“Symphony, as i call this aptitude, is the ability to put together the pieces. It is the capacity to synthesize rather than to analyze; to see relationships between seemingly unrelated fields; to detect broad patterns rather than to deliver specific answers; and to invent something new by combining elements nobody thought to pair.” - A Whole New Mind
It seems as though all forms of creation are their own symphony…
Monday, February 23, 2009
Book Proposal
In the broadest sense my book is about how everyone perceives things differently. Whether it it answering a question or performing a task, people just do things differently. So based on this idea that we are all different, no matter how much people fight it or conform to it, how does this influence our artwork? How is our artwork unique? How does art transform and evolve when individuals come together to create make it? In my book i plan to answer these questions through my experiments…
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Exploration No. 49 Found Words
Found words i kind of translated into heard words… I listened to things people said and wrote down as much of the sentence as i could and then continued writing the current sentence. so the final writing is a compilation of different conversations.
lost car… before i left the people… probably not, they haven't contacted me again… sweet conversation… personally they might show up later… found all my stuff that day… all crazy, i don't know why… twenty more… one, two, three… she must be proud of you i'd say, but weather… about appearance…i heard a five… so caught, she explained the basement, the farmhouse… once more can't go on… but what i have to do yeah ok and so like you can at least hate them…in the … but yeah… running over it, she will take her time… i really do… you have milk… we have no money… i'm all confused here, to go to the end… left you more at home, you know, now i can't see those… i didn't see…
lost car… before i left the people… probably not, they haven't contacted me again… sweet conversation… personally they might show up later… found all my stuff that day… all crazy, i don't know why… twenty more… one, two, three… she must be proud of you i'd say, but weather… about appearance…i heard a five… so caught, she explained the basement, the farmhouse… once more can't go on… but what i have to do yeah ok and so like you can at least hate them…in the … but yeah… running over it, she will take her time… i really do… you have milk… we have no money… i'm all confused here, to go to the end… left you more at home, you know, now i can't see those… i didn't see…
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Experience No. 4 + Connections
Combining characters… for this experience i combined the 'ninjas' from the previous experience to make multiple personality 'ninjas'.
El Diablo + Evel Kinevil - evil needs some kind of enabler… in this case a motorcycle.
Overwhelming personality…
Scuba + Nervous - I thought this one was really interesting after looking back at it because i remembered the nervous 'ninja' was standing in his own urine. and he randomly got paired with scuba gear…
One Badass Mother Fucker + Polaroid-ist - Retro. Old School. Classic.
Unicorn + Italian Stallion - Again this was a random pairing… but the phallic references seem to have gotten paired. However the Unicorn kind of re contextualizes the whole idea…
Italian Stallion + 'swirlies' - maybe he is a lover not a fighter…
Transition visually from one to another…
I think thins combination looks like a literal personality and an aura…
When it comes down to it, these 'ninjas' are stereotypes… and breaking up their personalities and mixing them together creates a more rounded character.
El Diablo + Evel Kinevil - evil needs some kind of enabler… in this case a motorcycle.
Overwhelming personality…
Scuba + Nervous - I thought this one was really interesting after looking back at it because i remembered the nervous 'ninja' was standing in his own urine. and he randomly got paired with scuba gear…
One Badass Mother Fucker + Polaroid-ist - Retro. Old School. Classic.
Unicorn + Italian Stallion - Again this was a random pairing… but the phallic references seem to have gotten paired. However the Unicorn kind of re contextualizes the whole idea…
Italian Stallion + 'swirlies' - maybe he is a lover not a fighter…
Transition visually from one to another…
I think thins combination looks like a literal personality and an aura…When it comes down to it, these 'ninjas' are stereotypes… and breaking up their personalities and mixing them together creates a more rounded character.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Big Bang… of experiences…
It is hard to say where exactly my project is going… Out of all my experiences so far the one that interests me the most is Experience No. 3. For Experience No. 3 I have given out little ambiguous characters to decorate and define. So to really show the development of this idea… well, this is what happened…
A friend of mine, in the spirit of craft and lack of funds made me this little ninja, based off a plush doll she saw online, or in a magazine… i don't know.
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This is the Ninja my friend made me…
…and really i was thinking how he is a very ambiguous and adorable little character, so what else could he be… and i think stemming from my first experience of surveying people, i was really interested in how other people perceive things.
the main part of the experience was to see what people would draw on their 'ninja'. however, i think it was equally important to see the paper/color choice that the people made.
so, i am still unsure of what my book is going to be specifically about… so my plan is to continue the exploration of handing out 'ninjas' as well as making things out the 'ninjas' i already have. for example taking pieces of them and mixing them up. i think i would also like to compare the defined 'ninjas' to other objects or people that have the same definition…
so my plan is to explore some more, but i feel like my ultimate goal for my book will showcase the 'ninjas' as if they were human personalities. for example, started with the individual and evolving to a 'one of many' perspective…
A friend of mine, in the spirit of craft and lack of funds made me this little ninja, based off a plush doll she saw online, or in a magazine… i don't know.
See more Shawnimals
This is the Ninja my friend made me…
…and really i was thinking how he is a very ambiguous and adorable little character, so what else could he be… and i think stemming from my first experience of surveying people, i was really interested in how other people perceive things.
the main part of the experience was to see what people would draw on their 'ninja'. however, i think it was equally important to see the paper/color choice that the people made.
so, i am still unsure of what my book is going to be specifically about… so my plan is to continue the exploration of handing out 'ninjas' as well as making things out the 'ninjas' i already have. for example taking pieces of them and mixing them up. i think i would also like to compare the defined 'ninjas' to other objects or people that have the same definition…
so my plan is to explore some more, but i feel like my ultimate goal for my book will showcase the 'ninjas' as if they were human personalities. for example, started with the individual and evolving to a 'one of many' perspective…
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