Please read Chapter 8 and respond to 4 of the following Questions by Tuesday November 20 since we don't have class on the Wednesday before thanksgiving. Enjoy your friends and family and eat lots of turkey. Gobble, Gobble!
1. Are
you an artist who sets clear goals and looks for measurable feedback? Is it the
technical stuff you challenge yourself with? Are you “doing a perfect swan dive
off of the low board?” Have you learned to see beyond the simple and measurable
goals and set the challenge a bit higher for yourself?
2. What
do you think about the statement “art that deals with ideas is more interesting
than art that deals with [just] technique.”
3. “Art lies embedded in the conceptual leaps between
pieces – not in the pieces themselves.” Do you see a conceptual difference in
your work – piece to piece? (Think about the example of the craft of the 5
Stienway piano’s and the art of the 5 Beethoven concerti that can be played on
them.)
4. The authors speak of seeing as “To see things is to
enhance your sense of wonder both for the singular pattern of your own
experience and for the meta-patterns that shape all experience.” Throughout
this process of becoming an artist – have you learned to see? Explain how you
have or have not.
5. Based on the reading… what is the difference
between science and art? Do you see any similarities?
6.Are you an artist who views the world as happening
”out there,” or as one who views the world happening within yourself?
7. Can you remember when, or even if has happened, you had the “lightning shift” from having to work very hard to understand the art making process to when it just happened? (P 110 – the French Language example.)
8. Readers may wish to note that nowhere in this book does the C-word (creativity) appear. Why
should it? Do only some people have ideas, confront problems, dream, live
in the real world and breathe air? What do you think about the fact that nowhere do
the authors attribute successful art to the idea of CREA**VITY?
Nicole Arnold
ReplyDelete1)I’m an artist that makes art work that I think is going to be interesting to the eye, and will get somewhat of a good response. I don’t find it a technical fall because even though I’m trying to either get a good grade or please someone I’m still staying true to myself. I’m not doing a perfect swan dive because in many of my art classes this year I have been trying to go behind what each project entails by challenging myself. I’ve found by pushing myself to new extremes that in the end I’m way happier with what I have produced.
2) Art that deals with ideas is more interesting because when an artist makes a composition with a general idea in mind the piece has allot more meaning to it. However, when an artist is trying to master a certain technique which they think people will like, sometimes falls short because it’s difficult to overcome technical problems.
5) Art and Science have many similarities and differences. They both require allot of experimenting because in art its takes many years to find yourself. You go through many phases where you only want to produce art that is 100% original and is very difficult because there’s only so much a person can do. The same is with science. Scientists experiment many things in order to classify things in different categories and for many other reasons. However science is about classes of events, not particular instances like art.
6) I’m an artist that views the world as happening within myself, because if I think about all the happenings out in the world, the changes I make to my art and how I feel about it happens within myself.
Kristina Booze
ReplyDelete1 I don’t set clear goals, but I do look for measurable feedback. I don’t set goals because as I reach that goal I tend to quick working if I set a goal and make that specific point where I want to be. I don’t set a goal because I like to keep going until I am satisfied. I have learned to see beyond the simple goals as I have always set any goal I do make higher then I sometimes think I can do but eventually achieve.
2 I agree art is more interesting with ideas behind it because then there is feeling behind it and a sense of what the artist is thinking. With just technique behind the work if feels like a boring practice piece.
3 I do see a conceptual leap in my work between practicing and working on private clientele pieces. As I better my work I see more leaps.
4 I have potentially learned to see, however, since I haven’t had much experience I have had a little trouble. I learned by seeing something in my point of view then asking someone else what he or she thinks and look at it from his or her point of view.
5 The difference between science and art is the way they communicate points. Art is a creative way to communicate ideas and emotions. Science is a way to establish the truth by experimenting. They are similar by both being experimental and measurement tools.
6 I would say it’s both because I am usually quiet and keep to myself so my world is inside of me and never out to anyone else. However, I believe the rest of it is happening out there and I am just a partaker in what’s happening.
7 I don’t remember it happening because I have always found the art making process easy to do.
8 I don’t think it should appear even though all people have ideas and confront problems. Just everyone does it differently, but every way could be considered creative. I am glad they don’t attribute successful art to creativity because if it was then I was successful at age 6, just like every other little kid.
Sasha Seekins
ReplyDelete1.) I prefer to do work that has measurable feedback. Right now, attempting to grasp the technical aspect of art is the most important thing to me. I feel that as I come to understand the technical part of art, it will be easier to branch out to the more thought-provoking pieces when I feel the need to start producing them. My entire reason for taking classes in art is to expand my thinking from the technical and measurable to the abstract and provocative.
2.) I disagree with the statement because when I go to art museums, I am more drawn to the pieces where the technical aspect shines above everything else. If a piece has a strong theme, but poor technical rendering, I'll nearly pass over it completely.
