Thursday, March 20, 2008

I am...

My name is Leah Van Dell and I am a twenty-two year old woman from Vienna, Virginia. I will be graduating from college in May of this year. I am majoring in Art History and hope to land a job in Washington, D.C. post-graduation. I would like to eventually work with evaluating and appraising artwork, either antique or contemporary, but I will probably have to start out any way I can in a museum to get my foot in the door.

I love all things nature, including hiking, cycling, and camping. Anyone will tell you I am a "tree hugger" and like to do things that help the environment. I see value in imperfection in people and things. I love finding objects at yard sales and thrift stores and fixing them up to be used for a new, innovative purpose, even if it is just for decoration. I appreciate things/people that are unique and things/people that are brave enough to be unique. This doesn't include things or people that (were) intended to be unique but wound up conforming to another kind of group.

I am comfortable being just myself, but this does not stop me from always trying to be a better version of myself. I try to find a balance between being indiscriminately kind to others but being a strong force that others can't trample over.

2 comments:

Gina said...

I have started the myspace but only have a picture right now so it would be pointless to provide a link.
Here is a link to my google map, however.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&mid=1206033789

KrstnWVU said...

I think everything looks good and I wouldn't change anything about it. I like the story that you are telling and it will be interesting to see what happens.