Hey Everyone,
This blog has been a void for quite awhile. I haven't had the time to fully process everything that has happened in the last few weeks. Perhaps after some time I will begin to formulate some anecdotes for y'all.
We have just finished the magazine portion of the course, which was a refreshing change from books but nonetheless stressful. I was the art director in the men's magazine group. We created JACK, a hip road trip magazine that melded the content of a travel magazine with the attitude of a men's magazine. I had to create a logo, two covers, a feature spread, and a table of contents. Click the links below to download my work.
http://philos.myweb.uga.edu/featurespread.pdf
http://philos.myweb.uga.edu/NEW%20COVER%20SAMPLE%20-%20DESERT.pdf
http://philos.myweb.uga.edu/NEW%20SAMPLE%20-%20CRUDE.pdf
http://philos.myweb.uga.edu/TABLE%20OF%20CONTENTS.pdf
On my computer, you can see the frame lines in the pdfs. Let's ignore those, shall we?
I found a sublet for August in Prospect Heights in Brooklyn. hooray.
I haven't found a job yet. sad.
I've been reading an oral history of New York covering the years between 1890 to WWII. The book is divided into chapters that each focus on a distinct neighborhood. I finished the Lower East Side the other day. Pretty intense place in its day. Gang wars. Murders. Rampant thieving. Egg creams. All very interesting except for the extended section on pickles, herring, and potatoes, which seems to have been the primary diet of most people. Right now I'm reading about the Upper East Side, which was, in contrast with the LES, one of the most wealthy areas. Carriages. Balls. Registries. Calling cards. All very surreal.
New York has this strange place in American culture. There is this pressure to not be a tourist, to be a New Yorker, and real New Yorkers are so proud of their connection to this city. And yet, most families who immigrated to the US up until WWII probably lived in New York. I just found out that my great great grandfather and his family owned a rare book store in Bryant Park. New York was the passage through which people entered a completely new world, and this has really made New York the cultural center it is. Everyone can point back to it somehow. I suppose this is fairly obvious, but I am just now understanding what that really means.
Well, I'm off now. More posts to come, I promise.
3 comments:
i enjoyed this post a lot!!
a friend of mine was in nyc all summer and he says he felt like all there was to do was shop. do you feel that way at all?
I mean, the first floor of most buildings in New York is dedicated to shopping, and there are definitely wonderful places to buy books, clothes, and food. I've had a great time, however, without that much shopping. I love taking a blanket and a book to Central Park on Saturday and spending hours forgetting that you are in a city. There are free concerts and movies throughout the summer, and lots of small parties and festivals.
http://www.freenyc.net/
http://nyc.myopenbar.com/
I think it really depends on the area you live/work/study in.
yeah, this post ruled. So do your pdf files. Yay for Brooklyn- you're seriously cool, now, you know... good luck with job hunting.
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