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About Me Member Art Student AJ Kutchaw24/Female/Canada Recent Activity Deviant for 6 Years
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My full name is Alicia Justine Kutchaw, although most of my friends call me AJ. I'm an emerging Canadian artist, with a well earned Interdisciplinary BFA from NSCAD under my arm. I engage in a wide variety of art, from photography, to digital art/manipulation, drawing, painting, performance, costuming, and everything in between. My world is always one that's open to interpretation, and my art in turn reflects such possibilities.

How to juggle

Tue Jun 9, 2009, 9:12 PM
How to do 3 ball juggling in a nutshell:

Start off at a community college art program. Make a few friends that will periodically make appearances throughout your life thereafter. Graduate and take a year off to "figure things out". Switch provinces and go to a more accredited art institution. Gain training that will do you absolutely no good in the real world. Pack up all your possessions and learn the dynamics of two ball juggling before the big move.

Switch provinces again. Move in with a set of parents you've never spent more than a month with, let alone continuously. Spend your time moving your possessions in, making sure to rearrange every few weeks, job hunt like a fiend, and wonder how the hell you ended up on the other side of the country. Spend spare time practicing with three balls now, trying to not rely on the wall to maintain your balance and direction.

Gradually learn the new city and try to make friends along the way. Learn where the sub-communities hang out. Learn where NOT to hang out. Miss your friends. Stress over the fact that you're still not employed, but try to give yourself the hope that this may in fact, work.

Remind yourself that your goal is to work off the $20,000 in debt you accumulated for training that is of no use to you anyways. Spend spare time focusing in on the dynamics and pattern that form during three ball juggling. Learn that one cannot always be reaching out, or the ball will quickly slip away from your grasp. Focus on balance, rhythm, keeping the ball somewhat centered and the dynamics of how a change in perspective alters your technique, and to work well in every depth of field.

Don't give up.

  • Mood: Angsty
  • Listening to: Old Pair of Jeans- Fatboy Slim
  • Reading: Drivers handbook
  • Playing: With my balls
  • Eating: Berries
  • Drinking: Water

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: North Vancouver, BC
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: XL
  • Interests: Poi, hiking, nature, photography
  • Favourite movie: Alice In Wonderland, The Cell, Edward Scissorhands
  • Favourite band or musician: Tool, Primus, Beirut, Daft Punk
  • Favourite genre of music: Alternative
  • Favourite artist: Lasse Gjertsen, Bateman, Friedrich, Ron Mueck
  • Favourite poet or writer: Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Boudelaire
  • Favourite photographer: Mapplethorpe, Philip Toledano, Frank Cordelle
  • Favourite style of art: Surrealism, hyper-realism, infrared photography
  • Operating System: I'd prefer one that doesn't suck right now
  • MP3 player of choice: 5th generation iPod
  • Favourite cartoon character: The Cheshire Cat
  • Personal Quote: "People change their lives by changing their attitudes"
  • Tools of the Trade: Canon EOS 20D, Canon G10, Wacom Intous 3, Photoshop, Inspiration

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:iconcody-church:
BWAHAHAHAHA. Remember me?

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If I were a cleverer individual, I'd put something more amusing here.
:icontalonthekiller:
Of course I do! Guess what, I'm moved a little closer to home for ya now. I've been in Vancouver for a few weeks now and I'm still settling in. If you're up for plans at some point, definitely let me know. :D

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"People alter their lives by altering their attitudes."
:iconwinter-evening:
Wow, your gallery is amazing. I faved seven or so of your photographs. The amalgamations are awesome! I just learned about the process this morning via artist Jason Salavon, and have spent all day looking for images and amalgamating them. Nice work.
:iconlord-gryphon-claw:
OMG your webcam and avvie kill XDD

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Choosing the path in which you will follow starts with one true fact.

Your first step onto the lighted path. :sun:

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Member of The ~Order-of-Crystoldia

Avvie done by *Jenomorph :D
:iconblue-froggy:
Thanks for the fav in [link]

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however far away i will always love you however
long i stay i will always love you whatever
words i say i will always love you i will always
love you

By The Cure
:iconthunderstruck29:
Thank you for the fave!
:iconptit-doum:
Thanks for adding Halloween II to your favs!!
:iconblowtorchforce:
Your webcam is sheer brilliance. :3

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If I was the thunder, you would already be deaf.
-Cobalt 60

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