6.) I view the world as happening in both places; outside and within myself. At this point, what is happening on the outside is easier to express on paper as I am still at the age where I am trying to figure out what's going on on the inside.
7.) I remember starting to get really interested in creating art in 2nd grade, but I had no idea what was really going on until about 5th grade when I would start drawing things I saw in my notebooks, like the legs of a chair or books on a shelf. From there, drawing just kind of manifested in me.
Kira Neville
ReplyDelete2. I agree with this statement because when art is made from feeling, not only the viewer benefits. Feeling makes the piece a journey for the artist and a catalyst for a viewer.
4. I think I have become better at seeing, but there is still room for improvement. I always try to think about things differently than I normally would, and I kind of see this come out when people are making arguments because I seem to play the role as Devil's Advocate. Whether that is good or bad, I don't know, but I really work to recognize other perspectives, more now than I have when I was younger.
6. A little bit of both I think. I always think that there is more than what I am able to acquire from myself alone, but I also think that I have yet to realize much about myself.
8. I think creativity isn't something you can teach. It's a natural trait in people, I believe, so why try to advise people on something they either have, or they don't? That being said, I think everyone has some form of creativity, and everyone has different ways of expressing such forms.
Anna Jahraus
ReplyDelete2. Art with ideas can also have technique. You can have a piece only consist of perfected technique, but if it doesn’t convey a feeling, idea, or at least a reaction, it loses appeal.
4. I think I have learned to see things. I see things clearly. I can become inspired from almost anything, be it an experience or just a simple object. I feel that through taking the time to stop and look, my creativity is everlasting.
6. I see the world from inside myself. I feel that threw art, I can contort how I see reality, and show others how I see it. Personally, my created reality is much more comfortable and interesting than the world I’m faced with.
8. …Creativity shouldn’t be taught in a book. Everyone has their own creativity. We are born with it and we die with it. Creativity is anything from arranging your furniture a certain way, to painting your house. Your creativity is your own. Get inspired by others, but never follow their definition of creativity. Find it yourself!
Taylor Rolf
ReplyDelete1. I usually set goals, but not perfectly clear goals because sometimes as I go the work changes. I envision something but sometimes once I get half way through it turns out differently than expected so modify my plans so my goal in the end gets changed a little. I have learned to see beyond the simple and measurable goals because if you want something to be unique you have to go outside the box and set different goals.
2. I think it makes a lot of sense. It kind of relates to the left and right side of the brain. One is logic and the other is creativity. Ideas is creative and uniqueness and technique is the usual.
5. The difference is, science is a way to find proof or logic behind something while art can be anything. The similarity is how both of them requires trial and error to find what works or what is correct.
6. Out there, because art is kind of subconsciously effected by what everyone sees. So whether I may notice it or not the outside world effects my art.
Lora Turrubiartes
ReplyDelete2. I think yes,artist do deals with more ideas because as your doing anything you have to start with an ideas then with a technique. If you start with a technique you would just making it up as you go and if you do how are you going to example to the people who might want to buy your work or if your going to give it as a gift. And if you wouldn't want them to find out made it like out of no where then make a plan.
5. Art is about how you can show how you feel all of the time and also show show how you view the world. And with science you don't get to do that with paint or pencil.
6. I view the both of them because some times if you don't view the world out there you wont try anything new. And you would have to do the same thing all of the time.
7. No, because I keep on trying different things to work on my artwork. And if you do that you find new things to do for your next project and you can have if different from everyone else.
Kelsee Hartman
ReplyDelete2) Details can sometimes hinder that result of the art piece. Using flow and one's own techniques sometimes turn the piece into something great.
3)I do see differences in my pieces. They tend to become more realistic as time goes on. Working on techniques that i don't normally work on, has helped me with my art.
6)I view the world as happening out there because my own artistic world is happening in my own mind and in my own self.
7)I had that happen to me when I was taking my painting class in high school. The art that I wanted just flowed from my paint brush on to my canvas.
Emily Tillma
ReplyDelete1) As an artist I sometimes set clear goals but most times I let the art flow out of me, I just pick up a pencil and the picture appears on the paper. I dont think I have ever done a perfect dive off of a low board. Each piece is a challenge in itself and I always find mistakes afterward. Each mistake challenges me to go higher.
2) I think that the statement is completely true. Hearing the reasoning or emotion behind a piece always makes the piece more interesting.
4)I feel like i have learned to see more throughout the process of becoming an artist. It's kind of like finding animals in the clouds but it involves seeing emotion and stories behind everything.
6) I think the world happens in both places. Things that happen in the world outside myself are influenced by what travels out of the world within myself and at the same time the world within myself is constantly changing in response to the world outside of myself.