monologue

After modular Madness

My modular madness was candles. I took them and linked them into a emotional bond to our lives and how candles relate. Life slips away fast just like candles do too. For my performance i light my candles and they melted alot faster than i ever thought they would.  However, i got the reaction that i wanted. Most people really enjoyed my piece and that they like that it is a one time show. Also everyone received there own experience with my piece. Also that it made them think. I did not get any negative feed back from my piece, and im not sure if thats good or bad. I really like being told where to improve my work. If i dont get negative or the truth i will never grow.
I also want to thank Krystal for the pics.

much needed line therapy

So the first song i chose to draw lines too was classical music made for studing. I was kinda peiceful but had a upbeat to it.

At all of the three above that i like the most is the middle one.

I used my fingers smugging the charcoal.

It looks like flames to me.

It relates to my feelings through the last weekend.

The next three are from the Beautiful piano music (2009) 

The first one represents the loops in the music piece. The loop is some what loose and not to tight. 

Not to aerie. 

The second one i had charcoal on the tips of my fingers . 

I really can not explain the last one.

The next three are when i was listening to angry music.

The first two are just lines. 

However the bottom one is crossing lines in an x pattern.

I really like how it starts off small at the top then grows bigger at the top.

Anger goes from small to big to even bigger.

This is my first ghost piece.

I really like it. 

I first drew lines across the paper and then wiped the lines off making it a mess.

Then i just  shaded the paper and wiped it off again. 

Then i did the steps all over again.

Then the lines you could still see i redrew them. 

After i did that i erased around the lines.

The song that went along with this one is UNPRETTY by TLC

Out of all of the art/marks i did today this one with the heart fits me most of all. My favorite shape is a heart. Also there is a lot on my mind and on my heart right now. However it would fit more if it was a broken heart. 

I never realized how much fun it would be to create lines. It helped distract me from life for just a few hours. It was very relaxing

Edits to my short story

2-d line assignment

a phrase written all over 

LIVE LAUGH LOVE

I chose this phrase because it is my favorite and it relates on how i live my life.

Attack the page with any medium

I had 5 color pencils in my hand and i attacked the page.

Write your name 100 times with your eyes closed.

In my mind i did a really good job writing my name with my eyes closed.

100 Parallel lines with my eyes closed

There are really 100 lines just hard to tell some are really soft.

crumbled up the page and drew lines

I really like this pic. However i really don't like it in person

Folded this page several ways and drew lines on it

I love how the circles break up. it add interesting texture to the art.

Modular madness pre-write up

Materials

1.The over all materials/candles work really well and it melted like a candle does. I really had to listen to candles and do what they wanted me to do them. so i melted them. 

2.I could have not used another material to do this project. The project helped give it the meaning behind the piece and it would just not be the same if it was something else.

3.I had several difficulties with using candles.It was not sticking with glue and I could not get it to do what i originally had in my mind. However, I listened to the candles and started melting them and it turned into a wonderful thing.

3.With the candles melting it changed the meaning of the piece. However, i really did not have a meaning to the piece so with it melting it gave me inspiration and the meaning of the candles. Also I found out that it is some what easy to melt wax. However, it is really messy and time consuming. 

Process/ambitiousness

1. With the idea of rising above the scale it really does not. However, in parts i had to melt and mold some of the candles. It was at times playing with clay. It was kinda fun and interesting.
2. The piece did change completely. I was wanting it to be a clean sharp piece and very neat. Also i wanted to go with geometric shapes, but with it not holding and the candles wanting to melt like candles it was not possible. 
3. answered in 2

Craftsmanship

1. The over all piece is very messy which works. It shows the meaning and what candles really do. I think it works with being messy and if it was clean it would not give the same feeling.

Form

1. Shape, color, texture, and space are the concepts that are really noticeable in my candle piece. The shape of the candles really are noticeable. It goes from being noticeable candle to melted one that you can barley tell that their candles. With texture it is the layers and the smooth parts of candles. Also there is the texture of the wax falling down the table.With space i really used the whole table to my advantage and also the side of the table.
2. One of the dominating principle is rhythm. You get rhythm out of the pattern of the candle on the triangle pyramid and also the rectangular piece. Gravity is also a huge influence in the piece. With relating to LIFE gravity effects everyone. If it good or bad , is your opinion. Gravity was a huge part of the wax falling off the table. Also if there was not gravity the candle wax would not have fallen and given it the effect of being messy that i was aiming for.

