Marina Nebro: Arts and Culture

First, note the awesome alliteration of my blog post. Before publishing each blog, I always like to think of a catchy alliteration, but not every time can I concoct one. Luckily, this time it worked!

It may appear, due to the scarcity of postings in the past six months that I haven’t been up to much. I would like to object to this notion in stating that lack of content does not mean lack of activities. But, I do admit that my calendar hasn’t been as jam-packed and full of events as last year. This blog will be dedicated to two things:

1. What I have been up to this past semester
2. How I feel being a sophomore (more…)

Far Out Isn’t Far Enough was recommended to me by my mother who thought I would enjoy a documentary about the life of an artist, illustrator, and a forward thinker. I am grateful for the suggestion, as I have become intrigued by Tomi Ungerer, a man now in his 80’s who has devoted his life to drawing. After watching the film, I rushed to my library to see if they had any of his children’s books – they did, but none in English – and I checked out a copy of The Underground Sketchbook and Fornicon, both of which I will talk about later on in this post. (more…)