4.11.08

This is the last week that I will be documenting on these silly horoscopes...wooohoooo!! Honestly, I dont feel like I have accomplished anything with this type of accumulation except for a feeling of burden on having to find them, keep them, and try to document on them. At the end, i just ended up with a pile of different types of paper and the thought that it is just a waste of time. Where do they find all of the people to write them anyways and where do they get their information from?!? I'd like to know, maybe I can get a job...I've read enough of these over the last couple of weeks to know the drill.

4.4.08

This one for this week is mostly just a thought. Part of the reason that I was so interested in this is because of a friend that I had in high school. He truly believed in this kind of stuff and was so in to all of the astronomical things that went along with it that I couldn't even begin to understand..kinda cool. He always said that he was gonna do mine for me one day and I was really excited, he was in an accident and passed before he was able to. It was actually freaky at how he seemed to predict things...even his death which was an accident and definitely not his fault. After, it definitely made me question the realness in the whole subject...and if any of it was true, though I dont really know what "any of it" means. I hope you are following me on this.

3.28.08

Horoscopes are purely for entertainment, duh. I know that I have been so bored with this the whole time and quite honestly...it took all of the fun out of it and made it into a chore. I stopped even reading them and just started cutting. I went back the other day to them along with some old fortunes from cookies and read them. They make you feel good, I guess which day that the one I was reading could have came from and if that is actually how my day went. And those silly fortune cookies have the ability to lift your spirits a little bit....yes, I will have great success in life soon!!! Thanks cookie for the encouragement

3.21.08

So this past week, I started asking around to people about what they think of horoscopes and I got a couple of different responses. Most people just think that they are something fun to read, noone actually goes out of their way to find it though. However, I have noticed an increasing number of my friends on facebook who have added the horoscope application. Some people actually think that it is of the devil...haha. And it was also compared to fortune cookies, ouji boards, and magic 8 balls. I guess you basically get out of it what you want to and you just let it tell you whatever it is that you want to hear. That is what this whole thing is about, evoking an emotion.

3.14.08

So I have been bringing the Charlotte Observer newspaper to work lately and the employees get a kick out of it, everyone askes me to read theirs, of course they want to know what it says...its like a fun little game. Newspapers arent cheap so maybe I will start printing it off and bringing it in every shift to get reactions out of people and see what they think about the whole thing. I have a fellow Libra at work. We are supposed to be charming, passionate, creative, romantic...and allll this other stuff and she truly believes that she is, however I think that if these descriptions are true....she was definitely born in the wrong month.

3.7.08

SPRING BREAK: I talked things over with my sister and she thinks that collecting these horoscopes was a great idea...why?!? I am currently looking for a new spin on things. I need to take this idea to an audience and see what they think about the whole notion of horoscopes. Right now I am looking at a small pile of magazine/newspaper cutouts, and computer print-offs....boring!!

magazine commentary for missed classes

1- These magazines have tons of great visuals but surprisingly not all that many articles. I found a picture on the front cover of a nude couple projected on what seems to be clouds. Amazing. I think that they are holding hands and dancing. This is the handy work of Tony Oursler, I recongnized him immediatly because we had discussed him in class. He is one of my favorite artists that we have looked at this semester. Because his work is "active", I really enjoy it. It evokes emotions and feels very personal. Also, all of the digital things that he is able to do really impressed me since im not technologically saavy at all. And actually, the few artists that we have looked at this semester in class has been so much more interesting for me than anything that I have seen in 2 semesters of art history...thanks Malena.

2- I did manage to find a couple of articles to comment on in these magazines though most of them are quite dated, and by dated I mean from about 10 years ago. I always find it sad to think that an artist goes their whole life working hard and making art only to die and then get really famous...its such a waste. Though I will admit that the thought of looking at work from someone who is no longer alive makes it seem more important somehow...I dont really know why. This article was about Henry Darger, they opened a collection of his work in a museum in Switzerland, they were writing a poem/book about him and also making a movie of his life. Wow, that sounds like success to me. He was popular in his life, but too bad he wont be seeing any of this extra glory.

3- I came across a picture of the inside of a building that was stunning. The ceiling had different rows of black and white and an all over unique and retro feeling mood. A company bought this building in NYC and wanted to remove it, but were convinced otherwise....good. I dont know why people are so keen on removing beautiful art work. Why does it seem that public art is offensive to people. I think that they need to recognize all of these different types of art and learn to appreciate it. The concept that some people have of art just really piss me off. I know so many people who look down on me for doing it instead of something "real".... screw them, they should try to do it. They couldnt draw a decent stick figure.

4-Sex in art. Its so interesting how sex-driven our society is right now but it seems so raunchy to produce it in art, even though its been going on since the beginning of time. To be perfectly honest, for some reason it is some of the most appealing to me, I dont know if i am just a sexual person or what but it attracts me...therefore this article found me. The article talks about sexuality seen in ancient greek art, however I want to talk about the imagery the show. There is a silver cup with 2 men, one if pulling on a rope almost like he is on a swing. Perfectly acceptable...interesting. Theres also a girl peeking in the door watching them, what is this supposed to mean, i dont remember mentioning it in art history. I wonder if everyday office people were to see this, what would they think?!? Also there is a fountain statue of Priapus..and to be quite honest, he has the biggest penis that I have ever seen, in real life or in any sort of art, and he is aroused. Its almost offensive. If that represents power, I hope he was the freaking king. Thats all Im gonna say about that one.