how creativity is killing the culture

i dont know if creative people need to be stopped. i think the people who tell people to be creative need to be stopped. if people are truly creative, they will be creative, they will come up with original stuff. most people do what is pushed on them, not what they want to do. in a way people do need to be pushed but if they get pushed and dont change then they arent really wanting to and probably shouldnt be the ones being creative. i think pushing someone a time or two is fine but i dont think everybody needs to push me into doing something i dont really want to do. for instance when melena pushed me to get away from the literal, i didnt really know what to do, but i stuck with it and figured it out, ultimately helping me become more creative. whats crazy about this though is that it makes me think. to be creative, i dont need to be completely innovative, i need to know what ive come from, what my subject is, etc. i need to see what history was like in order to see where i can go. i think that if creativity is grounded in history it can make the culture richer, not kill it. it may even create culture.

the art world expands

Contemporary art is very rich, diverse, and unpredictable. this allows for more diverse subject matter, interesting choices of media, and many new artists. with older forms of art such as Renaissance, the predominate medium was painting with a little bit of sculture. it is so much more interesting to see new mediums, such as movie making, mixed media, photography, and so on becuse you wonder why the artist chose to do that. did it have something to do with the concept or do they just like the medium? i also like the fact that with contemporary art, you can have multiple subject matter and multi media in the same piece. it's just more interesting to see the variety than looking at the same stuff over and over again. i guess that why i dont necessarily care for art history and what makes it boring.

looking at sculpture formally

This handout talks about how talks about how form, processes, materials, presentation, and so on have different effects on sculpture. i can relate to this because i am a sculpture. craftsmanship can have a massive part in getting your idea across. for instance, i've made things that would have wouldnt get the point accross if i had used the materials i used or constructed it the way i did. One time i made a chair that was made out of broken skateboards and ramp materials to show part of my personality. If i wouldnt have made the backing of the chair in the manner that they make ramps, or not used ramp materials, people would quite get the concept. it would have just been a lounge chair where you sit on broken skateboards. The point of this is to show that the use of materials, presentation, and form have a say in how your work is interpreted

The story tells it

often times a works meaning could change. As a viewer or an artist, life experiences have an effect on the meaning of a piece. Where the work is placed can change the meaning of a piece. What is going on in the world when that piece is made or when its viewed has an impact of what the meaning is. For instance, the identity project we just did had a particular meening to me. it was to show that three particular images make me who i am. a skateboard for what i do, a cross for my religious upbringing, and the fact that it looks like a gravemarker for the lessons ive learned through the losses of people. Now if i would have placed it on the side of a road, it would have taken the form of a monument honoring someone, instead of showing who i am and the generalization it shows. if someone else had lost someone maybe they would have a different intake of it. it just goes to show that just because i made it one way, it could have many different meanings and different experiences make the meaning change

An incomlete manifesto for growth

there were a few things that stood out that could really push me to grow as an artist.

1. Begin anywhere: "not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis." that is very true. Alot of times i just dont know where to begin and i end up getting nowhere fast. An art teacher i had in high school used to always tell me if i didnt have any ideas, i just need to keep drawing or brainstorm instead of focusing on the fact that i dont know where to go. i just need to start somewhere because that is better than nothing.
2. Collaborate: i love to collaborate with people cuz that get my mind flowing. thats usually where i get more ideas, better ideas, and more creative ones as well
3. blank: being blank or open would allow me to get new ideas and work on new processes that would allow me to grow.
4. Stay up late: this could be interesting because when i become deproved of sleep, i do things i normally wouldnt do and that could be great source for inspiration
5. taking breaks and going to different places: sometimes when im in a jam i like to take a break and come back or go to a different spot because it gives me new or rejuvenated creativity.