New Things

January 13, 2010 by Danielle
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Because I only needed a few courses to graduate with my major, concentration, and minor, this semester I’m trying a couple of new things. As always with that kind of thing, there’s always the nagging fear of failure at something you don’t know if you’ll be good at.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays I’ll be taking both a fiction writing workshop and a clay arts course. Even though I’m an English major, I’m far more nervous about the fiction bit I guess I’d feel a little worse about failing at something I’m supposed to be good at. As far as clay arts goes, I did work with clay a bit in middle school for an Empty Bowls luncheon, but my bowl was pretty pitiful to say the least. I think this fear of trying new things comes from concern about my GPA. The thing is, at this point in my college career I still haven’t managed to make a B, meaning I have a cumulative 4.0. Understandably, I don’t want to wreck that with a fun class, and I don’t want to work really hard in order not to only to neglect my English classes.

But I am Getting Over It and taking these courses anyway. I might even post some pictures of my clay arts I creations, depending on how pathetic they are.

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3 Comments on New Things

  1. jacqui on Thu, 14th Jan 2010 7:33 am

    2. Clay arts is awesome! I took it my freshman year, and I would find excuses to go over to the lab and throw a pot. Besides the obvious physical relationship to the art, the psychological connections can really be helpful for stress and relaxation. You seem pretty artsy (what with all your awesome DIY projects), so I think you will do just fine. =)

  2. Danielle on Sun, 17th Jan 2010 4:43 pm

    3. Luckily there will be no throwing in my class, that I know of, which is something I was really worried about getting the hang of! After having actually gone to a few classes, I’m not as worried about it–although my instructor’s requirement of at least five hours per week spent in the studio (outside of class time) makes me a little nervous! You’re right, though, the resulting stress relief has been pretty awesome so far, and nothing I’ve made has fallen apart…. yet.

  3. jacqui on Tue, 19th Jan 2010 9:29 am

    4. If you were really interested in throwing, I bet the teacher would show you during one of your many studio hours. It is frustrating at first, but once you get the hang of it, you want to perfect it. It reminds me of one of my “new things”–I learned to knit this weekend! I received start up materials as a mailed Christmas gift, and it is seriously becoming addictive.

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