Reflective Journal

O.K, so this is my "reflective journal." a box that needs ticking, and a box that I intend to tick. Im not all too good at reflecting, but I supose if im going to reflect it might as well be on the internet, where less people will see it than if I actualy wrote in for real in the real world.

I supose i should tell you what this is all about. See im doing an Art Foundation course. Its a one year course and at the end of it you produce a Final Major Project, and they put them all into an exhibition which they then invite parents to look at, and other arty types and drag school children too. im making a film for my project. the Projects called "Tom Armstrong does a film." and this where this blog comes in.

This project is assessed externaly by an exam board so as we can be given a grade, and go to universiry, and build up a large debt that we then have to pay off by getting up every morning to work in some job no doubt. So, there are certain thing that need to be done soas to be able to prove to an examiner that youve learnt something, and that youve worked hard.
Trouble is im pretty hopeless at all this stuff. I mean not the Project side of things, Im working hard on this film, but the documentation of everything. I like drawing and colaging and whatnot, and can keep sketchbooks quite good; and i like looking at other artists work too. Trouble is when you have to analyse someones art it seem to take away the fun a bit.
But what was a big trouble was this. Writing about it all.

But then last night I watched this film. it was called American Spendor, and it was about this comic book artist whos comics id seen before. Harvey Pekar. It was a real good film I though. But what I realsied was that If he could just write about his boring life and turn it into art, then I could write about my boring art and turn it into my life.

yeah i know what the hell am I talking about. If you read his comics american splendor you'll realise where im stealing my writing style from. well partialy. ah who cares im going to watch the snooker.