Seminar II: New Media

Symphony I adored this chapter, simply put. This is my favorite, I think, out of all of them. This is where I got the idea for the metaphor list. I think symbols are vital in art making, and metaphors are symbol creators. One thing standing for another. I loved his description of his portrait progression. I use symbols in all my drawings that aren't for school. I tend to want to draw what I think it should be, not what they are. When I'm not observing some one or some thing while I draw, I create a stylized, idealized version of it. I have to work on firming up my realistic drawing skills, even if it bores the ever loving crap out of me. This chapter was just...great. Great. Simply great. I even made a metaphor (sortof) list with the help of some friends! All the world's a stage. The apple of my eye. I don't feel rooted. Women are the devil. Men are assholes religion is a disease wearing your heart on your sleeve painful truths thoughts in chaos You are what you eat On ...

SAM EASTERSON Did the presentation hold your attention?: Yes very much so. I loved the videos so insanely much. The site was simple, the presenters talked clearly, and it was quick and painless. I would have liked the site to be more visually invested, but I don't think I can really say something like that (I'm way too deep into the web design world). I also really liked our discussion at the end of the presentation. If you can't question the work and explore it's validity, then it isn't really deep enough to be considered art. If you can't have an inner and outer dialog about the piece, be it conceptual, visual, symbolic, etc, then...what are you looking at? Do you have a clear understanding of the artist’s work from the presentation?: Yes. He shows the point of view of various animals. He shows them almost like he's doing a character study on a person. I adore his work. As Meredith said "It's conservation work, but also artwork. His purpo...

ASPECT PROJECT still needs more info/images and such.

Again, I read ahead. I want to get most of it done so that I don't lose sleep and get weak. I'm still pretty sick, so I have to take it easy. I really enjoyed this chapter. I think that this is really where the book picks up. Stories are insanely important when it comes to art. Pieces of artwork are their own little stories--their own little narratives in themselves. It's true what he said about paying attention to the narrative more than the facts. I entirely paid more attention to that little story! And when we retell things, we normally have to put them into context and give a story. I always have to explain myself this way, or I confuse myself and the person I'm explaining whatever I'm saying to. It was a short and concise chapter, and I didn't feel that there was any unnecessary tongue waggling. He was pretty dead on with his ideas, in my honest opinion. THIS END PART IS WAY BETTER, GUYS.

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I read ahead early so that I won't be bogged down with other work during the week. I both liked and disliked this chapter. I do not believe that the future of the western world, basically, rests in the hands of graphic designers and illustrators alike. The entire designing market is saturated heavily. People are moving away from the cubical jobs and stay at home mom duties...this may be partly due to the things Pink outlined in Chapter Three (Abundance, Automation, and Asia), so he does make some valid points. However. This is a big however, mind you. This doesn't just go for America. This goes for the entire world. Everyone wants to design video game characters, now. Everyone wants to be a graphic artist. Everyone wants to paint digital paintings. This might be the way of the future, but it's already entirely clogged and almost completely realized. I am disliking the way this book flows more and more...and am finding myself at odds with Pink. I feel like I'm reading a ...

http://www.sweet-adieu.net/seminar2/ I enjoyed High Concept, High Touch but I don't entirely agree with it. The evidence Pink presents for why we need to be more creative with our thinking is expansive, but mostly opinion based. I agree with the fact that we need to tap into our Right Brain more, and that it's not good enough anymore to simply do menial jobs that people in other countries (or machines) can do more efficiently and faster....however, it feels like Pink wants me to agree with the fact that we all need to be mushy general artists who strip down naked, cover themselves in paint, and slam themselves onto large canvases. I believe he is trying to balance the left brain problem solving with the right brain problem solving, but it doesn't seem that he is doing it effectively. I do not believe that it's a GOOD THING that Graphic Designing is one of the top jobs around now. Everyone and their mom does it now. Pretty soon that market is going to be saturated with...