Comics Poetry Reading Response

The first example gives the reader a sense of the conversation in a back and forth change in perspective. The speech bubble always leads to the direction of the other character off the page.

The man in the below comic strip, approaches the mirror (his mind). The man is in contact with himself (the reflection of himself and his thoughts) The man is in touch with his emotions and is interacting with his thoughts as he contemplates life. The mirror and the man have become one.

The mirror is the the mans sanity, or is at least showing him whats left of it. The woman throws a rock into the mirror and as soon as the mirror shatters, the man shattered with it depiction the break down of his emotional state. 

The woman begins to collect the pieces, and other woman come to help clean up. The woman took the pieces put them into frames and hung it on the wall and analyzed it like it art in a gallery.
The hung images serve as a way analyze the past and what happened between the two as she collects the pieces, collecting the memories, so time has passed and she is now contemplating form a less emotional or more stable point of view. And the other woman are just her friends helping her or consoling her.

Or she could be evil and just hangs the pieces of shattered people on the wall.

By describing these examples I wanted to show how I saw it. People interpret it differently and that is the beauty of our minds. So many ideas can be generated by looking at a skit of illustrations without text in this context is making me create my own narrative based on what is see.
And it is almost working the same way as abstract art, we interpret it to our own generated ideas based on what we are looking at.

That is what I got when looking at this.

A People's Art History of the United States - Response

I think that it is very hypocritical to have the desire to document a peoples tradition only after they begin to "vanish." With the title of "Vanishing" rather than taking a photograph appreciating the native Americans. If curtis appreciated natives his photographs would have more respect historically.  Many of these tribes do not exist anymore, but there are still some that are still out there surviving. Throssel photographed with respect to the Natives, photographing what was really happening politically, and terms of their social condition. Throssel's photograpsh do show us(anyone viewing it) that these natives were and are till this day, fighting to survive and to keep their religious views alive and certain traditions still practiced.

Curtis does not take his photographs supporting the natives. The photographs taken by Curtis do not depict as historical events but depict as a 'hollywood western film" like it says in the reading.

The Rhinoceros - Response

The fascination towards a new discovery is something that will always exist among interested humans. Even in the context of the present, with our technological advancements. Every time I am on facebook, and I see a post on a new fish that was discovered. I always stop and sit through the video very devoted to a video that talks about it and shows us a visual of it... Now take that fascination and triple it. The people of the time that were able to have access to Durers depiction were blown away by this animal.

Having only art as a method of depicting how this animal looks, is what gives it the magic or explosion you take in when you see something for the first time.. Durers art and the new animal put together created this explosion of curiosity. No one would know if he accurately depicted it. they would have to just judge this animal by what they saw in this depiction, unless they have seen one in person before. Had it been discovered with a photograph would people have reacted the same way? Durers depiction fed more to the curiosity because of how much he exaggerated it. Even though the realistic representation would shock someone the same way. The animal looks like a tank.

CAM Raleigh: Ornament and Pattern. (Response)

Response
 CAM Raleigh: Ornament and Pattern.

Leonardo Bacan

I was invited to an opening ceremony at the U.S, Department of Education in Washington, D.C.  this Friday.  The Department of Education annually shows the Scholastic Art and Writing, award winning works in their space. From the moment I arrived to D.C., the amount of pattern and ornament I saw was ridiculous, they were everywhere. There were patterns on the floor, on the walls of buildings, and everywhere else.   It was a major coincidence that i had to be in D.C. the same week the Ornament and Pattern assignment or topic was given to us. The City is very Art Deco, and saw many things from the presentation shown to us in class. This made the trip more exciting, having all of these new ideas in your head. I saw the city Differently.

I have now realized that there is Ornament and pattern literally everywhere. In your home on your furniture, outside around the city, on any object, on almost everything. You can't Escape it. It comes naturally and exists in nature and in man made designs... truly mind blowing, I never payed much attention to this topic, but now I see and it is throwing my mind out of head..

"JerrySaltz on the Outsider Art Fair- and Why There's No Such Things As 'Outsider' Art" By Jerry Saltz (Response)

"JerrySaltz on the Outsider Art Fair- and Why There's No Such Things As 'Outsider' Art"
  By Jerry Saltz
 (Response)

The Idea that significant art is art that holds tremendous skill in drawing or painting is fading away, but still exists till this day. I think it is very important to be a well-rounded artist, in terms of skill. It is very important to have technical ability or understanding in sculpture, painting, drawing, and most importantly to have creative strength or conceptual strength in your work. To master these skills is unnecessary, but will be a plus for you in the long run. Once you have the ability it is natural that your voice will show as you make work. People always full or trend towards something New, and Different whether it's positively or negatively. For example, Brito is famous for his work because there are people who love it and people who hate it. But what is good Art?! In my opinion, "good" art is a work that is distinguishable, whether it is aesthetically pleasing or not, it gets you thinking, it makes you wonder, it makes you agree or disagree, it emotionally compromises whether it's in a happy or sad.
Good art is communication, and the aesthetic choices come as a tool or path to how you will communicate. But as long as the appearance or aesthetic choice is smart according to a concept or what an artist is trying to express. In my opinion, the Bill Traylor piece at the top of the article is not something that does any of what I think a good piece of art is. So to me, it is not a good work of art.
Now, another artist may not be as aesthetically skillful in their practice, but if they make a work that moves me or has conceptual strength, than it will get credit. So, peoples views towards art is very biased and that will never change. The reason why Outsider art isn't shown in museums is simply because it doesn't match the other works of art.

The White Bird By John Berger (Response)

The White Bird By John Berger

I am not sure if I am understanding The White Bird. It's not 100%. I read it three times, and I still get a little confused. Two lines in particular caught my attention in the reading.The two lines made me realize a possible reason that are included in the many reasons of why I won two awards my senior year of High School. At the time I never understood why I won. Why me? So many applicants. Well, the two lines made everything make sense in my head. The two lines said, "Art does not imitate nature, it imitates a creation, sometimes to propose an alternative world, sometimes simply to amplify, to confirm, to make social the brief hope offered by nature."

Also, the following line, "Art is an organized response to what nature allows us to glimpse occasionally." When I read these lines, I thought to myself, "That's what I did!" My work is a response to not only literally nature, but a response to my own nature. A response to myself, of myself. I did understand more about my own work and what it means to me. This is my response to the lines quoted. The passage did touch on what we discussed in class last Tuesday about the inquiry of Art and Craft, which I was very interested and learned so much from.

WARP First Post

Labels Help You Organize

All blog posts must be labeled with two keywords, which blogger calls Labels. When faculty visits your blog for evaluation purposes, we will use the labels to quickly find your work. If you do not use the keywords properly, we will not be able to find your work. Proper set-up and maintenance of your blog falls under the Research and Participation part of your grade which counts for 30% of the overall semester grade. 

Topical Keywords

The first set of keywords correspond to the module we are working in. We will refer to these as topical keywords since they correspond to the topic we are exploring over the two-week periods. Your first group of posts will be labeled under Topic: Creative Impulse since this is the first topic (Topic #1). Here are the topical keywords you will use through out the semester:

Topic: Creative Impulse

Topic: Pattern and Ornament

Topic: Rhinoceros

Topic: Narrative

Topic: Landscape

Topic: Zine

Categorical Keywords

The second set of keywords will organize your posts according to kind. Here are the Keywords you will use for Labels:

Exercises - tag for posts documenting all assigned exercises. The first one will be the paper folding exercise from the first class. 

Readings - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to the assigned readings. The first ones will be for "The White Bird" and the Jerry Saltz article from Vulture.com. 

Small Works - tag for posts documenting all assigned small works. The first blog post labeled Small Works will contain images and accompanying descriptions of the three small works you complete for the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1). 

In-Depth Projects - tag for posts documenting all assigned In-Depth projects. The first blog post labeled In-Depth Projects will contain images (or video if appropriate) and accompanying descriptions of the more robust work you produce in response to the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1).

Outside Visits - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to all required visits outside of the classroom. These include visits we do together as a class [during class time] or individually outside of class time. 

Please be sure to use both a topical and categorical keyword when labeling your posts.