I Do, I Will

You heard it right; Lauren and I "took the plunge" so to speak this past weekend on Saturday, September 25th. And you know what? I haven't even had to use my emergency box of chocolates that my best man assured me I would need, and would by his deductions, be almost empty by the end of the first week. Take that stereotypical masculine sex driven mindset! Bahaha.

To be completely honest... I wouldn't of changed a thing. I believe whole-heartedly that the wedding went off without a hitch, despite the few little things that did happen. All in all, it was a perfect day that flew by faster than I could of ever thought possible.

Right now, Lauren and I are enjoying our fourth night together, and I swear that I am still looking at her differently. For such a long time, even all the way up to our wedding, I always saw Lauren as a new person each day. My mind didn't register her like, "Oh look, its Lauren.. I know her, yea, okay..." but instead it went something like, "Oh it's Lauren. She is my fiance, but I wonder how she is today, what she feels like, what she wants to do... etc." However, now when I look at her, I see my wife... I see Lauren Vitek, not Lauren Wiley... and I see someone I respect, someone I admire, someone I protect, and someone I would give up everything for. In the end, I see someone I love... and not just that love that we feel, but that kind of love that we know is a choice that we wake up to everyday and decide to march on faithfully because we would die for that person. That kind of love.

Okay, so enough of my cheesy-ness. On to the art!

(**Just a random tidbit: i got a huge bloody nose as I was writing this, and a tampon is currently stuck up my nose. joy.**)

For those of you who don't yet know, my senior exhibition is coming up in October. October 11th to be specific. The show will conintue to stay up through October 22nd, and I will be holding a reception on October 15th. So, just to review, and make it look pretty, here are the deets in a standard, type-friendly layout.



ESTRANGED
A Senior Show By Alan Vitek

10/11 - 10/22

Reception:
10/15 6:59 PM
West Main Hall Gallery



And that's about it. Please go to my Estranged microsite for a poster preview thing with the same deets on it, as well as a weird, sort of experimental video of myself to Brand New's song, "Be Gone," a sort of catchy, hooky, altered dark country thing that I believe completely fits the feel of my senior show.

Also, please be on the lookout for a special promotion I'm going to be doing soon which involves (hand printed/pulled) TSHIRTS and just a tiny bit of money. Want one? Send me some info and I'll be sure to hook you up with my waiting list.

As you can see, I've got a TON of things going on, but nothing too crazy since the wedding is over.

Finally, I'll end this update with an image of the very first thing I made in advanced ceramics. Even though it blew up in the kiln, I am apparently pretty good at sgraffito techniques on top of terra sigillata glaze. Who knew?




Until next time,
Laterrrr


Alan