Concept

1. The piece consumes history of everyone. My favorite part is that it not only consumes, it brings in the present and the future. I talk about life and how it relates to candles. We involve candles in so many aspects of our lives.  Candles represent our lives and how we waist away and you never know how fast life will slip/melt away from you.
2. The way it going to be presented has a big aspect of the piece. It is at waist hight or a little higher on me. It is suppose to represent an alter of any kind. If the piece was on the ground i would not have been able to the same idea of gravity and the aspect of life and memories left behind.

Presentation

1. I picked the spot i did to get away from distractions. I originally had a blank wall behind me, which i really like. However, someone from the other class put stick against the wall behind me which was very distracting to me.
2. The table i chose is the biggest one in the room. It is small compared to the room, however, when you have an alter it only takes up a small portion to the room so it fit.
3. with the surrounding element, the only issue i had was the sticks. also i had someone want to hang something above it, which would have stop me in the ability to light my piece, i was very greatfull that she was willing to move her art. However the only really big issue i had was being able to get the whole room dark. the windows in the space light the area more than i wanted it to be.

independent photos of repetition and rhythm and white space

so i have the form of the critics but i do not remember what when with what pic so as soon as i get the pics back i will update this

trip to the Menil

google (collage popup books and assimbaloty)

http://flavorwire.com/52149/r-i-p-wally-hunt-the-pop-up-industry-loses-its-pop

For this assignment we are suppose to google different images of things and artists that create them. For my first word I picked popup books. I was truly amazed on what I found when I googles popup books. When i first though about a popup book, a child's popup book came to mind but this was so cool. The design and the art work that go into some of the popup books are fantastic.

short story

It is Friday night and I had a busy day. This particular night is what I had been working for all school year, J.V. districts for swimming. I had worked very hard and I even stopped shaving my legs. The night before I shave my body, I ate a lot of healthy carbs like pasta and bread and went to bed at exactly 7:00 pm sharp. I wanted to at my best.

So I got to the swim meet at Klein Oak with my team on the yellow school bus and everything was going great. I had swum my fastest and was dropping time left and right. My final race was coming up. I got behind the block that came up to my waist. Standing in front of the eight-lane pool with the smell of chlorine all around me, thinking I was ready for this 100 backstroke. I had done this a million times before. I got in the cold water to start, with the roar of friends and fellow team mates all around. The starter said, “ Swimmers take your mark”, I pull up, “GO”. Off the block I go with a great start gliding through the smooth water. I get to the next wall count my flags and I flip with having my heart racing. I get going faster on my second lap, coach is yelling “GO GO”, and so I start going faster. I see the yellow and black triangle flag streamer above me. I glide into the wall and stop. Thinking I am done I get out and the timer said, “You are not done”. I turn around to see that the race was not over, my fellow completion was still racing but I could not finish it, I was disqualified. Very disappointed in myself I started walking to my coach, as my mom is running from the viewing section on the second floor. Coach and my mom asked if something was wrong I said, “no” I just forgot it was a hundred but I just did a fifty. Coach starts laughing, mom starts laughing and I start crying. I was so embarrassed.

It was districts the most important meet of the year. Coach hugged me and told me it was okay.

To this day I still feel stupid. I redid the race at a later meet and actually finish the whole race.

lines in nature

human dots

with the human dots we gave ourselves a 4 for craft. we gave our self's a 4 because the pic were not blurry and really sharp.

for the use of negative space we gave our self's a 3.  We gave our self a 3 because the cups with the red was a bit distracting.. Also with Kevin's which are not pictures one could have been allot better. For the dots we gave our self's a 5 because you can actually tell our dots are dots. For human element we gave our self's a 4 because we use allot of humans in our pics which goes with our theme of individuality.

With theme we gave our self's a 5  because we achieved the goal of individuality.

With group process we gave the group a 3. In my mind that was very generous. We should have been more organized, people on time and people showing up and if they can not make it send someone in the group a text or call.

Also with this assignment i got upset because one person was suppose to print the pics in black and white and forgot to. Also another person only brought one pic. It is very frustrating to not be able to depend on my group. I can only depend on one of my team mates and it shows in the work.

Also with this assignment i got the wonderful opportunity to help out another group and another person. The pictures below are the pic from the group i got to help out. Even though my parents were not to happy with the pics but it is ART.