Today was a really good day for me to learn and value life is about competition. Competition is nothing personal it is about winning the game. I played UNO where a person may have one card and finds himself with fifteen cards. The group of people I played with went for the attack towards the person with fewer cards. The experience was a good one since I have not played a competitive game in years.
Dreaded
Scheme
Loathed
Week 4 Day 8
I am seeing the value of telling a story. Jimmy said the key factor was the middle picture. In class some people hit the middle image on the head while others ignore it. In my selection of three images of the aging hands serious the middle was different from the first and last. I question if I wanted all of the hands to have the same focal point. The infant and older person hands were closed up while the teenager or young adult hands expose ¾ of her body more than the hands. I would say deciding which image to use in the middle was the challenging part of the project.
Foghorn- a horn used to warn ships of danger in fog or darkness
Foil- to prevent from being successful
Forecast-to estimate calculate or indicate in advance
Over the year, Jimmy has encouraged watching televisions and movies. I found myself to the Fox net work. I enjoy Lie to Me and House. I like the Mentalist on Thursday night and Wife Swapping, Melrose Place, Jimmy said it is important to be aware of what is going on. I am not much of a movie goer. But I have invested in a movie collection.
Today, I was motivate to look into what makes a story. By decomposing the elements of a story, reminded of the importance of understanding the basic elements before writing a story. Some writers really master understanding the elements of story. The goal is to tell a story through visual communication.
Decompose-to separate into components or basic elements
Defile-to make filthy or dirty
Dehumanize-to deprive of human qualities such as individuality or compassion
The movie is really inspirational and sad at the same time. Society and education discourage finding and discovering true purpose. The sad part of the movie looking at the reality most people do not seek true purpose and do not find true purpose. Many look for careers that make money instead of finding satisfaction and purpose. In the movie he said when people do not have true purpose, it affects the communities with depression. The energy is dead without hope for a better tomorrow. In fact such communities actually kills someone spirit who has purpose drive.
In the movie the man said that it is very important to be in the right environment to allow purpose to flourish. I truly agree I did not grow up in a creative environment and I lack confidence to motivate myself. It was so important for me to go to a school strong in developing nurturing me as an artist. My early years began at SMC and it has continued at CSULA. While at SMC teacher believed in me while I was struggling to believe in myself. Once I believe in myself I made better selection in finding images from a proof sheet. I was release to move forward. I moved into graphic design knowing how to select a good image. Since attending CSULA I feel like my worked has continue to be nurture. I am challenged but I feel as my confidence grows I improve my weak areas. I thank all the teachers I had here.
Most people are not able to connect with true purpose therefore they are not allowed to experience find joy and helped society flourish. I feel pretty fortunate to have found purpose in my life after a life of misery. I am one who felt I got a second chance to get my life together. I hope to give to society something valuable.
Even if I do not make a living as an artist I feel fortunate to found something that I enjoyed and that I am O.K. There are so many weak areas in my life as a graphic designer. I feel like I would benefit with more training.
Taking time to connect words to images was a good exercise. It was my second time doing this type of exercise. I found myself with a student that has a stronger vocabulary than myself. He pushed me to challenge me to look broader instead of too specific. A general word could describe a larger scope of information in regards to a baby such as chaotic, expensive. attainable. Instead of noisy playful peaceful, these words are too specific. He really helped me to see the benefit of using bigger words.
I feel vocabulary building is a consistent theme in my life something I need to improve to go to the next level. I find myself looking in the Thesaurus more something I was told to do over the years to gain a better word choice.
Compulsive
Dream was a japans’ movie filled with short stories to make one big dream. The little boy saw wolves dancing in the woods. His mother told him he was forbidden to see the wolves. Now, he was no longer welcome in the home. The threat of death was over his head. In the end death was displayed in both the negative and the positive.
While watching the movie I saw the importance of fortitude. The man was fearlessness to move forward in spite of the danger that lurks in life. Life requires to courageous realizing any thing worth having may require some obstacles to overcome. Life is not easy. People who accomplish something requires walking through the storm. I feel like I have walked through a number of storms. The benefit from walking through the storm has allowed me to see a life beyond my imagination. If I had not learned how to walk through the storm I would not be attending Cal State Los Angeles. I feel like I am.
The movie was a reminder there are storms to walk through and over come there is no point in running away from them. Just walked through them.
Poetry- the art or work of a poet
Poignant- keenly distressing to the mind
Plunk- to throw place or drop
Today was an interesting day for me. I found the mapping project to be interesting. I wished that I had my color pencils to really get into making the map more interesting. My color pencils are not a requirement for the class. The topic I worked on was organizing my apartment. Anyone who knows me knows this is my great obsession for the last number of years. I have made progress I even read self-help books on organizing.
Part of my inner struggle is to be organizing but I am clueless on organization. So I realize it is a give and take on progress in the area of organization. I will make some smart moves and some bad moves. Another topic we discuss do not be afraid to make a mistake all decision are not good.
Back to the mapping organizing my apartment is my greatest obsession while mapping on the topic organization new ideals and concept came to me that I hope to implement such as go with the flow for example look at what do I keep putting in an area that is out of control? Maybe I need to make what I put there fit instead fighting the location and putting it somewhere else.
Accuracy legibility transparency
Week 1 day two
On the second day, I discovered I misunderstood the drawing project. I am to draw five days a week. Originally, I assumed twice a week. The idea of drawing fifty drawings of an apple makes me want to…. I have a hard time doing the same thing day in and day out for ten weeks. I am really glad design has changed over the years from where everything is done manually. It would be hard for me to work manually on a regular basses. One of my teachers at SMC was an older woman Ms. Commumingham in her seventies. She was from the old school where everything was done manually. She demonstrates drawing on tracing paper one page on to of the other. I guessed the concept of drawing an apple fifty times reminds me of the details of completing such a tasks. To complete good work on the computer is probably require the same amount exploring. The labor is cut short because of the easy correction tools.
Personally, I know that I need practice with my drawing. I hope to improve it. All I can do is worked on it. Hopefully I will get it done and it will be over.
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