Blog Post 10

FINAL PROJECT:

At first when I was trying to think of what I would want to do for my final project I thought of a short film. I loved the idea of trying to make a movie, but I wasn't quite sure how to execute it. I had a feeling it wouldn't exactly turn out the way I wanted/might be hard to do. Plus I wasn't really sure what I wanted to make a movie about. I still kept this option in the back of my mind hoping something like an opportunity would present itself. The dream board idea showed up during it and kicked off my thoughts. I decided that that seemed more practical and I do want to make one if I don't end up doing it for my final. Plus I loved how it is a different approach to a typical narrative.
-If I did do a movie I know I'd want it to be a funny one

DREAM BOARD:

      Recently I was watching this beauty person on Youtube where they talked about how they got motivated. (Yes, I watch beauty gurus on Youtube.) In the video she showed us a board she created called the Dream Board. I wasn't sure what that was and good thing she explain it. She stated that a Dream Board is, "...a board made up of pictures and words containing all the things you want to be or have in the future." For hers she put down her long term goals for five years. It looked really cool to me and as she explained it, it seemed very inspirational. This definitely sparked other ideas in my head. I love the feeling I get when I think about how unpredictable the future is. I don't know where I am going to be, what I am going to be doing or even who I will be with and that is kind of exciting and freeing! I mean I do have these desires and wants, but I can't really plan out anthing. I can take my goals and desires and try to go after them, knowing that in the end ultimately things will work out the way they should.  The experience won't always be easy, in fact most times probably will be hard. But that's part of growing up and just the experience of life. It's hard for me to always think this way especially because I am impatient and when things aren't going so hot, but I have to remember how much life can offer and how short my time is here. I want to be inspired and have an open hand to whatever may come, which will be hard but I think it's beneficial to create goals and list dreams so you don't forget. It tends to brighten up my thoughts when I think of it.

That being said this lead my thoughts to what I pictured a dream board to be..

• First, I just so happen to have a lot of empty space in my room and I love art, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to create a piece of artwork to put in my room
• There is an open spot above my bed and I seem to always end up there at night, so I figured this would be a great spot so I could always see it/find my inspiration.
• We were assigned roughly to create a narrative and what we watched movie wise in class, seemed to not have an ending. 
• This lead me to think what would be the basis of my dream board, if I so choose to create this.
• Cork board was the way to go.
• With this material I can place some things I want permanently on there with glue, but since it is the way it is I can move or add things to it the way I want (or as time passes).
• & as time passes my goals may be reached/change or things that inspire me might be different in season. This taken into consideration the cork board is more than just a solid base for this piece of artwork, but also one that is interactive where I can add, move, take away from as I please.
• What's also cool about it is that the ending is unknown even to me. I think by viewing this it can cause me to be inspired or do other things that are good. It is unpredictable what influence it might have on me or anyone else that views it. It too doesn't have an ending exactly other than what I believe that things will ultimately work out in the end the best. 

This is the main idea I might go with for my project. I wrote down a list of things that I want to do, where I want to go, what I enjoy, who I enjoy, etc. I also decided to try to find some inspirational quotes just to keep that in mind of what I could want to add to my board. I might add the list of quotes on here (I wrote them down in pages but I'm not sure which ones I want to use yet.) the other list I wrote on paper and is pretty long. I guess this piece of artwork can go anywhere with things not just goals and I don't want to put a time limit on it. I already bought the cork board and it is good size. I also picked different pieces of construction paper and had my mom use her scrap-booking device to cut out letters D-R-E-A-M B-O-A-R-D. I have some of my photography printed out so I might use those. I guess I just need to plan out what I want on it and explore a little more before I put all the elements together. I think this is definitely my vision for what I want my final project to be.

      Actually putting the dream board together was a little hard. It's like I have so many ideas and I love the freedom of it, but I couldn't get myself to actually put it together. I wasn't quite sure how I wanted to arrange things. Also my printing didn't really work out as planned.

Cathedral Response

I thought this article was very interesting. In the beginning I wasn't sure what was going on or going to happen. The style of writing the author used was pretty unique. The grammar was different and the way the narrator shared his story almost made me think he was the high school sweet heart. It was cool to have it in his point of view. I feel like a lot of the articles we've talked about have mentioned something to do with religion. That was an interesting discovery. The ended was by far the best part of this article. A quote from it that I liked was one response from the blind man to the narrator. "Then men who begin their live's work on them, they never live to see the completion of their work. In that wise, bub. They're no different than the rest of us, right?" I thought that was a very interesting statement to just dwell and think about. I think the idea of stepping into another person's shoes is definitely shown here. I think I can take that into my everyday life and maybe future artwork. Like how would someone in a certain situation feel or what would they go through? Then try to produce art that way. Something I didn't like about the article was at times the writing style in the grammar department. It made it seem realistic, but it was kinda hard to read at first to be honest.

Micro Project 6

Smear: 1.) to spread or daub 
          2.) to smudge or blur, as by rubbing


My word assigned for me was the word smear. I got really excited when I heard that this was my word because honestly it just sounds cool. Upon thinking about this project and trying to get ideas I found it was actually pretty difficult. First to think of an object I use pretty much daily and then incorporate smear into that object. I finally settled on a pen as my object. I was going to do something with makeup because I love it, but I don't really wear it every day. It hit me without thinking too hard how many times I use pens as my writing utensil and how I sometimes notice that the way I write causes the ink to sometimes smear on the page. It also leaves a nice smear mark on my pinky finger. This is an object that I used daily but don't really think about. How vital it has been to my education and other life activities! I thought that this was the best suited object for my project, thus why I chose it. I journal a lot so I decided to take a picture of me journaling. Next I wanted to show the smear that my hand naturally creates sometimes, depending on the type of pen, how fast I write and how tired I am. After that I wanted to showcase the smear image on my pinky knuckle. It sometimes can be a messy process which leaves more ink on other parts of the page and/or me if I am not careful. I also tried to blur the words so you can't read everything as a complete sentence since it's my thoughts in my journal. I thought the overall idea seemed to blend in well together..see what I did there ;) Maybe that wasn't too funny..close enough to smear. 

