Going to the DAM

This past week I talked Bradley into going with me a a bunch of students to the Denver Art Museum.  I usually try to take kids twice a year. Its really nice because they usually take a guided tour in the museum and then have an hour or so to check out all the artwork.  Its enough time for them to explore on their own but not get into trouble.  I was super excited for this trip because Bradley was coming and the museum has a collection of the abstract expressionist painter Robert Motherwell. However on the way down there one of my kiddos got really sick and I ended up having to wait for his mom to come pick him up.  I felt so bad for him and although I wasn't able to go into the museum with the rest of my kids (Bradley did that part) it was so lovely to sit outside on a gorgeous day and relax while my student was asleep on a park bench.  We did manage to run into the museum and check out the Motherwell paintings before the bus left.

Adrain Valencia

Yes! Alive! Why is it that blogger is the first thing to go by the way side when I am busy?
I spent the last week setting up my classrooms ( I have 3) and getting everything ready for the first day of school tomorrow.  Its amazing how fast I can get back into the routine of school and also how incredibly exhausting it is! I have been in bed by 9 or taking random naps on the couch a lot lately. It also amazes me every year how incredibly nervous I get.  I'll let you all know how it goes tomorrow.  In the mean time I found a fun artist on Pinterest and I couldn't resist sharing. Adrian Valencia's Lady Gaga illustrations drew me in.  I am a closet Lady Gaga fan even though I have no idea what her new video You and I is about (please help?)

Now this is dedication.  I wonder if it is the artist's car. 

Eric Lafforgue

My new favorite Photographer:  Erik Lafforgue
It's funny because I don't really consider myself a photographer.  I am really more of a drawer and a painter but I do find myself drawn to photographers more than anything else.  I think it has to do with the idea of documentation.  I think photography is magical in the sense that you are capturing a moment in time that will never happen again.  I came across this photographer a few weeks ago and have been drawn into the beautiful images of people around the world.  He does an amazing job of breaking down the human condition.  Some of his subjects are so foreign and so different but feel so incredibly familiar at the same time.