This week I attended the “Sip-N-Paint” event on Saturday. I felt that it was a really good opportunity to relax and unwind after a particularly stressful week at Cornell. I’m a terrible painter, but I still had fun letting my “imagination” run wild. I use the word imagination loosely, since I don’t really consider myself a creative person. A lot of my works of art draw inspiration from different aesthetics that I find appealing.

Nevertheless, after I figured out what I wanted to make, I found myself at peace and enjoying the activity. The space was really open for you to do whatever you felt that you had to do. If you wanted to keep to yourself and paint in silence, that was certainly an option. If you wanted to socialize, you were free to do that as well. It’s often events like these that make me really thankful for being a part of this program, because otherwise, I might not have had the motivation to attend.