Last weekend was busy with a FHP leadership retreat, Anders Formal, Global Gala, oh, and a drawing project. For my birthday, I was awoken at midnight from a bunch of friends to a cake and "Happy Birthday," and on Thursday night, Ryan showed up with flowers to surprise me since he has a track meet this weekend. I thought it was Claire so when I turned around I was so surprised that I stood up and hit my head on my lofted bed! I guess Claire and several others had known about it for several days and made sure I didn't go to dinner early or do something else. It was a nice birthday.

Below is the ink drawing I spent so much time on. It wasn't accepted into the Focus art show, but there will be plenty of other shows. For the next project, we are researching artists and then picking one to use their style and context to create something different. I chose Arthur Rackham, the illustrator of the original Peter Pan, second edition of Alice in Wonderland, Midsummer Night's Dream. . . An author described the illustrations as slightly grotesque but beautiful, creating a captivating visual for children and adults. I also found out that he influenced the characters from Pan's Labyrinth.