Seminar II: New Media

I found out that I won't have a lot of time these next few weeks, so I'm chipping away at assignments to get them out of the way. Meaning I recognize the importance of this chapter, but do not respond well to it. It is as though Pink is trying to tie together all his previous chapters by briefly mentioning them and then throwing them into a bag with 'spirituality', the 'meaning of life', and 'happiness'. This doesn't just relate to right brained thinkers, and he doesn't really seem to mention much about the brain sides in this chapter (I could be wrong, I'm quite tired). It feels like a short and sloppy conclusion to a really long essay. Honestly, if we took this entire book, and cut out all the nonsense, it would have been a really well written essay. I feel like this little book has been written for those who aren't creative and don't know much about the world and the way to go about writing something like this. This should've...

I'm always trying to get ahead of schedule. PLAY Work and play are connected together, and we cannot divide the two. I tend to divide them, and it makes me miserable. My art has begun to become work, and not play, and I rarely have fun with it anymore. I have only just been getting back to the fun of it all, to playing with it. Because I realized, finally, that I possess a great and vast set of skills, and I can just have fun with them for now, instead of worrying so much. As someone who believes in the idea that a positive attitude is contagious, it hit just the right chords. I go to my new doctor because she is cheerful and nice, and laughs a lot. If she didn't make me feel comfortable and wasn't sociable, I wouldn't go to her, because going to the doctors is scary enough. I go to my dentist because he's a nice fellow, does a great job, and is easy to talk to. Having a man drill holes in your teeth feels a lot less frightening when he's talking to you about fu...

(You knew everyone would pick her work as it's the most extensive and coherent) What I liked/Disliked: I enjoyed the fact that the 50 minute film had a backbone to it. What I mean when I say this is that most conceptual artists fall flat for me. It's all about the random idea they came up with and they tend not to execute it to the best of their ability. This film had a concreteness to it. It had a clear message, with small little vignettes spurring off of it. It was constructed more like a diary-esque novel than it was a from the mouth telling. At first, I didn't like it much, but then when I saw some of her photos, and began to pick up on Moyra's own quirkiness, I enjoyed it. I saw the repetition, I saw her obsessive nature (yet she detested that scheduled behavior in her psychoanalyst), I saw the multiples, and I realized that it's all connected and works as a cohesive body. I loved the way she showed how time passed within her Long Life Cool White exhibit. The ...

I enjoyed this chapter overall, as I agree that people need to empathize with others more. I may swear like a sailor, but I still try to include other people and be 'emotionally intelligent'. It's important, really. Not because it will help me get ahead, but because common courtesy and respect make the world a better place. Doing something nice, even just smiling at someone, will brighten up their day. And they might smile at someone else, so that makes the world a better place. Wow I feel like a giant hippie. :) I feel almost as though this book wants to stroke my ego too much. I'm a woman, and because of this, I generally empathize more than the males that I know, simply because of my gender. I'm an artist (or at least I'm trying to be), so I am generally more right-brained than I am left brained (but I like to think I have a happy balance).... so...Pink just keeps trying to stroke my ego. Stroke the ego of all the people who empathize and use their right brai...

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.