My name is Nancy Reyes. I'm 19, born in El Paso, TX but raised in Chicago, IL. My major is photography and my main hobby besides doing hair and make up. I decided to attend Columbia for it's great photography classes and facilities. I plan on attending for a couple of years then move on to Paul Mitchell's cosmetology school to fulfill the other half of my dream.
My favorite artist and biggest inspiration is Audrey Kawasaki. Her work is both innocent and erotic, mainly using oil and graphite and wood as her convas. One of her paintings on the right.
For fun I love spending time with my friends sense school and work likes to keep me busy. Weekends are dedicated to them and myself. When I finally have some time for myself, I happily indulge myself with deliciously unhealthy food, netflix, and cuddle up with my hairless cat Lola (picture below)
I'd like to better develop my writing skills (can't say I'm much of a writer) and also hope to further understands other people's views and my own. I love in depth class discussions and good debates. I don't have any fears or concerns about the class as of yet besides finishing homework and projects on time and successfully.
Visiting the Morbid Curiosity exhibit was great. It was the ideal exhibit I would want to visit on my own time. Ever since I was a child I've been fascinated with skulls and death. I would have to blame it on watching Disney's Nightmare Before Christmas at a very young age and also my Mexican backround when we would celebrate Dia de los muertos. I'm sure that all lead to my horror movie obsession as well. Til this day, I still collect sugar skull art and decorate my room with them. I suppose being raised with a different out look on death (more celebrated and positive) has made skulls, bones, and death appealing. But I also enjoy the morbid side of it. As soon as we walked in, I thought I wish I could hang all the work in my home especially the bones chandelier by Jodie Carey, which has to be one of my favorite pieces. I love how morbidly luxurious and decadent it is.
Another favorite was John Isaacs, Are you still mad at me? I love when art work makes you feel strong emotions and thats what I got as soon as I walked up to the piece. I actually didn't get that close because it had actually frightened how life like it was and felt like the human torso was going to come to life. After reading the statement though, i had started feeling sorrow for the torso because it had made me feel like it had gone through torture to prove something. It's posture was defeated by slouching forward but head slightly tilted up. It just made me feel this deep sadness staring at the torso, no longer felt frightened.
