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“In collage the elements that represent the object never body it forth; instead,...”
– Re-Representing Picasso
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June 2010
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I have just completed proof reading my WISE journal. I hope it’s alright.
Yesterday at a picnic I discussed art with adults in a circle and recently different aspects of the art world have been revealed to me in discussions with two artists (my boyfriend’s parents). This has taught me that I have so much more to learn about the art world. I never realized how often the artist gets “screwed over.” Just as a continuation of this project for myself,...
My presentation is this Thusday at 11 am. My focus is to do what I can to make it amazing and to really reflect my project. I had to let go a whole slew of goals because at this point the most important things need to get done. I have orientation for the next three days but I will complete my goals. Below is the old list, what is not crossed out is what will get done.
Get a nice binder for WISE...
For Saturday
I planned to watch Foxy Brown and Jackie Brown however I was screaming in pain and my mother and boyfriend took me to the emergency room. There I was diagnosed with a Urinary Tract Infection that was causing me a fever, headaches, pain and weird sensations throughout my body. Therefore, I could not get any of the work done that I had hoped.
To back track a little bit, I also visited the...
Old To Do List
This is my to do list from a few days ago due to my condition (I will explain more later) I have to modify this.
Get a nice binder for WISE journal. Done!
Get plastic sheets from Ms. Perez’s room for journal (currently 24 pages).
Get Foxy Brown and Jackie Brown, watch, research, and compare.
Proofread Case Studies and WISE journal.
Create powerpoint for WISE presentation.
Complete...
Last night while I was in the city to view exhibits I got sick again. I felt really weak and dehydrated. When I got home I went straight to sleep. When I awoke I had a terrible headache and a 102.5 fever.
Now I am feeling 100 times better, but my back is causing me pain. I need to get work done for my project. This is the worst time for this. If my headache returns reading will be the hardest...
June 3, Looked up information on exhibits, made a to do list, read, and reflected 9:20 pm- 1:25 am.
I’ve discovered that my Scale of Analysis and Raw Clean Spectrum are for me. No one else needs or has to agree with it. It is how I see. These are my ideas somewhat based on the knowledge that I have gained. My goal for my presentation is to be able to articulate this, not for anyone else to agree with me.
To Do List
Get a nice binder for WISE journal.
Get plastic sheets from Ms. Perez’s room for journal (currently 24 pages).
Get Foxy Brown and Jackie Brown, watch, research, and compare.
Proofread Case Studies and WISE journal.
Create powerpoint for WISE presentation.
Complete mock presentation.
Research cultural motivations behind Romain’s analysis.
Finish Scale of Analysis.
Rewrite...
June 3, 8:57 am-9:30 am Read and reflected.
Today is the day that I hope to finish Practices of Looking. I am on page 206/426. I hope I can make it work. I allowed for Friday to be the real date, so if I don’t finish today it will not be a failure. If that doesn’t work, I really just need to finish it by Sunday.
So far I’ve gone to two WISE presentations Tim’s and Jisu’s and both were spectacular. I have a...
June 3, met with Mr. Boyer and reflected 8:00 am-8:27 am.
June 2 10:04-1:00 Planned my experiment with Romain, conducted my experiment, read, worked on my presentation outline, and attended senior seminar.
June 2: 8:00-8:47 Attended college prep to talk about my WISE experience.
June 1: 8:48 pm-9:20 Read and reflected.
June 1: 6:15- 7:15 pm helped out with Lisa’s art opening at the mall.
June 1: 8:00 am-9:40 Read, met with Mr. Foxman, and reflected.
Things are really coming along! I’m so excited. I’m in the culminating stage and I love it. What is the progress I speak of? I’ll leave it a surprise until my presentation…maybe. (Only cause I’m only half way through it).
Tuesday June 1, Worked on journal, read, and met with Dr. Bloom 10:52 am-12:52 pm.
I think I definitely want to include a sound bite from my session with Mr. Foxman today in my project. Especially when he discusses my progress.
Mr. Foxman is late. No big deal, I’ll read in the mean time.
It’s 11:40, I just got home. I’ll read as much as I can tomorrow. I will stay at school at least until lunch doing work for my WISE.
May 2010
75 posts
Sunday May 30: 1:50-6:01 pm Recapped, reflected, updated journal, and read.
My work for today is definitely hooray worthy! For the first time with Practices of Looking, I was able to set a difficult goal for myself [in terms of amount of work to accomplish in a given time] and reach it! I set aside 4 hours on a Sunday (amazingly) to catch up on my journal and to read and analyze 69 pages. Today was very productive and I am proud of myself. Hopefully this is a start to a...
I love Practices of Looking. It’s just so good. I would love to ask Mrs. Eurell if this is considered critical reading, because I am really enjoying it and she once said that there will be lots of critical reading in college. This is giving me hope, and this is a graduate level book so…
This stuck out to me in my reading, “This means that the norms of beauty and aesthetics that these images present in standards that establish white and Anglo features as the desired look and thinness as the essential body type are part of the normalizing gaze that viewers turn on themselves” (111). Who is immune to this, if anyone? I certainly am not. This reminds me of an earlier...
I wonder if I’ll ever get those other points for my scale of analysis. I need to consider this more when reading. Although I’ve been spending time working on my project, not enough time has been devoted to reading. I will spend at least 3 hours on reading everyday until I finish. It is my goal to finish by Friday, but really hopefully Thursday. I plan to spend all day at school on...
For Saturday
I am thinking that Shepard Fairey is my new favorite artist. He does mixed-media like I have never seen before! I could have literally stayed at his exhibit for hours because each work of art had so much going on. I have so much respect for him as an artist, the immense amount of work that he puts into his art is instantly evident. I will post some of my favorite prints from the exhibit. (They are...
Saturday May 29th Took a trip to the city to visit the Shepard Fairey exhibit and the William Bennett gallery: 2 hours and 15 minutes.
For Thursday
So I met with Mr. Boyer and we discussed a lot. We had much catching up to do. One of the things that sticks out in my mind is how significant it is for me to quickly purchase my physical journal and start working on it. As Mr. Boyer pointed out, the subject of my project is one that calls for a good looking journal to say the least. I really love how supportive Mr. Boyer is, he really is a great...
For Wednesday
Senior Seminar went well. Mr. Fyfe gave us a general outline of what out presentations should look like. I talked to him about my exhibition and he told me that if I wanted, I could do my presentation in Mr. Foxman’s room. I am unsure if I want this. I may want the normalcy of doing my presentation in the Shebitz (sp?) Studio; that’s where I always imagined having it. Having my...
Friday
Today is prom, it would be impossible to get any work done for my project.
One thought: what effect has visual culture had on the way I plan to look for prom?
…Maybe it’s Maybelline
Thursday May 27th Met with Mr. Boyer - 11:40-12:15 pm.
Things to do:
Email Mr. Boyer an outline of my presentation by next Wednesday. Meet with Dr. Bloom and create it with her first.