Suck

Still feeling crummy. Went to my first class and it was very dull and some what made me dislike school but also appreciate it. My teacher showed us some images of his work, pretty neat. And then he showed us some stuff that his friend has done. His name is Jiwoong Cheh. He's a sculptor and looking at his stuff made me want to sculpt. I've always wanted to sculpt but never have.


This is the one specific image he showed us that captured my interest. He had a few different angles of it and I really liked the posture and everything about it. I don't know the names of his other pieces, but I know that this one is called Narcissus.
It is technically very good, obviously he is a master of sculpting. My teacher showed us a few images of his studio and it was impressive. Lots of little studies and what not. He also told us how the sculptor thinks of his work as though it were a form of worship. Jiwoong Cheh is apparently very religious, and sees sculpting the human body in a realistic way, much like a musician playing a masterpiece by Beethoven. In Jiwoongs case, Beethoven would be God. For some reason, I thought that this was the case, I don't know why but the image of Narcissus just made me think of something to do with a higher being. It's probably because it has to do with Mythology and that it was done so realistically. The position of the figure is also very realistic, yet somewhat in the style of an unrealistic Greek or Roman statue. I don't know. Just thought this was interesting.