Was it me or did "Making Special" sound like something dirty? Maybe just me. Anyway, being new to Arcata and just moving into a new room, it was only a matter of time that I would have to make my room and house my own. My room now is nothing compared to the room back home which was a lot smaller. Even though size was an issue, I still managed to express myself with a purple ceiling and colorful sheets. My room now is huge and full of possibilities, I have a whole new canvas I can play with. In order for me to survive this experience, leaving home and being the new kid in town, I had to make my room a safe place for me to relax and be myself, a hide away. I love color and patterns so I have applied that to my room and have added things that are unique to my taste. For example I just purchased a rug that is woven wool and it's super colorful. I fell in love with this rug and knew I needed it for my room. When someone enters my room they will be stepping on this rug and probably not even notice it, but It doesn't matter if no one appreciates it, because I love it. My room is not complete, in fact, I haven't really even started decorating due to lack funds but I will continue to purchase small pieces of myself in material objects in order to make my room like myself, colorful.
I love that you define yourself as colorful! It reminds me of playing music when someone asks you to play with a certain color...and playing with the mood or emotions of each color implies a different feeling for the music, a different tone. On the other hand, I had a friend once who refused to decorate her room, keeping her walls bare and white since she said it helped her dream better. But you both think of your space as your personal canvas, like you said. I also love that you put your rug at the entrance of your doorway. It's like holding out your hand and waiting for someone to shake it or wearing a name tag or something. Hopefully people do notice it when they come in! Your example of making special reinforces the idea of art as a (continuous) behavior since your talking about space that is always changing and evolving. This is different than a painting or drawing that is at some point "finished."
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