Briana Carter
11/11/14
Weekly Post

11/4- We started out class by getting into our groups and discussing the reading and art 21 videos. While discussing the reading, we got stuck on Daniel Martinez' self portrait that he done of himself. We were so fascinated by the such reality of him getting shot in the head. We discussed how his work really expresses his culture and how most people could do that for this poster project. With the art 21 videos, Ryan was discussing the artist Krzysztof Wodiczko. I really wish that I would have picked this artist to watch instead, because he sounded really interesting. Ryan was telling us that his work was very intense and on a large scale. He made a globe and had a woman in it talking about how she got raped. Another one was of people talking, but he only video taped their hand expressions. It sounded like his work was very powerful and I am very interested now. It makes me think how our work does not have to be quiet, but it can be loud and straight to the point. We also discussed in the group, our mission. I really did not ever think about a mission before, so I really had nothing to say in class, but I have been thinking about it more and I believe that my mission is to educate to others everything I have learned about art and that it is okay to be creative. I strongly feel this way because around middle school, they start to loose their focus on art. They want to be popular or play sports, so art gets pushed to the side. Then, when they start trying to draw again, they are out of practice, so they tell themselves that they are not good artist, so they never go back to it. I really want to stress to younger generations that practice makes perfect. I also heard in my group discussion that I could be a curator of a cheerleading team, which crafts creativity through routines and banners. Everything has a little bit of art in it. At the end of the class, we talked about how our projects are going and what we are thinking of doing. I have a picture, but I feel like it is a little too busy. I also feel like that is okay though because hoarding is busy. I do not really know how I am going to place the words though or what words to even say. I was thinking about making the words tiny, so that the clutter seems to be too much and say something like "feel clutered?" or maybe just go straight to the point and say "Hoarding is a health risk and mental illness." I am still on the edge of what I am going to do, but I am going to brainstorm on our day off.