Micro Project 5

Evil Ed

        My favorite comic book character/action character of all time is Wonder Woman. I own a few of her comic books because I love her and the artwork. Just the way she is and what she represents in my eyes really gets to me. I love how brave, strong and fearless she is. She is someone who is loyal and helps save the day. Not to mention she is still a girl and looks good doing it! She seems to have an athletic build to her unlike many models we see today. I know she's just a cartoon, but still it's cool it's not just some tiny twig woman (I'm not against that stuff though). Wonder Woman has many different attributes to her. One of her powers that I think would be really cool to have would be her Lasso of Truth. This Lasso of Truth, in her world, is a golden rope that when is wrapped around someone it makes them tell the truth and obey to what she says. This definitely comes in handy when she is fighting crime. Just the way she is screams confidence and those attributes listed above are something I want to show. In my picture the rope is green to be different and I changed my name to Wonder Whit. I think this would come in handy for fighting crime as well. If I had this superpower, I definitely would have to put it to good use in the responsible way. That's why I'm protecting my house from Evil Ed. The setting is my front porch so it is a place literally close to home. I would want this place to definitely be protected so that's why I picked it. It is very important to me and it's safety is as well. The brainstorming process was kind of hard for me. I had this first idea in mind, but when I started it, it didn't seem to really connect with me. I took a few different pictures in different settings later on when I thought of which of Wonder Woman's superpowers would I love best to try. I knew I wanted to incorporate Wonder Woman somehow, because that in a way represents me (Plus she's my favorite.) The pictures with different scenes were hard to choose from, but this idea I liked the best. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I'm really new to Photoshop, so I had to look up a lot of information on how to create this look. Some things I would change though would to fill in the little triangle by Ed's speech bubble. Another thing I think that would be cool would be to learn more about how to do different kinds of speech bubbles. Also to make the dots more red and blue like a real comic. Other than that I am really impressed with how the finished look is. I wasn't too sure if I could figure it out.

Wallace Review

I found this article very intriguing. It definitely got my attention with a few statements. It made me think and in fact I asked a few questions to a friend so I could make sense of what the author was saying. I think it caught my attention because my faith is important to me and in the article they kind of talk about that genre. I loved the style of writing the author used. I think that this kept my attention and the author kept it true to their opinions and feelings. With stuff like that you need to be confident. I may not agree with everything the author stated, but it was so cool reading about everything and making me think of things, or why do I feel differently about the author's opinion. It made me rethink things. The style and boldness of it is something I can take into my own artwork/life.

Micro Project 4

My "spot" on campus is one that always seems to get me thinking. I love walking by this spot because it's a unique part of campus. It's right next to the oval and across from the Union. It also leads to Mirror Lake! It's a lot more peaceful than the oval (usually unless there is construction), and it's a fun little spot. There is shade, lot's of trees, benches, flowers and this wonderful piece of artwork. I love how someone did this piece in the tree. To me it kind of reminds me of an eye and how cool is that! I find so much wonder in it. It is beautiful and gets me thinking. Who did it? Why? When? What was the purpose? It also causes me to use my imagination including the piece and the surroundings. I just love it. It's like a little magical place on campus where, I feel, you can use your imagination to have creative thoughts. A lot of times now a days we don't really go back to kiddish ways, but this is one place on campus I feel comfortable doing that. I just all around love it and the cleverness of it. I picked Wayfarer sunglasses (I believe they are usually called this) for a few reasons. I was on Pinterest and I saw a picture of these. I loved the style of them and realized they were a lot of money, but they still initially attracted me nonetheless. I just like the style of them and I really wanted to play with my idea that this piece in the tree is an eye. By using my personal style and the combination of my imagination I wanted to create life-size glasses. I feel this would make people stop, look and think about the area and the piece itself. It might even make some people laugh. I feel it would draw people in to explore the whole piece including the glasses. Maybe have them touch it or climb on it. Just fun things would come from it. It would be for all ages and might even allow the adults to get to explore their imagination and life in a different way. Then glasses give us a new prospective on things, so I thought it could figuratively cause people to be curious and just think about things/the area a little differently. I would use some sort of metal/plastic/glass to create this. I don't want it to break easily or rust. Also if the lenses could stay pretty much clear that would complete the piece. 

Kaprow Review

I thought this article was very interesting. It was so cool how Kaprow viewed teeth-brushing as a form of art. I loved how he described the process as something he never usually thought about. It is something that has become part of a subconscious act when it was so hard in childhood. I totally agree to this statement. Only few times have I ever really thought about what I was doing. When I even tried brushing my teeth with my left hand, I could barely do it right or fast enough. It really does take time and practice to get this "art form" down. I think that this is an art form. It's cool to see how far things have come with what we describe as art. I love how Kaprow talks about this in his article. I agree with him and now it makes me look at other acts differently. I could definitely take this idea and use it some time in my life. I loved how honest Kaprow seemed to be with saying he doesn't always view things like this as art, but this opened up his eyes to other subconscious acts he does throughout the day. That baffles me how our mind/body connects and can do normal things, with out us really thinking about it.