abmthe3rd

[ long road ] So Today I was at Temple, hangin wit the cool kids and I met this chic whos name evades me right now but she went to TUJ for a semester and the stuff she said kinda made me start re-evaluating my game plan. So as of right now it seems I got like a 70% chance of not goin to Japan with Temple. Luckily my backup plan was to go with a learning program over to Japan and teach, and while i was there research my own dealio, but some how...somehow... Darnell learned the meaning of "nervous", Im curious if I'm making the right move, or if I'm wasting valuable time. Could I be over-reacting, or undermining? As a CCP Art victim/grad. we'

Gots the art show today family [ also. BIG EFFIN THANNKS! to everyone who replied to my last journal. it was great to see the different views of the greats out here. Lol i think my favorite was "sure use reference, its only cheating when you get caught." lmfao"] The opening is tonight, and I am SO D*MN Glad to have this thing over with, it consumed my life lol. Now I can get onto other works. Im not feeling good bout my stuff in the show, Unfortunately my stuff got set up near my friend Sue [Seung-Hee] and this girls work is vicious like rude baracudas~ my stuff feels all timid next to hers =/ lol. I dont even wanna go to the opening. But

I typed this letter to someone who i'll leave unknown but theres hints in the letter im sure. all can respond if you wanna. [this is gonna be longish, so im sorry] I gotta question thats always been buggin me. You may have been asked in many of times, but seeing how well your work is I'd definitly value your view as i do everyone elses. In summary. Reference pictures. Do you use them sometimes?  Did you use it for your self portrait with you in the hong kong shirt? Im always beat by this question because I personally am conflicted. My teachers in school spoke of using photos like it was the biggest sin on earth. So I never have. Now i am no