Ana Torrealba

During this year, I had the hope to have face-to-face classes. That was the worse challenge I had to face because I didn't know if I had come to my house in Curicó or stayed in Santiago. It is so difficult to move to a city when you study arts because is not only me, are me and my brushes, my canvas, my engravings tools, my PC, and a lot more.  Talking about home learning I just see bad results. For example, in art careers, we have so many practical subjects, and I could not learn the sufficient across the digital screen, like brushstrokes of oleo paintings or how to print with a printing press. Now, in theoric subjects feel I learn less than in practical because during the classes I am with my smartphone or distracted with other things of my room. These are the obstacles for the learning but also I has enjoyed it. Like I don't have artistic instrumental in my home, I have experimented with everyday things like a wooden spoon to print or eating oil to soften my canvas.  I can ...

 Since was a child I used to play to be a teacher. I didn't know if want to be a history or an art teacher but anyways I used to have dialogues in the shower abou how I would teach to my students.  Nowadays, I don't if I want only one dream job. I love be a multi-disciplinary person so I think work in publics schools but also I would like to study art terapy and work in this. My first job was inspired by a character of a tv show called "El reemplazante" where the art teachers was loved by her students and she had a beutiful appartment. Really, I imagine be a tecaher loved by her students and have a salary to let me paint and drink wine in my fabulous apparment.  The second job I would like study because it has helped me to my metal care. I would like to help otherpersons. Also I think this job will let me because the terapy is mundial necesity and exist countrys like Sweden. So I would like travel with this job. About if I would like work indoors or outdoors, definite...

 I feel I have grown in the revolutionary technology age. When I was 7 years my grandmother bought me a cellphone: the classic Nokia. She said to me: "This is for moments when you need me if you are far from me or in case of an emergency. You have to care for it like your life". I think I took it very seriously because from that moment I haven't stopped having cellphones and now my smartphone is my best friend and my worst enemy too.  In these moments I have used my smartphone for all. From call my beloved, have virtual classes, video call my grandparents, take a car, buy food, take pictures or inclusive found a job. But one of the mains tools of technology is socials media. I remember when I was 12 and I used Facebook as a life diary and this cause me so much mockery because everyone knew all of my problems. And I had to leave to use for a long time Facebook because my parents found out about this situation. However, not all is bad because I discovered Instagram, a socia...

 When I was a teenager I used to like a Chilean music group called Chancho en Piedra. I don't like now because I'm a feminist and I feel those lyrics don't depict me. By the way, in 2017 I came to a concert of this group. This year was horrible for me because I lived so many hard moments with my family and this concert made me forget all my problems and made me feel independent and powerful. The name of this concert was "La dieta del lagarto: 20 años". They were celebrating the anniversary of their best album. The most important of this concert is I went alone. I used to invite friends or someone from my family but this time I felt I need be alone and it was the best decision because I was so relaxed with my time and I needed to be with myself.  Another benefit for be alone is you can talk with any person. When you go with friends, in general, the group is closed, but this day I meet persons that I don't remember their names but they accompanied me in differen...

 Always I liked the blog idea, but this semester was so hard and I can't write all blogs. Main reason for I enjoyed write the blogs is I love talk about me. It can sound a little bit egocentric but in sometimes I feel to need tell all I do, how I feel or what I want. And the blogs gave me the chace.  Do I think if I improve my english? Not really. I think in all my blog write with structure and words made me feel comfortable. Verb to be was my best friend to the blogs.  One of my suggestion to blogs activity could be talk about our blogs in main ten minutes of class, because in sometimes I learned intersting information about my classmates but comment section was very impersonal. For the next chance, I would like be more organized than now. 

I must confess english course has been my favourite course because has helped me to keep busy. Of my others subject only I have one class at week, but of english I have two. I don´t know if is similar in all of art careers but my class are of presentation of artworks of my partners only. So I like english because exist content to learn. In general the most i liked during english course was group works because meet some classmates and we share experiences about our careers.  But talking about contents I think in the last class was so important to me learn different about "don't have to" and "must not". Especially applied in jobs. And when teacher made us work in groups I knew from my older classmates some advices to be a good artist.  It was on a perfect momment of my life because we are in the end of semester and I feel so desorganized and the work helped me to learn about their and plan my next artwork I have present.