"Finals" a Holden original.
This is my final project for Digital Design.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Post 5: Connecting Your Project To Your Definition Of Art
Art is anything that is given the intention or effort to become art by its maker. Non-art is anything that was never given the intention to be art.
There is not a lot more that is given the effort of art than music. So much thought and time is put into music and lyrics, people spend their lives making them. Visual art can sometimes just be random and some break of inspiration, music can never be completely random, or else people will hate it. Like some reeeeaaally bad experimental music. It would be awful.
I have not yet written the lyrics to the song I want to record, but I have been working on it a lot. a LOT. I have written a few songs but I never like any of it so I always start over. It sucks because that's how I am. When I read it's rare for me to stick to a book because I get bored with ideas easily. When I try to write stories it's the same thing, that's why I write short stories, longer ones never work out. I enjoy constant change, it even helps me sleep, so I don't see myself writing songs in the future unless they are all poorly thrown together. I am not doing this again.
There is not a lot more that is given the effort of art than music. So much thought and time is put into music and lyrics, people spend their lives making them. Visual art can sometimes just be random and some break of inspiration, music can never be completely random, or else people will hate it. Like some reeeeaaally bad experimental music. It would be awful.
I have not yet written the lyrics to the song I want to record, but I have been working on it a lot. a LOT. I have written a few songs but I never like any of it so I always start over. It sucks because that's how I am. When I read it's rare for me to stick to a book because I get bored with ideas easily. When I try to write stories it's the same thing, that's why I write short stories, longer ones never work out. I enjoy constant change, it even helps me sleep, so I don't see myself writing songs in the future unless they are all poorly thrown together. I am not doing this again.
Post 4: Recording a Song
I am not good at making visual art unless I really dedicate all of my time to it, and since it is finals week I can't do that. Because of this, I have decided to record a song as my art project. I actually have to write my own lyrics, which will be difficult because I want to write something silly about monsters or zombies, and I don't want to expose myself to the class in writing a really meaningful song that actually expresses some sort of sensitive thought.
I do know that I want the song to be acoustic. I've used garage band before and I am really really bad at making music on it, I just use it to record, and even then I have only used it once so this is all going to be new. I want the song to just be lyrics and guitar. Simple.
I do know that I want the song to be acoustic. I've used garage band before and I am really really bad at making music on it, I just use it to record, and even then I have only used it once so this is all going to be new. I want the song to just be lyrics and guitar. Simple.
Post 3: Read & Respond
Heidikins
The blog post I read was posted by some woman writing about her trip to Seattle and all of the amazing sculptures and architecture she got to see while she was there. I think the main point of her post was that Seattle has so much amazing art and it's all just there. You don't have to go to a museum to see it. None of the photos included in the post were taken in museums, they were all out on the streets. Maybe Heidikins is trying to say that we can find the most beautiful things right under our noses, if we look hard enough.
To prove this she included a few great pictures and told stories of her trip around Seattle. This is interesting because our ideas of art are similar, but she focuses on architecture and the more physical part of art. I really liked hearing about Seattle's architecture and I hope to see it soon too. Clearly it had an effect on me. My definition of art is the same, only now I am more conscious of where art can be found.
The blog post I read was posted by some woman writing about her trip to Seattle and all of the amazing sculptures and architecture she got to see while she was there. I think the main point of her post was that Seattle has so much amazing art and it's all just there. You don't have to go to a museum to see it. None of the photos included in the post were taken in museums, they were all out on the streets. Maybe Heidikins is trying to say that we can find the most beautiful things right under our noses, if we look hard enough.
To prove this she included a few great pictures and told stories of her trip around Seattle. This is interesting because our ideas of art are similar, but she focuses on architecture and the more physical part of art. I really liked hearing about Seattle's architecture and I hope to see it soon too. Clearly it had an effect on me. My definition of art is the same, only now I am more conscious of where art can be found.
Post 2: What is NOT Art?
What is not art...well to keep things organized I'll again use the example of the old lady smoking. Like I said before, she is not art. Her existance is not art, she was made into art when the guy with the camera came up and snapped a shot of her and thought, hey this could be a very insightful peace of art. Then he developed it and chose it from his selection of photos, he hand picked it. Then he went on to frame it and put it in a gallery. That's how something that is not art becomes art. I don't really know if anything can ever stay in a non-art state, of course there are billions of people like our old woman who were never featured in a photo, but they all have the chance. I guess what I mean to say is: is there anything that can never be art? No, I don't really think so. I think everything has the chance to be art.
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