Eugene gave each of us a chocolate piece, a high class choclatier in England, and he asked that we learn to get out of our habits of just eating in quantity as americans and learn to really indulge and taste things. It was really amazing, and this video is Dana and I recapping on the journey through the chocolate adventure!!

Today we went to the Wallace collection where we saw some great work of Rembrandt and Fragonard. Then we took a group picture in front of Parliament, then we spent like 4 hours in the Tate Modern museum, which had tons of contemporary work. My favorites were some of Joseph Bueys, Rothko, and Barnett Newman. There were so many, it really is hard to say. I really love seeing contemporary and older art.

Tomorrow, Sean and I are driving up to Leeds at 9:00 in the morning to with his friend Charles. I am so excited. Radiohead, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, etc. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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art- art

London Continued

Hi, so I haven't updated everyday, it is definitely hard to find time to get on the computer when I am surrounded by so many new things to do and places to go.

Tonight we went and saw Les Miserables. It was really amazing. The acting and singing was perfect, and knowing the whole story made the experience way better. Watching the play really made all of the emotions and the scenes more compacting.








Yesterday we went to the Saacti Museum, a really amazing contemporary art museum. There were really out there pieces that gave me a lot of inspirtation. The weirdest one in the museum was in the basement, where there old wax men on wheel chairs that moved on their own. They had sensors so they didn't hit the viewers, but it was creepy how real they looked.

There was a korean exhibit, probably the mmost interesting section, and this picture of the squished people was so interesting. That is really what it looked like, it was so trippy to look at, because you couldn't completely focus on the people.

The picture of the street and the buildings is a view from our hotel, Lee Abbey, it is a beautiful area.

The other picture is a majority of the people on the trip, we went out on the town in London, we danced for like 5 hours at some club, it was great.

I have been having a great time, and it is unreal how much fun stuff I am doing. I am with amazing people and have learned so much already.

My classes are so fun, we wake up, read poetry in a circle, then have art history and look at paintings that we are going to see in museums! I love it!

I miss everyone :)


































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j'écoute de la musique- i listen to music

LONDON!!!

Sooo much has happened. I love being here with everyone. Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, I will try to stick to every day now at least while I am in London.

So far, we have gone to the Westminster Abbey church service on Sunday, which was really worth going, just to hear the amazing choir and see all the crazy ritual stuff they do, and there are really famous people buried their like Issac Newton and Charles Darwin. Later on in the day on Sunday we went to the Institute of Contemporary Art and saw a great exhibition that combined poetry and art. There were really unique ways of displaying the words which made it really interactive and personal. Then last night, we went to the final show of Romeo and Juliet in the Globe Theatre. We were just like the peasants and stood through the entire 3 hour performance. It was really amazing. Seeing the whole play in the globe setting made it all so real and pure. I felt like I was there experiencing the story. The actors were perfect and they had music in the back that was really nice. It was worth standing the whole time!

Today we had our first class!! I am extremely excited, because of the way everything is going to work. Our teachers are all about the idea of making our work interactive, experiencing everything to a point where we really soak in the information. They want us to express ourselves originally and try to expand on thinking about what intrigues us. Our first assignment is to go to the National Gallery and write how we feel about certain pieces of art. Our other assignments for photography, is to start taking pictures that show what you are thinking, what intrigues me. Basically not touristy pictures. Tomorrow we are having a big quiz on Les Miserables! I'm kind of nervous about that! I think I know the story pretty well now though.

I miss everyone, and I can't wait to go to the National Gallery! I'll write on this tomorrow :)

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Royaume Uni- United Kingdom