things I do, but that's because she has thirty or forty years of experience beyond me. So I guess the two goals I am learning from today are to be quiet and work harder, and to not nag on people for attention, but let them come to me... thiiis will be a big change.

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Futures?

In imagining the number of futures available to the Shishmaref, I can't help but imagine numerous futures for myself. Usually, I'm good at making a decision and sticking to it [I want the "fish" charm for my bracelet... set and decided, no question... I will design something with marine life, done. my site is in Alaska, check], making quick little decisions like that come easy after being in a design major for this long. I guess I kind of just realize that whatever I don't "get to" in this particular project can always show up somewhere else and that my ideas will always ceaselessly revolve around a relatively limited set of criteria/ obsessions. This aside, I am also constantly shifting focus and I am inspired by almost anything. During Blindfield studio I was certain I would work for an acoustics firm and design spaces for musicians. I could have worked for a couple places I spoke with back then, and I'm sure it would be fun, exciting work. Then, during DD I was exposed to a long-time love of mine, SHoP Architects, they are like my high school crush [in the architecture world], just too cool for me in every way. Andd they were working with JayZ at the time we visited... whatt a dream - a musicians none-the-less! Andd then there was DBell's studio that kind of led the way to me gaining what little architect's ego I now have... I think a good thing that it finally came before Thesis. He really gave me the confidence to design in the way I see fit - clean lines, a focus on section and elevation, and breathable layouts, "slow" architecture if you will [tip of the hat to Todd Williams and Billie Tsein - I think you are my architectural god parents...].

Anyways, what could these evolving and coalescing patterns mean for my future life? There are a few things I've come up with that I think would be great... but who really knows?

1. work for Kate Orff at Scape down in NYC, learn from her all the awesome rendering techniques and ecological knowledge. then go back for my Masters of Landscape Architecture at Harvard or Columbia [U. Louisiana State is also a contender]
2. work for Todd Williams and Billie Tsein [probably for many, many years]. go back to school? or move-up with them?
3. work in California?
4. enter competitions with Sean for Spring semester into summertime [work at RPI again?]. take GRE's and go to grad school after...  


These are my best thoughts for now.
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