This was the view from my window on Saturday when it snowed almost two feet. As I sit here typing, it is currently snowing what is supposed to be at least another foot. Though the commute to school has been less than desirable, this was a rare and beautiful moment of color. Sunsets are overdone, to say the least, but they are not often th ought o f in terms of a snowstorm.
Another plus to this unusual amount of snow in South Jersey/Philadelphia is that we are still unfamiliar with how to react to the chaos. Thus classes are canceled for Wednesday. This gives me an entire day to catch up on the prints I have be en working on. We have been working v igorously on block prints for my Print Design class and after much drama, my piece is starting to come along. My inspiration came from recent encounters with Cirque du Soleil. There is a group of people who climb poles with no safety except the strength of their muscles. It is absolute insanity the things human beings can do with their bodies. The pole climbers hold onto the pole using only one arm and create this directional pattern with their bodies. I decided to use their silhouettes as inspiration for m y block print. These are my test prints so far: