Post #6: Finished work!

This is all the images compiled into one image. Quite excited on having them all in one place, but even more excited on having them in the physical realm.

Post 6#: response to reading

Someone had called her name. They said it softly, as if it to not offend her with any volume. It was small, yet she knew it well, she even loved it. Well, she used to. She could feel the voice move behind her though it remained silent, shifting uneasily to an unheard beat. She ignored it, continuing to wash the dishes as she had done before, and feeling her face wet with the soft steam and sweat. It Called to her again, softer yet more pleading, as if that yearned for her attention. Yet she still did not look up. In her mind there was no reason to. She knew exactly her feeling towards it. She did not want to give it the satisfaction of regard, for she was unhappy with it, And it was in her right to be so. Leave me alone. "She whispered to her teeth pretending that she was some other creature than the dishwater pruned girl she was now. The voice sighed, but remained, unmoved by her quiet threat. It stepped forward to her cautiously, and to her surprise, spoke in a voice that tugged at the strings of her heart. "I'm sorry." It said, in an apologetic voice filled with meaning. She stopped washing the dishes in her hand then, letting it go softly into the water and feeling a slight thunk as it hit the bottom of the sink. "You ruined my trust." She said barely moving her lips, looking down to the stilling dishwater. She could feel him tense, it permeated the air with it.  "I know I shouldn't have, but it was just so..." It spoke, trailing off into a memory. It shook its  head, and turned her longingly. , If you want, we can go get another, it doesn't close for another 10 minutes." She shifted as a response, and only that as intended. "I'll get you the combo." She turned her head slightly to catch him in a peripheral vision, and seeing he's waiting face, she nodded softly.

He lightened, relieved he said "lettuce go because we mayo be late." She turned to him, and with an expressionless face she retorted, "guess I butter ketchup."

Post #6: Inspiration Pieces

Me adulting for the first time.

Seeing my younger sibling turn into a little women.

Finding pieces of art that have meaning.9

Reading assignment responses: #1

1.The work that I've made that I feel is mostly mine, is the type of work That tells a story without words. It's with people, and situations, that come up in my head. It's emotional expression that the characters have on their face, it's the feeling of the scene. What I do is when I create a piece I work out the story along the way. So that if there's anything that I see makes sense I put it in. 

2. I enjoy a lot of works from illustrators, particularly that of Craig Thompson, Maurice Sendak and the animator John Lasseter. Disney is the main influence of my work, for they are great contributor of the animation field as well as their quality of storytelling. These influences affect my work by giving me inspiration to have a quality such as they have I want to be able to tell stories in a similar setting. 

3.

The reason why humans cannot survive without art could be that are is what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. Art is evidence that we as living creatures can conceptualize and create other forms of expression and communication that surpasses the use of how we regularly communicate. Without art, we are merely surviving.

4. I agree with all of it for art is something that has come a lot from mere reaction.  By reacting to something, One must come up with a way to respond, of course as infinite as the imagination is so is the responses. Basically, the individual has come upon a problem to where they try to understand the world around them. 

5.

What I noticed about myself is that I'm easily distracted, but at times it comes as an advantage to me. When I've allowed myself to give in, i'm able to enter a world where I am able to create, and be able to tune out the other around me. This is very prevalent when I'm procrastinating. I've always noticed in my work, that the story always has a heroine, it's been this way since I was small and making comics on the back of my math binder. They would be met with a problem, an evil villain, that would disable them in someway. But towards the end of the story they would always triumph. 

6. I care about a lot of things, I care about creativity and the imagination. I care about storytelling, and lessons that can be found within them.  I care about the beauty of a child's mind, simple and unhindered by what society deems as important. 

Art 21 Post# 5: Kara Walker

Kara walker

Carl Walker is an artist that uses history gender race and sexuality throughout your entire work. In a very narrative format, she tells stories using silhouettes and the entire space around the audience, to make them feel a part of the scene. However a lot of her work does mostly depict scenes that are often The unpolite version of history, and will make the viewers uncomfortable. But that's what Kara wants. A lot of inspiration comes out of the 19th century particularly from the book, gone with the wind, where a certain scene is the main part of a focal point. She uses silhouettes so that her work can have an anonymous an vague feel of about it. Her main thing was taking fiction and portraying it has fact. I like walkers work because it has a very narrative quality to it, which I greatly enjoy. Overall she's on my favorite artists.

Post #5: Inspiration pieces

This is something I found on my way home. I loved how beautiful it looked, so I took a picture.

Mr. Flagler with Mardi Gras beads and a hibiscus flower in hand.

What I received earlier today :)

Art 21: Ai Wei Wei: Redo

The artist that I've decided to do is Ai Wei Wei, a Chinese Artist as well as human rights activist. One of his main areas of focus in all of his work, be it photography sculptures or performance work, he always puts an element of politics of the time in hopes of creating a conversation of the subject. However he was arrested by the Chinese Government in the April 2011 and held incommunicado for three months. The video starts at a point where unveils a showcase of his work, but without him there due to his circumstances. It was his assistants that spoke with Art 21. 

It was scary watching this, because they are all so soft spoken, as if he was dead rather than held captive. Thankfully though they were able to get an interview with Ai Wei Wei, on the condition that they only ask him about his art. I like his work, because it is so filled with things to say, about culture, about politics, about anything that has meaning to it.  There is narrative there, a concrete sort that is prevalent to those who can see it. 

Art21 Post #4: Janine Antoni: Redo

One of my other favorite artist, Janine and Tony is one of those special creators that uses her body, personal materials and memories into her pieces. In the video she has made a rope that is made up of a slew of different materials, ranging from pieces donated and created by friends to grandmother's dresses. She talked on how the rope represented her life, and how each piece of the material represents an experience that she had been through, and As she explains she talks about each bit of length of the rope, and what each bit meant. She goes on talking about different pieces, like her Eureka peace and her 2038 piece where she laid in a water manger for cows. I like her work because I feel that it's very representative of The thought process and how we feel, and experience things around us. I feel that a lot of her stuff has weight once given meaning, which I feel is very important in a contemporary piece. 

Dragon's Body

Post 4# Inspiration Pieces

This is tea, which has helped a great deal, with my dealings of this project.

This is Puff, he helps me with appearances and judgmental stares.  

Here is Amber, helping me find the shadows.

My Dragon

This is my dragon whom I've named Detarak, He was digitally painted and will be used for a tunnel book piece I'am to create.

Week 4: 3 Inspiration Pieces