Arie Belle Blog

For an art class project we created 10 postcards with the theme "Wish You Were Here". I love photography, and although I am not very good and at a very amateur level I was really please with the work I made! And hopefully I'll get better at photography and learn new tricks! If you would want me to send you some of my prints let me know!  Or if you think I could sell some of them/if you would buy a couple for like a dollar each. That'd be awesome if anyone would want some!  But if not, no big deal, I just like looking at the images, with and without the text.  Gotta love art school! 

This is an essay that I wrote for my Focused Inquiry class at VCU. Read and comment below New Beginnings By Arianna Brown Two years ago I would have never been able to imagine going to an amazing art school in Richmond, Virginia; I never thought I could be happy and confident in myself like I am now. Two years ago I was lost and in such a dark and depressing abyss; my dreams of the future were clouded and nearly non-existent. I was trapped in a unhealthy relationship that was tearing my life apart in all directions. But here I am today, in Richmond, Virginia attending college at one of the top art schools in the nation and living alone in my very own house. No one would know what I have gone through by meeting me for the first time. I am so happy and optimistic about life now, and you can’t see the pain in my eyes anymore. I try not to tell a “sob story” about my past—I don’t want sympathy from anyone and I don’t want anyone to think of me any differently because of it, bu...