(some recent pictures)
Hi fam and friends,
I've returned to YWAM (youth with a mission) University of the Nations secondary school of illustration (college of communications. One of the 7 different colleges here)
-Work duty started today so now that I know my schedule for the next 3 months I can tell you.
-5:45 am wake up , grab something to eat on my way to work in the coffee shop on campus, usually a PB &J literally on the walk to work. (everyone has to do 2 hours of work a day either in the kitchen that serves the entire 300+ students and all the staff/their families, cleaning offices, cooking, electricity, grounds, …..everything to keep this university functioning and keeping the cost of schooling down.
-7:45 get to class. My teacher is an Art Center (pasadena) Grad, she knows her stuff and all the staff are great. Like most leadership here God has plucked them out of a comfortable career focused life and grabbed their hearts to volunteer with this University.
-Worship or prayer for an hour, have lectures on art, practice art skills 6-10 hours a day
-Lunch 12pm
-Dinner 5pm
-I haven’t settled into my schedule yet. I get tired so I exercize: weight room, run up the stairs or the hill pking lot on the side of campus. They also have vball, bball….
-lots of work to do, it’s a nice pace, we will have a different medium every week. This week is pencil, learning the H/B sets and some basic drawing. about 10 drawings plus assignments due each week, looking forward to it, there is so much talent here!
-Weekends are free time but since there is a lot of work to catch up on, Im strapped there.
-Teacher, work, people are great.
-Its funny that I’m working in a café (sweeping the outside). Im learning what a mocha and a cappuccino are.
-There are pro's & Con's but it's sweet to see how God centered this place is, not charismatic or weird. God is big.
-I have 4 roommates. A 17 yr Ukranian, 22 yr from Vegas, a guy from Russia/america and a guy no one ever see's, just his stuff is here.
-now that work duties have started there will be shuttles going into target/walmart, pretty stoked on that.
-My goals for this school are to strengthen my mind, body, spirit, learn how to use art effectively and to not wear shoes the whole time.
