No, not the ones that dead people are in. The kind that is a reference. In this case, for makeup design ideas. I had the students put together examples of different types of makeup designs and inspiration. It went over a lot better than I thought it would.
What I was thinking about a lot today was something that happened on Saturday. I went and talked to a group of BFAs and MFAs at the university I just finished at a few months ago. I shared experiences and answered questions. Part of me felt like a super hero. A little of me felt like what I feel most days teaching: a total fraud. I told them about how I had all these plans when I started, but over and over, I throw them out and start again. "Where do you get your ideas from?" one girl asked. I have no idea. Sometimes it's something a student says, sometimes I remember something I've tried before or I saw someone else do. And sometimes I pull it out of thin air. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it blows up in my face. But I keep coming back and try again. I told her that I feel like the students are needing another chance, and I might be the only one that can give them that. I, too, need to give myself that same chance as I try to figure out how to reach and teach these students.
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