Art Document:My Work

For this Narrative and Sequence project I want to document the sequence of a worker. The worker that I have done some work on is my mother. My mother is a child care provider and I wanted to see what her normal work day is like. I approached this by taking pictures of what her work day is like. What she does in the morning, noon, and evening. What she goes through and what are her methods of approaching her daily tasks. I got up early in the morning and watched my mom at work. she gets up with a positive mood and ready to take on what the day brings her. She does the normal things like take her of the kids. She feeds them and plays with them. She also teaches them. She does this with a positive mood and is smiling. She rests when the kids take their nap and does chores while they are napping. The kids parents come and my mom goes on to do the rest of the chores with my dad. They work together to get the house clean. Now I will document today and see how today differs from her work day. How different is her outfit and mood. What she does different and what challenges approach today, if any.  I will continue with my documentation.

Personal Space and Alternate Identity

For our last big assignments, our teacher assigned us a Personal Space and Alternate Identity projects. Before letting us on our own, our TA gave us some important key points with dealing with these projects. She told us we will need to get consent forms from the University. When she said that it thought this was going to be a huge project. I thought to myself “ OMG how big does this project have to be that we need consent forms!” What really helps is when she gives us examples of past experiments because it helps us think about what we are supposed to do. Of course if we still don’t get it, our TA always helps us with our ideas. One example she gave on the one dealing with Alternate Identity  was about a girl who posted a youtube video on how it is to be with no hands. The video itself was funny but the message was serious and something we have to think about. The example about the Personal space was about this guy who put on a race track suit and raced against the skateboarders. These examples made it easy for me to think about my projects because know I know what our TA is looking for.  For my personal space project I want to document myself eating too close to someone or just walking right next to a person. I want document what they think and their reactions as well. I want to know what its like to invade a  personal space.  For the Alternate Identity project, my mind is still working on that. It would be cool to be like a superhero and dress up around campus acting like one. Or I could see what is like to be some kind of animal. That would be fun. Anyways I know I can do my best in these experiments and I know more fabulous ideas will keep on coming.

Comics Response Chapter 9

This week’s Comics reading was really interesting. The Main Point the author makes in chapter 9 is how to understand comics and what the meaning of comics is. He first starts out by explaining that comics comes from the mind, but only a short percentage of our vision is what goes into our drawing. I find this to be true because every time I draw a picture, I first envision of what I want the outcome to be. Then I think about the methods I will apply. When its all done, I look at my drawing and notice that only a small part of my vision is actually on the drawing. I notice I added more or taken out some details. Next he talks about how comics can be open to anyone. All you need is a paper, pen/pencil, and idea, the want to be heard, to learn, and to see. This is really interesting because I do that all the time in my art and so this means that all my art is considered a comic. You need to say something with your art. It needs to tell a unique story. The author talks about how comics past is used to influence the future of comics. Comics can be as simple as cartoons, symbols, languages, or a realistic setting as long as it tells a story. This is cool because simple things can lead to big ideas. I can do a simple drawing and it can end up in a museum. We never know. We need to develop our ideas and thoughts onto a canvas a produce new art. This is why comics will continue to develop as time goes by.

Art Show Week 5

This week I went to an art show by Ilene Segalove. She started off by saying that she was a UCSB student and that she works with radio, video, and audio. I highly admire her because she can do all those things and call them art. She is able to try new things and experiment with them. She told us that she worked for TV and wondered if in a reality show were the actors real or just following a script. When she made that point, I wondered about reality TV too and if the actors where following if script. If they were then it wasn’t reality TV in my perspective. After giving a talk, she showed us a video called The Mom Tapes in which she filmed her family doing random stuff. I think that the point of this video was to show how she interacted with her family and what their thoughts on life were. After the video, she showed us pictures of self portraits. She would show herself with pants and not shirt on and also pictures of her and her family. This pictures showed me that her family played an important role in her life. She showed how much she cared for them and this made me relate to her because my family is very important to me too. She ended the art presentation by showing cartoon drawings she had made. I thought they were amazing and hope she will make more.

Proposals for Narrative/Sequence Project

For our next assignment we are going to do a Narrative/Sequence assignment. We have to write about our proposals that we intend to do. My first proposal is to document about Sequence. I want to document a day in the life of a child care provider. I would go around and see how a child care provider works and what her strategies are for the day. How she does her daily chores and what are the challenges that can come in a single day. I would document that along with thoughts and feelings of the worker.

My Second proposal is to do what I said in my first proposal but compare to a day in which she can be herself and not working. I would go about this project by documenting a day she is working and observing one in which she is relaxing and not working. I will note down what she does and how she goes about in doing her tasks. What does she do and with whom does she spent most time with? How does she dress and act outside the workplace? How has her mood changed and how she feels?

My third proposal is to do what I said above but also include the people around her. What is the environment in which she works. How is that environment different from the one in which she is relaxing?  Also to include her thoughts on her work days and relaxing days. How does she compare the two. To include more personal information like when she started working at this place and how she got started. These are all proposals I would love to do because it gets to teach me about how the regular worker is in the workplace and off day.

Favorite Artist: Leonardo Da Vinci

One of my all time favorite artist is the famous Leonardo Da Vinci. He is famous around the world and his art is spectacular. His work is in prestigious museums. There was a movie called The Da Vinci Code that takes place in Paris. I highly admire Leonardo Da Vinci because he created The Last Supper. The Last Supper is a famous painting in which it portrays the final days of Jesus. I have been familiar to this portrait because I have seen it all my life. Everywhere I went whether it be my aunt’s house or a restaurant, The Last Supper made its presence known. I believe this painting is a part of me and I would definitely have it in my house when I get older. My parents would always tell me the significance of the portrait because I would always ask. It usually tends to be hanging near the dinner table. I would always gaze up at it and think about its meaning. Even today, when I go to my house and see the painting, I think about the life of Jesus and how he sacrificed himself to save us. This portrait means a lot to me.

                                                                                  The Last Supper

 

Mona Lisa

Another famous piece by Leonardo Da Vinci is The Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is an interesting art piece to look at. People have told me that she has a secret and that is why she is smiling. That you need to look carefully into her eyes to see what she is hiding. This piece is mysterious and brings many thoughts to whoever observes the painting. I hope to one day see the actual painting so I could analyze it more thoroughly.  

Free Write

For this free write I would like to talk about my possessions that I find to give me a sense that I am home and around my family. The first item I want to talk about is my brothers’ baseball hat. He bought this hat about 7 months ago and he would always wear it. When we took a family trip to Mexico back in December, he would always wear around the town. I would also wear it a couple of times but he was the one who wore it more. My brother loves to wear hats with his attire. I think its part of who he is. He stopped wearing them about a month ago because of his new hairdo. He told me I could wear it and when I am here at school, I feel like I am with my family. It reminds me of my brother and I wear it how he wears them.

My second piece of personal possessions are some bracelets my little cousin and sister gave me. These bracelets were given to me one Sunday night before coming back to UCSB. I was eating with my family and my cousin was visiting. She and my sister were making bracelets and told me if I wanted one. I said yes and they made me two. One was blue with black and the other is white with black. When they were done they gave them to me and I really liked them.  I put them on and my little sister also gave me a silly band she was wearing. It is blue and I put all three on. After I said my goodbyes and left to UCSB. Every time I feel down and depressed, I look at these bracelets and remember that night and all the words of inspiration my family has told me. I also consider them my good luck charms.