Field Journal 1

So I'm a total history junkie. My favorite class in middle school and high school has always been history whereas art and language fought for second place. There's lots of things I don't know about, but I take my time and buy books and autobiographies from thrift stores to learn about the Khmer Rouge and other aspects my U.S. history classes never covered. With that being said, this is the first class I'm taking that involves both history and graphic design. As soon as I got my hands on the textbook (physical, I don't do well with e-books), I flipped through each page and stared at the pictures. I was pleasantly surprised to find Henri Toulouse's "Au Moulin Rouge" in the text because 1) I have the poster hung up in my room and 2) I took four years of French in high school and mes professors integrated French history, culture, and of course the language into our studies.Toulouse's artwork holds a special place in my heart and it evokes memories of French class, the class where we were taught to appreciate the language as well as having fun in the process. A few two hundred and sixty pages later, I was tired and gave myself breaks before I continued. Then I encountered the covers of Esquire, Seventeen, and Bazaar and my interests were suddenly peaked again. I read magazines today and it's interesting how they first started out and comparing the past to the present. I thought to myself, "Maybe this wouldn't be so painful and boring after all". Going back and forth between Megg's and my stats books made glad that I'm taking a course another course I know I'll learn and enjoy.