Text Notes
I was a bit sleepy on the first day due to inadequate sleep and I rushed to find out where the room was, but I luckily made it in time. It was a pretty interesting week as I did equip myself with the art materials I needed. It was a very hectic and demanding first week, both physically and mentally, but I managed, especially with my other classes. Later on, the play-around-with-materials art activity was a lot of fun to improvise, brainstorm, create, and write about during and outside of class, so I'm glad I took the photos I needed to in order to provide the evidence and appreciable moment captured by camera in order to record and preserve what I did and have. This made me feel fulfilled and complete for that time.
There was plenty of content to be digested overtime both inside and outside of class time, but we did go to an art gallery that had works submitted by BA Major students and art students in the BFA Major, so it was quite intriguing to know the meanings of each work and see if my works can make it there too by choice.
In the world of art, it's important to have a thick skin as an artist, have great management and personal interaction skills in the marketing side, productive visual skills in the creating side, and venture out into the vast realm of people, their inner selves, and the very reality that populates of creatures to inspire art itself upon. Constructive criticism is necessary to be projected upon and learn from it so the artist can improve and/or utilize unique ways to provide different aspects, messages, concepts, and even explicit visual skills shown in the artworks and creations of media itself (esp. if it's music, literature, physical, or a non-visually aesthetic form).
Video Notes: Art21
Jessica Stockholder: After watching, it reminded me of the saying "Make best use of what you have, not what you can add" (something along those lines). Of course, the mundane things she turned into a form of art was a very nice moment to see and learn about, and thus it's a great way to realize what use you can make of in your limitations, especially when the more severe limits and what's around you, encourages creativity and sharp thinking. That being said, it's nothing particularly epic, but worthy to know that there's a lot to appreciate and experience even upon what's mundane and even taken for granted. Her statements and actions are rather agreeable as a result. I will however say that it's not all interesting to me in the subject matter, but I try to gulp that down aside and appreciate what other people make regardless of the style; it's the content, function, message, reason, and inner workings that count.
Arturo Herrera: Just because it's an obscure kind of art or obscure and controversially debatable form of creation that the artist decided to utilize, doesn't mean it's not a work of art at all or a failure. Most people typically --especially in this day and age-- do not see this and go into this kind of art sets. Even then, I do appreciate the sense of detail and precision that Arturo manages, since I am the kind of person who worships maximal complexity in a work of art, both externally and intrinsically, but what matters more is the quality of its aspects, such as the work itself, the content, and depth. With that being said, there's plenty more to praise and criticize with understandable reasons, but in conclusion, having a wide sense of variety, creativity, an open mind, and trying out stuff is important.
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