Light?

Light-Dark

this comparison, like most opposites, is often compared to good and evil, happy and sad, or hot and cold, they all almost interchangeable. In all disney movies the mean witch is often dressed in black, living in a cold scary place. They are always dark. While our protagonist is surrounded by light and color, their happiness literally shines through their glow. This shows the connotations we associate with light. Light can also serve as a warning. Red light, green light, yellow light. Light has significance and meaning. Lights on=awake, Lights off=asleep. You could argue our lives are conducted by the light around us. Before clocks people measured their time with the sun dials. They guided themselves through unchartered waters with the light of the stars. Little kids are often afraid of the dark. As we get older they become less afraid, but why is dark so scary? is it that you cant see, you dont know what to expect. We are told that bad things happen in the dark. Do not stay out late, it is dark. People try to avoid the dark. So if dark is bad then is light good? Light is thought to be warm. Light is what make micro waves heat, x rays see. It brings tans to the surface of your skin, and dries your nail polish. Lights allow us to see more. It illuminates our minds. but light can be bad too, x rays cause tumors and microwaves burn and things explode. Where do our connotations and associations about light and dark go too far become more than what light actually is, a physical manifestation.

The Book Project: progress and planning

When I first saw my photo I thought about how miserable the man looked, it was not until I picked the second picture I wanted to work with did I decide that one looked like a younger version of the other. I started planning out pictures to highlight times in this persons life that help describe why he is so sad looking in the final picture. In my original sketches I showed different instances where anyone would be miserable but as I am creating those pictures I feel they do not hold together as well as I would have hoped. My biggest problem is where I stop using the young boy and start using the old, I am worried my viewer might not make the connection that they are meant to be the same person only older. What is going well though, is that although I am putting time and energy into each picture I am working efficiently and getting things done.

The Potential of Found Objects

The great thing about found objects is the imagination put into making them into sculptures. You have to look at every piece from every angle and decide whether or not it portrays the type of image or emotion or thing your are trying to get across. You also have the ability to manipulate them in any way you choose, for instance, the statue of the bull many collected pieces of junk twisted and molded to form the recognizable shape of a bull. When working with found objects you can also play off of their unique shapes and parts. Like in the dog statue the artist chose to use the round parts of the lamp to symbolize the legs as apposed to four stick like things which may have appeared more realistic.

Giving Up Control: POURS

Giving up control and letting go of the need to make definite lines was interesting. Once we got past the messiness of the paint it was fun to embrace the messiness of the image itself. Watching the colors merge and dry in different shades than we had originally planned it was exciting, we stood witness as spirals formed and mushed. It was fascinating to see what the materials would do if we left them up to their own devices and let the art form itself.

collaborative drawing

Collaborative drawing, was at times, very frustrating. When you have another person working on something you have invested yourself into it can hard. They add some of themselves into what you made, and sometimes you do not like the final product. (this says a lot about failed relationships) I started my picture based in a tropic setting, so when I came back to see an igloo had been added I was less then ecstatic. I started out with a vision for this piece which was then blurred by other peoples inputs, opinions, and tastes. In the end I just had to laugh and accept the igloo palm tree heaven day night mess, because thats all you can do otherwise you will never be open to others views