2.15.08

So, i started off this project under the assumption that there might be some coincidental truth to these horoscopes, like they somehow magically fit into my life... I'm now starting to take that back. Lately, nothing is hitting and although that is not the point that I am trying to reach, it's annoying. I've been reading them to other people and it seems to be on more for them than me. I have looked at other sources for horoscopes too..most of them dealing with love and romance (which is way in left field for me) so, honestly I just want to put those aside because they are too much of a dissapointment. I am gonna stick to something that will give me hope to succeed in matters of finance or friendship instead.

2.8.08

So I have continued to make myself aware on a daily basis of my horoscope. I researched and found that my sign is considered the most desirable...but my life doesn't really seem like something to be desired at the moment. So maybe it is just the characteristics that i am supposed to possess. I continue to do the same every week with collecting these and occassionally encounter some humour but still remain confused on my end results.

2.27.08

We finished up presentations today and it was my turn, I feel like I did ok due to the feedback I received. When I was doing all of this stuff with Barbie, I felt really ametuer.But i am becoming more and more comfortable expressing my ideas, especially in front of the class, they all seem to think similar to me. I need to remember to focus on the concept more so than the physical elements of the pieces...after all, the class is concepts, right? Even still, I am hoping to get better at both of those elements and figure out who I am as an artist and what my strong points are.

2.6.08

Field trip number 2!! I never have the chance/time in my hectic schedule to visit museums so I love that we are taking the time out to do so. Most of the time I feel that I am so lost with what is going on in the contemporary art world. Malena keeps stressing the importance of our knowledge of surrounding artists and their work, I need to start picking up more magazines!! I had never been to the mint museum before and somehow I thought that I would be a little more impressed, I don't really know what I was expecting though. I wonder why the lady really only concentrated on the fiber pieces, and she seemed to keep wanting to cut Malena off which kind of bothered me even though she was a cute old lady. She mentioned learning to felt at the end which i think could be an interesting technique to learn.

2.4.08

Identity in art. Identity is always a word that is kind of intimidating to me I think because it is hard to recognize. I have trouble with my own identity at this point in my life, so to ask me to create this concept in a piece of work might make me think it is difficult. I find that pieces that do this however, tend to be my favorite. I am a photographer and I enjoy pictures of history, war, crime, social grievances, and things that are real and have that meaning behind them.

1.28.08

Today was the beginning of presentations for out material inventions. I am not entirely sure how successful or unsuccessful my concept was. Looking at other peoples, I didn't feel quite as bad about mine because it seems like most people in the class are on the same level... whether I am there with them too, it up in the air at this point. I presented and felt ok because it seemed to get decent critiques, however we were running out of time and had to go fast so I can't really be sure. I honestly thought that there were gonna be some that absolutely just blew me out of the water, but I guess everyone was having the same type of difficulties as me....mine was time. I really need to give myself more time to do things, procrastination has got to stop!

1.30.08

Making meaning...that is something that one probably has to think about for a while. I guess considering my very limited background in real art, this definitely expands on my previous knowledge of what art really means. Art to me, is no longer just something aesthetically pleasing but something that provokes a feeling, an underlying meaning, touches on some sort of issue. It is interesting to think that even changing one little thing about a piece can make it speak so much louder, whether it is the material, the presentation, or whatever else. I never really thought about the process being important in interpreting the piece before... I am used to things like drawing and photography where (excluding some photographic elements), the process speaks for itself so it is never really anything that you have to think about. I am kind of looking forward to exploring this.