Street Art Festival

Richmond Virginia is slowly but surely becoming filled with more and more murals, graffiti, sculptures, musicians, etc. Some may even say it is becoming the Portland, Oregon of the east coast. This previous weekend I made a stop in Richmond on my way home to Stafford for the Art180 street art festival. The festival takes place on Cary Street at an out of commission bus depot. Side Note: Art180 is an organization that helps kids turn their lives around with participating in art projects. So what happens is artists upon artists upon artists get together and paint individual art murals and create sculptures on the walls of the bus depot. Every mural is different and done in different styles as each artist is unique. But the cool thing is, when I went to the festival and saw everyone who was there, everyone was smiling and everyone was appreciating the art together as one. It was kind of magical how the festival brought so many people together. I think if we add some color, movement, creativity and just art all together the world could be a better place. We're so caught up in what the world is and when we stop to appreciate a little beauty, that can make all the difference.

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Sorry, that last post got off topic big time in the last sentences.

My "B.S." Blog Post

This is going to be my first blog post for english class and its going to be my "B.S." post. So its just going to be random fun facts and what not about me. My name is Victoria Dever and I am 18 years old. My birthday is St. Patricks day and thats awesome cause my birthday is a holiday, so technically everyone celebrates my birthday! Or so I'd like to think. I grew up with 2 olders brothers, Ray and Sean. They tormented me my whole life but at the same time taught me to stick up for myself. Growing up with them didn't really make me a "girly girl". I was constantly brought to ice hockey games and practice, so I was not given much time and opportunity to try sports of my own. I did however dance for 5 years but the tights were itchy so I decided not to do it anymore. I prefer hanging out with guys more than girls because girls are just drama and I guess being with my brothers all my life caused that. I love movies more than anything. My whole family, close and extended, are all movie fanatics and constantly quoting movies. I love all kinds of music but I hate how the students of RBC all listen to the same type of just rap music, BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS. Liking just one music genre is boring and makes you not exciting. Sorry not sorry.