MOMents
MOMents - The Teen Bedroom
Clean bedroom, fantasy or reality?
I recently attended a session at Mass College of Art and Design on student admissions portfolios. I mention this because one example of a “drawing from life” was a sweet-looking and extremely neat bedroom. The admissions representative asked out loud what the rest of us were politely thinking, “I wonder if it really looks that neat?” She seemed to imply that a messy bedroom would not negatively affect your chances for admission, but she sort of stressed the importance of being yourself in your art. Does any teen bedroom look that neat? Don’t answer this question if a paid housekeeper is cleaning the teen bedroom in question. The issue came up again a few days later in the New York Times, where an article, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/…
Restless
9:30 am on Sunday, November 11, 2012
Too funny. My kids are are not even teens yet and their bedrooms are a no go area. I have started purchasing multiple laundry baskets as well. Only the threat of the contractor strength black bag while they are at school spurs them into action. more ›