I work with the commencement office at OSU and I have to admit, Wallace had a very unique commencement speech. I appreciate how he laid out what the "real world" is all about. We all have those days where we feel like nothing is going OUR way. I admit that life often seems centered around myself for reasons Wallace explained. However, we are often told to put others first, serve others, and put yourself in someone elses shoes. While we hear these words everyday, we rarely truly practice this. Wallace lays out a path for us to begin putting ourselves in others shoes.
I did not like how Wallace wrote this speech with great negativity. I feel like his point about worklife and adult life was made clear at the beginning. He kept preaching about how frustrating it all was. While he did challenge us to broaden our minds, I feel like he should have gone into more detail rather than ranting about Hummers. It is not something we can easly do everyday, to broaden our minds and gain a new perspective, however it is really important. I wish he would have overstressed this point rather than stressing how frustrating the real world is about to be.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Micro Project 3
This image leaves a lot of my identity out. As a Catholic, there is no symbols on me each day that I carry to represent this. I am also heavily involved with politics. While I did have symbols during campaign season, I no longer carry this identity with me during the spring. It is difficult to express my entire identity in one single image.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
MP 3 Pictures
My dad told me a story about how Buckeyes are lucky when I was a small child and I still carry one with me when I need a really good day. I have always loved Ohio State and what it means to be from Ohio so this tradition of carrying a Buckeye will probably last my whole life.
One Word: Nuts, Pride
So much of my life is now controlled by this device. My school work, my free time, communication, even my job, require my laptop so I carry it with me virtually everywhere.
One word: Controlling
My backpack holds everything I need to make it through the day. Not only does it contain school work, but often carries my lunch and even workout clothes.
One word: Assistant
These are my favorite pair of Nike shoes. They are comfortable, stylish, and make me feel like an athletic superstar even though my playing days are long over.
One word: Empower
My keys give me access to places of home, work, my car, even my computer and the grocery store. I must have these at all times or else my day could be ruined.
One work: Access
Society requires that I carry my wallet with me at all times. It contains my means of exchange, my identification (who knew you needed to carry something as abstract as identity), my health insurance, car insurance, and a lot of gift cards.
One word: Identity
Blog 7
Kaprow:
I never thought of brushing my teeth, or walking to class as art. This is simply the things I must do everyday. However, I agree with the artist that it can be art if we truly pay attention to it. All the tiny details of our everyday actions turn out to become something beautiful. Even typing this blog post. I see how my fingers know which keys to press without even looking at the keyboard. If I watch my fingers closely though, it becomes a work of art to see them flowing across the keyboard to form words on the screen.
I disagree with the artist in the sense that these actions are always art. I believe it is only considered art work if you recognize and acknowledge it as such. I do not consider my walk to class each day as art. However, when I look at how my legs move back and forth, how I hold my book bag, how I know where to go without even thinking about it. Once I recognize all of this, then I consider it art.
Weschler:
As a Catholic, I think the timing of this article is perfect since it coincides with our tradition of Lent. Lent is about how Jesus spent 40 days in the desert to figure out how to be the Son of God. I feel like the artist had a similar experience where he went out to the desert to find out how to improve his art. Both came back with a completely different perspective on how to do their missions. The whole point of the desert is to built a perspective and one's personal perception of the world. Once this perception is developed, then one can apply it to what they do.
The artist took time to think of ways to show this desert and sense of perception in his artwork. I believe this is something you cannot and should not pursue since as the author stated, each person will develop a different perception. It seems that the artist learned the correct lesson that one should do their work with their perception and thoughts, while understanding others perceptions and thoughts will be different.
Saunders:
This article contains so much information on such an incredible guy. I appreciate Saunders views on death and how we should not ignore the idea, but truly face the idea and how it can make us better. They talk about how we have a heightened sense of what life is truly after experiencing a near death experience of the loss of a loved one. This is a feeling which I think almost all of us can agree on and which happens to us at times in our lives. I never recognized it before, but the author is right that these feelings tend to die out once time goes on.
