Briana Carter
9/2/14
Process Post

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     I grew up in a world full of competition. My first sports were cheerleading and gymnastics. I feel like "play" in my life has always been described as competitive. In cheerleading we compete for our spots and titles. A lot of people describe play as something else, but this is how I visualize it because this is the only way I had fun as child; By competing and winning against other children. I told my friends making the letters that if they made the letters in a certain amount of time that they could get candy. The first two letters were made by not talking to each other and the last two they could convers with each other. It took a considerably longer time to create the first two, but because they are competitive, they worked hard to finish quickly to get the candy. Since the classroom is small, I am going to do this same task, but with beans. I will slip instructions and a questionnaire inside the bag with the beans. I am interested in learning if the competitive side of play is any different than just sitting and playing with play-do and how did the adrenalin feel?  How was working together and being able to talk to each other different than not talking? Were they more stressed than happy?

Research: I did not do any research for this project. This was all from my own memory and how I grew up. I also got a lot of my ideas from my teacher.

Text Notes
Due: August 26th

Jessica Stockholder- Not everybody can relate to these pieces of work. She stated that her piece is in remembrance of her mother who loved theatre. This most likely speaks to people who understand how it feels to be on a theatrical setting. It shows them how to react with the objects around them. This piece is a really good example of play because the audience can actually interact or "play" with the set. They can go through the little tunnels and find joy in messing with the Lego like features. Humans find joy in the little things. She even said that most people like feeling like they are on stage, and that is right where she wanted them to feel.

Arturo Herrera- Most people are not interested in this kind of artwork. They think that just because it does not look like anything, it can not be anything important, but I think that his audience would be the people who find joy in problem solving. They sit and wonder and try to figure out what his pictures are all about. Obviously if it was a photograph of a dog, we all know it is just a dog, but the shapes and images he makes is unknown and a lot of people find joy in this kind of problem solving. He can really communicate to other artist that art does not have to be perfect. He creates beautiful pieces out of his mistakes sometimes. He sits around with many different pieces of shaped paper, and plays around with his artwork. He sits and tries to figure out what works and what does not. Just like when we put together Lego pieces. We knew what pieces we wanted to be together and which ones we did not.

Weekly Notes
Due: August 26th

This week was the very first week of school. It was the time to get to know each other and start on our very first task. The first day, we had to interact with each other and explain why we chose art and what is so special about art. One of the questions was who your favorite artist was. I had to think a while before writing an answer down because I don't know many artist. That was harder to do than I thought it would be. On the second day of class, we started discussing our first topic which is Play. I was getting really confused, but she really meant playing with something. I felt like there was some huge meaning to the word play, but there was not. She set Plato and Lego's in front of us and asked us to play with them.  I was sitting there looking around wondering why we had to play with these things. I soon realized that play is something that we like to do. Something that distracts us from daily problems and makes us feel good inside. That is really how I felt when I started to play with these items. I felt like all of my worries started to fade away.

Text Notes
Due: August 26th

Thomas Kinkade-
   As it states in the text, "Kinkade's work appeals to an all-pervasive impulse, the "nesting" instinct." Mostly, his pictures are of homes and light houses and water falls. People relate to these kind of photos because it feels more like home to them. That is the main reason that almost every American can relate to and wants his photographs hung in their home. They want people to come into their home and feel comfortable with their surroundings. Kinkade can communicate to his audience because his work is so home like, but a another form of communication is through his continuous sales of many products. An example is how he sells Kinkade pillows, blankets, and mugs. He also sells his items through other companies. I do not know if people love it as much as people see it so often. He just really knows how to communicate with people through diversion and media. By putting it out there. All it is for most people is "emotional fulfillment." Since my visual of play is something that you enjoy or take relaxation in doing, Kinkades photographs in general could be a sense of play to his audience. Just like the passage explains; "he owns the hearts of the people." He catches the souls of his audience. They find peace and enjoyment and stress relief to look at his pictures.

Charles Ray-
   "Ray's work attracts notice." That is the only thing that is really does. Only people who understand art and appreciate it can take pride and joy in his work. Other than that, his work stands out in a crowd of art and is always turning heads. Most of the time, it is not even good head turning. His audience is usually the people who find joy in their own bodies and are not afraid to show it off just like how he stands around nude. People enjoy his work who find the human body beautiful. I feels like with Mr. Ray, play and communication tie in together. I feel as if he communicates through his work, but because his work looks so playful, it becomes a visual sense of play. An example is the picture of the fire truck and the clock with little hanging feet. It is almost like I can see myself mentally wanting to play with those objects and interact with those objects. That's the main reason he can communicate to his audience. He wants them to wonder why he did these sorts of things to his piece.

My name is Briana Carter and I am a sophomore at UNC Charlotte majoring in art education. I am also a cheerleader at the University. I am kind of a goof ball and love making people happy, so thought that this video would really make somebody smile along the way.