Blog 4

Yoko Ono

The first two paragraphs describe Yoko Ono perfectly.  The author brings up many things she is not, or how she tells us to do silly or impossible things.  She is simply trying to change the way people look at things.  Ono doesn't care about any "art rules" she is supposed to follow, or many other rules given to her by society for that matter.  John Lennon and her were so similar in so many ways.


"The other way to make art is to tear down what’s between us and nature, us and eternity, us
and the realization that everything is already perfect. In this experience of art, the viewer or
listener loses respect for the current order or arrangement of civilization and thus becomes
powerful, like King Kong, and outside civilization, like God — or simply like the shuffling
janitor who is pleased with his own work and sleeps well."

This quote was my favorite from anything we have read so far, and probably anything we will read this semester.  People these days think we have no connection to nature, that we really aren't animals anymore and what we do to the planet and other humans really doesn't have an effect on a larger scale.  Truth is everything is connected in one way or another, and we are distancing ourselves from anything nature.  We give up being able to see the stars and the infinite areas of space because we are scared of the dark.  We give up being able to see all of the world and be friends with everyone out there because we focus to much on ourselves and trying to look better to impress other people, or just because people in countries hate each other for no good reason and it is dangerous to be there.  It shows that all you need to be happy is to be happy with yourself, which no matter what you are doing, your happiness just depends on how you are viewing it.

My only problem with this article is that it makes me realize that until the majority of the world tries to think like Ono does, nothing will get fixed.

photoshop

Starry night bent even more

MP1

Unstable

Landscape

Ant view

Bird view

Person up close

Name on campus

Stable- Moon resting on a vent

Symmetrical- Pole

Person and their surroundings

Radial-sunrise

10 pictures

Blog 3

Walker

Walker stresses how there are no limits to the imagination of artists, or anyone for that matter.  This goes along with artists common themes of rules or other things similar to that because there are no rules in imagination, one of the few places without them and it is what we use to create art.  Walker thinks that artists should have a set idea out though, and not just flow with what feels right.  But also try to break some of these rules.

It seemed weird that Walker brought up the imagination being free and everything, then says artists shouldn't just throw whatever on a canvas.  Also the talk of big ideas and the like became repetitive.

Barrett

This article brought up the topic of connotations and denotations and how to use them as a way to interpret a piece of art.  A denotation would be what you actually see, while a connotation is more of the emotions we attach to the word or object and not its literal meaning.  Connotations differ based on a persons culteral background, so it is difficult to have everyone understand something the same way.

The article made me think of how society is today, and how people rely on it to help them determine what is right or wrong, how cool something is, and other things like that.  I never realized how often the idea of sex appeal is used often in todays society.  Also how different images are used for different ages, it is a small thing, but works well.  I did have a problem with how far Barrett went with the racism and sexual parts.

Blog 2

Kidd

The Article by Kidd seems to discuss two things that don't appear to be alike, because by definition they are opposites, then he shows how they are actually similar.  He talks about how humans and viruses can not live with out each other, but also kill each other.  Also going into talking about the left to right relationship and how we encounter it in our daily lives, and the top to bottom, back to front, and big and small.

He then goes on to talking about the different dimensions.  He says how we are stuck in the third, and laugh at those stuck in the second.  But if there are those below us, why would there not be any above us? They laugh at us just as we laugh at the others, all the way to infinite dimensions we can't even dream to comprehend.

Hickey

First off, I love watching and playing basketball so this article was a nice read.  This shot by Dr. J has been seen numerous times by any serious basketball fan, and if you have ever tried it you know how difficult it is.  Hickey talks about the fluidity of the game and how it started up, a good history lesson and shows how far the game has come.

Hickey seems to be almost weirdly obsessed with the sport though.  It got annoying to read at point because of how much he appears to love it.  I love enthusiasm and all, but he slightly went too far.

Weschler

This was a very interesting article to me.  I have never really looked into this topic and I love to learn new things.  Animation has always seemed to be very difficult to me, but I never knew how much work was done just to get the faces right.  I can not even imagine working for that long on just a face for a movie, and never even thought about there being a problem if you do a job too well and make the face look too real.

Bringing up specific movies most of us have seen to help visualize this process really works well for the author, but he does seem to get off track and ramble on about certain things that give no real addition to the article.

Introduction

To start off, my name is Sean Kennedy and I'm from Mentor,Oh.  I've lived in there in the same house my entire life.  I have one sibling, a younger sister named Kourteney who will likely be joining us at Ohio State next year.  I also have a dog, two cats, and 3 parrots.  In school I have finally decided that I want to go into finance and have a career working with stocks, due to my odd fascination with the stock market.  It would also help to finance my travels, which is really the only reason I want a job.  I hope to work in Europe out of college and move around a decent amount.  This summer two friends and I will be going to Iceland, I wish it was last summer so I could have some great pictures/videos to work with in this class.  I love being outside and in the woods or giant open areas, and seeing waterfalls.  I'm a guy who is very social and loves being around other people, but I think some time alone with the silence of nature is among the best things anyone can do for themselves.

Top 5 musicians
1: Ben Howard
2: Ed Sheeran
3: Phillip Phillips
4: Emancipator
5: Goo Goo Dolls/ 3 Doors Down/ Matchbox 20