On a different topic, Saunders talks about how it is a slim chance that what a student will write will someday reach the "real" world of audience. I agree in the sense it is very unlikely, but at the Undergraduate level, I fell like students do not write towards a worldwide audience. The current system wants us to write for the purpose of a good grade. It is not until one goes to graduate school (which many of us choose not to) when the writings are meant to be for a broader audience.
I never thought of brushing my teeth, or walking to class as art. This is simply the things I must do everyday. However, I agree with the artist that it can be art if we truly pay attention to it. All the tiny details of our everyday actions turn out to become something beautiful. Even typing this blog post. I see how my fingers know which keys to press without even looking at the keyboard. If I watch my fingers closely though, it becomes a work of art to see them flowing across the keyboard to form words on the screen.
I disagree with the artist in the sense that these actions are always art. I believe it is only considered art work if you recognize and acknowledge it as such. I do not consider my walk to class each day as art. However, when I look at how my legs move back and forth, how I hold my book bag, how I know where to go without even thinking about it. Once I recognize all of this, then I consider it art.
Weschler:
As a Catholic, I think the timing of this article is perfect since it coincides with our tradition of Lent. Lent is about how Jesus spent 40 days in the desert to figure out how to be the Son of God. I feel like the artist had a similar experience where he went out to the desert to find out how to improve his art. Both came back with a completely different perspective on how to do their missions. The whole point of the desert is to built a perspective and one's personal perception of the world. Once this perception is developed, then one can apply it to what they do.
The artist took time to think of ways to show this desert and sense of perception in his artwork. I believe this is something you cannot and should not pursue since as the author stated, each person will develop a different perception. It seems that the artist learned the correct lesson that one should do their work with their perception and thoughts, while understanding others perceptions and thoughts will be different.
Saunders:
This article contains so much information on such an incredible guy. I appreciate Saunders views on death and how we should not ignore the idea, but truly face the idea and how it can make us better. They talk about how we have a heightened sense of what life is truly after experiencing a near death experience of the loss of a loved one. This is a feeling which I think almost all of us can agree on and which happens to us at times in our lives. I never recognized it before, but the author is right that these feelings tend to die out once time goes on.
On a different topic, Saunders talks about how it is a slim chance that what a student will write will someday reach the "real" world of audience. I agree in the sense it is very unlikely, but at the Undergraduate level, I fell like students do not write towards a worldwide audience. The current system wants us to write for the purpose of a good grade. It is not until one goes to graduate school (which many of us choose not to) when the writings are meant to be for a broader audience.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Blog 6 Reading Cardiff and Miller
I never thought of sound as art. I always imagine art as something visual which can invoke all of our senses and broaden our thought. However, using sound to invoke all of our senses should count as art as well. I particularly like the end of the article where the guard stated that some people just cannot find peace. After reflecting about all of the sounds I hear each day at OSU, I agree that most sounds I hear do not represent peace. The buses, people on the phone, the silence in the library... all of these represent work. However, out of context and just listening to the sound, they could be viewed as peaceful if the visual was removed from the situation.
I wish the artists would explain in more detail about why they chose the sounds that they chose. I understand that often times it is better to come up with these thoughts yourself, but sound is one sense which most of us feel a visual context. This might be the point of their artwork, to make hearing the main sense instead of sight, but I think this would take a lot of getting used to.
I wish the artists would explain in more detail about why they chose the sounds that they chose. I understand that often times it is better to come up with these thoughts yourself, but sound is one sense which most of us feel a visual context. This might be the point of their artwork, to make hearing the main sense instead of sight, but I think this would take a lot of getting used to.
The Clock at the Wexner Center Blog 6 Part 1
Last Wednesday, during our usual class time, I went to the Wexner Center for the first time. I first saw the American Photo exhibit, which was cool but not really exciting, and some exhibit on light. However, my favorite part of the exhibit was The Clock. I walked into the very dark room around 11:49 (kind of nice to always know what time it is) and stayed until 12:30 before my next class. This was by far the longest I ever spent with artwork.
