i am an unrequited astronomer, pretend patient, gentle adventurer, pedal enthusiast, recovering calligrapher, occasional thespian and unfinished poet living in portland, oregon. contacting me via email is usually a good idea.
9:55 PM: calligraphy class
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i signed up for a 1-credit calligraphy class at mt. hood community college just to get myself back into calligraphy. it's remarkable how resistant i am to the whole thing. i mean, i've got a freaking studio next door, for crying out loud, and i'm in the middle of artist's way. how can it get any better? nevertheless, i haven't done any significant calligraphy since rob & kyrie got married about a year ago, and i've wanted to work on basic letterforms since i moved to portland.
however, it's been difficult to actually register at mhcc (they charged me to apply, but never sent me an acceptance or information on how to register, and the woman i called was unhelpful and gave me conflicting information), and so i went in today with my best "get down to business" face and it was easier than i thought it would be. cheaper, even: $67 for 10 weeks. and though the rest of the campus is usc-concrete-fortress courtyards, i was really impressed with their visual arts building design, which isn't actually a building at all: it's a cluster of cottage-like studios in a peaceful glade surrounded by forest. i knew i was in the right place when i saw old weathergrams left in the trees by former calligraphy students. no supply list or books at the bookstore to pick up, so i wonder what kind of pens & ducti we'll use.
mhcc is in _troutdale_, so i took stark all the way from ne 260th to se 20th just to see if i could (and to go grocery shopping).