To rejuvenate myself means usually baking something, cookies, pies, or whatever. That seems to be my "security" in which I am doing something that I love to do and I feel like I am accomplishing something, although it is not so great for my waistline. Baking makes me very happy and I wish I had more time to spend on my baking. I even used to bake bread about once a week. The problem with baking bread is that it takes up so much time and I just don't have the time for it any more, mainly because of school.
Artistically, it depends on which artistic thing I want to do. When I want to choreograph a skating program for my students, I will listen to a lot of different pieces of music with my student in mind and try to pick out the best music to fit their personality. Then, I love to spend some time on the ice, skating around listening to the music to get inspired about which moves to choreograph for the program. I don't get much time to just skate for me and I definitely do more if I am able to.
For my lighting design, I will spend time reading the script and/or the story to dream about how it should look on the set. When I am designing the lights for our church plays, I will play with the light board to find the best way to help tell the story with the lights.
When I am getting ready to film, I will spend time looking for interesting shots in which to film. I also love to watch movies. I don't always get the time to go see movies. My husband and I will watch movies and shows on Netflix. I know it is not the best thing as far as the "Artist Date," however, I did find time during the spring break to watch the Godfather trilogy on AMC. I love this series of movies and well done they were made. Since becoming a film student, I look at movies in a whole new way.
During spring break, I also spent a great deal of time working on my documentary for the film festival. This was great for my artistic side in that it wasn't just for a class, but for me. With all the projects I've done in the past 2 years, it has been difficult to anything just for me. I don't know how good it is but, even if it isn't my best, it was still a learning experience that I enjoyed. It is really hard to pick one specific thing that I would or should do to rejuvenate me. I think once I am finished with school, I would have more time to really devote to spending time to rejuvenate my artistic self. I know that seems like an excuse, but the fact is that there is just not enough hours in a day to do everything I would like to do.
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