My favorite part was when the clock struck noon. The artist used clips from action movies, and built some suspenseful music into the background to lead up to noon. Then he had Big Ben strike noon in London and clocks from movies of all eras began chiming, ringing, etc. During the whole time I was in there, I only recognized two movies (Titanic and James Bond). I found this odd since I watch movies on a fairly regular basis.
I believe the whole point of the clock was not about how far the movie industry came, or how many clocks are in movies, but to recognize how time controls almost everything we do. I even pulled out my phone to check the time (while I was already looking at a clock!). My schedule, the time of day, the season, the month, the year... all these times control my day to day actions. I am glad the artist made me think about how much time really affects my life.
My favorite part was when the clock struck noon. The artist used clips from action movies, and built some suspenseful music into the background to lead up to noon. Then he had Big Ben strike noon in London and clocks from movies of all eras began chiming, ringing, etc. During the whole time I was in there, I only recognized two movies (Titanic and James Bond). I found this odd since I watch movies on a fairly regular basis.
I believe the whole point of the clock was not about how far the movie industry came, or how many clocks are in movies, but to recognize how time controls almost everything we do. I even pulled out my phone to check the time (while I was already looking at a clock!). My schedule, the time of day, the season, the month, the year... all these times control my day to day actions. I am glad the artist made me think about how much time really affects my life.
Nipple Jesus
I really enjoyed this article about nipple Jesus. I liked the style in which it was written (being a big guy myself and even doing a bouncer gig a few times..I can relate). I also found it interesting that he felt he knew the photo even better than the author. While the article spoke about the artwork, I feel like the goal of the article was to capture a story of the bouncer. He went from not really caring about his jobs or his life, to finding something which expanded his mind. I think this was the entire point of the painting. To expand the mind and think about how pictures can be put together. Even something as holy as Jesus Christ, can still be constructed with nipples from a porn magazine.
One part that bothered me, and bothered the author as well, is the fact that the artist wanted to artwork to be destroyed (sorta). While to camera did capture the artwork being destroyed, I think about how humanity has a hard time expanding their minds but that's about it. If the artwork was still there, the controversy would still be there also and our minds would be forced to expand. I would rather see humanity look at the world from a different perspective than see humanity destroy the new perspective
- I am sorry this is posted late. I clicked save rather than Publish so you were probably unable to see it. I understand if I am not able receive credit for this blog post.
One part that bothered me, and bothered the author as well, is the fact that the artist wanted to artwork to be destroyed (sorta). While to camera did capture the artwork being destroyed, I think about how humanity has a hard time expanding their minds but that's about it. If the artwork was still there, the controversy would still be there also and our minds would be forced to expand. I would rather see humanity look at the world from a different perspective than see humanity destroy the new perspective
- I am sorry this is posted late. I clicked save rather than Publish so you were probably unable to see it. I understand if I am not able receive credit for this blog post.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
MP 2
Before I begin this explanation, I want to first state that I am a Geography major and am currently taking some map designing classes. I found this project very exciting because I finally had a chance to create a map in a non traditional way. The first thing we learned in my map making class is that maps are entirely represented by the author and is biased as a result. The author includes what he wants to represent. However, in practice, I usually create maps which are very standard and look "normal." Not this time.
This was my first project where I failed. I wanted to create a Block O map with my trip circling the Block. Unfortunately this style did not convey the emotion of the trip to class which I wanted to convey. I then decided to go back to my Geography basics and use my pictures to create a map. However, this time I wanted to create a map based on Renascence principles instead of modern principles. Therefore I used symbols with pictures instead of normal signs we see everyday. The cloud and the rain are meant to convey the dark cold weather I experienced that morning. The construction sign dimmed out with a detour also conveys the mood of running into construction. I overlapped the pictures with the final destination being on top and to the right (since we generally like to read things from left to right and from bottom to top). To top it all off, the route is clearly drawn to get from my house to the Horseshoe.
I wanted to stick to my geography skills and used all of the requirements needed for a standard map. I included the title, north arrow (which is pointing down in this map), scale bar, a coordinate system (I created a new one), the authors name, and the date produced. Not only will this map pass in Art Education, but my Map Making Professor would be required to pass it as well based off of his rules. The title of the artwork is "An unconventional conventional map"
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