Badda bah bah baaah....I'm lovin' it.

I've already mentioned Ralph Steadman within my blog, but after browsing for a new profile cover on facebook, I've found these two awesome illustrations of his. What a guy.

Finally..

I've finally finished my contextual review...phew! The deadline has been creeping up on me and with the help of some good music and Christmasy chocolate, I have completed what has been the hardest essay of my life. With minimal information available, I can't believe I made the word count. Thank god I stuck with English in my A Levels. Seminars and tutorials are done and dusted, workshops are over, as is the class test, I've re vamped my contextual presentation ready for Tuesday, done the pecha kucha presentation, I've done lots of experimental work within my studio practice, blogged it up and pretty much done everything I need....SO GIVE ME CHRISTMAS ALREADY!!!!

Thanks to the amazing Louise, I am now nailing this revision...

After weeks of trying to remember so much information ready for the class test tomorrow, I wasn't getting anywhere. However, Louise has introduced me into her way of revising and damn it's good. Basically we adapt everything into pictures or rhyme and keep asking each other it. It is a strange way to remember things, as now when I think of Nan Goldin I think of a gold nan, with a black eye, snapping a camera, with both male and female parts. I don't think I'll ever forget some of the funnier ones. Thanks, you sugar pie! :)

A quick essay exercise..

In our last researching for Fine Art session we did a quick re-writing exercise. We had to develop and correct a paragraph from an essay on Oranges and Bananas.

This is the original paragraph:

So far so good: there are some differences, but what really makes a difference is the experience of peeling them: peeling an orange is always a bit of an act: you really need a knife (or long-ish fingernails) and even then juice always gets on your clothes or drips around. As Mike Rubino said: "Give a man a peeled orange and he eats for a few minutes. Tell him to peel an orange and he'll be busy for at least 20 minutes." And then you still have to get the white bits off the fruit segments - give me a Terry's orange any day!

This is my adaptation:

The experience of peeling either an orange or banana greatly differs from one another, as the skin of an orange is more stubborn. Mike Rubino stated "Give a man a peeled orange and he eats for a few minutes. Tell him to peel an orange and he'll be busy for at least 20 minutes," this portrays the task within removing the skin and suggests a negative opionion. It is apparent that peeling an orange is a much more effort consuming experience, therefore a banana appears to be the easier option.