Day 30- final

I'd been planning for this to be my last day's art work when I created my first days.
Art was a big presence for 30 days, and will remain here for long after.

Day 30-poems

1.
 I remember when quesadillas were made with real cheese
and my ma would spend hours over the skillet making sure they were ready to please
Appeasing the masses that trapsed through her casa
She wished she could leave but her ___ said nada
So she never got the courage to get up and dip
Now I simply dream of real dairy products/cheese
Because mexican heritage doesn't grow on treees
And kraft is all that live in my fridge
I freeze memories like frozen peas

2.
Don't blame me
        I won't be there when you go
Don't blame me
        I'll still have my job
Don't blame me
       "You'll dropout anyway"
Don't blame me
        I tried as hard
                              as I was expected to
                              as I deemed necessary
                              as I had to, to simply skate by
Don't blame me
        I dreamed of a different world
Don't blame me
         You'll be no more than a horror story
                               a couple years down the road...
Don't blame me
          I drive by and see you
                              a couple blocks down the street
Don't blame me
          I remain spotless but perhaps bruised
Don't blame me
          You failed
           I just let you.

Day 29

"connected"
trying to find my path of circle of correct

Day 28

"directionless" 

Day 25-Day 27

1. "Stranger Faces, Stranger Places"
2. "Here Comes the Bus, doo doo doo"

All faces were drawn at Madhatters of innocent bystanders/sitters
My weekend art project.

Day 24

Friday the 13th oooooooh spirits @ work....

"Hope for the World in 10 Years"
or
AN ICE CREAM CONE- perfect because we had an ice cream party during after school and I didn't even mean for it to come out like that!

Day 23

Day 22

Trying to make math seem real and relevant to a student on a sucky warmup.
"Separation"
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Day 21

Made during 5th period.
Frustrated by so many cycles that I cannot control.

Day 21

My super cool logo off the flyer I created.
"Kick Ball"

Day 20

One of my favorites so I wish it was rightside up.
Inspired by the song- Desperado and an introspective plane ride thinking about my future from Chicago to San Antonio.

Day 19

"Day N Night"
I like this picture because you can look at it anyway at any angle and it still looks good.

Day 18

I love you.

Day 17

This is a front and back picture.
Drawn in a moment of intense pain searching for understanding the road less traveled is actually the correct path.

Day 16

Drawn 5th period while kids were testing and I was feeling rather discouraged.

Day 15

Made during afterschool.
II had this song stuck in my head all day, and this is how I learned to spell the word independent from this song. 

Day 14

Day 13

While watching the movie "Carnage" with my family in the fancy hotel. I fell asleep shortly after this drawing.

Day 12

This picture was drawn in the midst of culture shock from City Year to fancy hotel.

Day 11

This is one of my favorites.
Written on a day when I was coming back to school on a Friday with a more victorious attitude, ready to conquer student adversity. I loved the gritting of this persons teeth with a flower in between. A beautiful not posed smile. Perfectly real.

 Also made this one during afterschool.
I love the contrast of marker and collage. This is when people realized I was cool at collaging :)

Day 10

Mixed media with streamers, ribbon and paint. either a V or a check?

Day 9

Early morning art.

Day 8

Took a picture of a picture here.
Made with leftover salasa and inspired by near late night deliriousness
"The Taste if Late Nights at the Office"

Day 7

Also inspired by another 5th period session with my artistically talented student. Inspired by global warming and frustration and need.
"Energy: Sometimes it isn't enough to just dream big"

Day 6

Made @ 9:30pm

Day 5

Collaged while skyping Joe- inspired by the different perceptions of women in the media.

Day 4

Inspired by hearing Cesar Chavez's childhood friend speaking- Jamie Martinez and also by
Coldplay's "Fix You" .

Day 3

Truly one of the hardest days I've had this year @ Davis.
Picture #1- a moment of intense vulnerability hastily translated with pencil
Picture #2- collaged during girls club in the morning and my off period the title is "You've got the world you on your shoulders"

Day 2

Creating art with my much more talented artistically talented student during 5th period.
This makes me think of the water cycle, and how we continue to pollute our earth with toxins and passion.

Day 1

My song/poem/like thing that I posted previously after having an excellent free lunch and listening to Geoffery Canada- since that lunch I've stalked his many youtube videos and read his biography, "Fist, Knife, Gun". It's an amazing book.

30 days

My 30 day art challenge, enjoy the next 30 posts, these last 30 days were filled with soul nurturing joy, and art as well as poetry is always going to have a place in my life :)