Tuesday, March 29, 2016
My plan to do good work involves collaboration with a multitude of different types of people from different backgrounds and areas throughout the world. I am incredibly interested in pursuing the field of public relations after I graduate. I am undecided if I would like to go into the corporate world of public relations or stay more within the firm world of public relations, or perhaps bounce back in-between the two different types. That is left up to my own discretion as I develop my skills and interests more as I narrow down the type of field I could see myself in. I suppose defining what "good work" is in public relations is based upon the client or the project that I would be working on and is measurable by the success rate on the aftermath. Since a majority of public relations works through bettering the reputation or the relationship between an organization and it's publics, the measurement is based on what the public truly thinks. If it is a positive and successful relationship, then ultimately, it is deemed to be "good work".
Since I am incredibly interested in the field that involves communication between people, I often wonder about people. That means exactly what it says. I am really intrigued by people watching and seeing how different types of people communicate on different levels of status or location. I find it really interesting to see the difference of communication as age increases or decreases or even during different times of the day. I wonder a lot about the type of persona a person portrays to the public compared to the person they are perhaps in their everyday life. I often wonder why people act the way they do and how they live the type of lifestyle they do live. Ultimately, I am really intrigued by conversation between people and the body and facial expressions that they create.
Recently, over spring break I had the pleasure to go downtown to see the Renwick Gallery. I thought that this particular gallery was incredibly interesting since it is based around the concept of "wonder" throughout the different pieces of work that are on display. The Gallery is free and costs nothing to enter and enjoy the value of the art and take it in. I highly encourage everyone to go and tour the Gallery while the collection is still on display.
Personally, geographically, I grew up in the Northern Virginia area my entire life. So besides the realms of traveling, this is the traditional lifestyle that I was raised to know and learn. It will always be deemed as home, and I would not mind starting a foundation here for a career, but ideally I would love to relocate to a different city to have a different type of experience. I could see myself down south or even out on the west coast for a change of pace in lifestyle. However, I am incredibly attached to my family so it would be significantly difficult to move to the other side of the country if my family is located on the east coast. That plays a strong factor into my decision of where I would like to be someday I believe, however, that does not prevent me from my dreams of traveling and exploring. But I could definitely do without the cold, I much prefer a warmer climate and I know that to be true!
Currently, my plan for making the most out of where I am is to explore. I recently have loved going into the different parts of DC and surrounding cities to enjoy the towns for what they are. Georgetown and Old Town Alexandria will always be two favorite weekend spots of mine. I love the layout and essence that the town brings and it is great to get away from Fairfax and go a little bit more towards the city sometimes. I'm just enjoying the days as they come, that's the best way to do it in my opinion. Also, try new restaurants and little hole in the wall food places, they're the best! This area has some great eats.
Personally, in terms of social media, I absolutely love the world of Youtube. I have followed ShayCarl and the Shaytards on youtube for years, they are a vlogging family that captures the daily actions of their everyday lives and it is a documentation of their family throughout the years. I absolutely love this family, they are incredibly inspirational by sharing the struggles and successes they experience with the world. They contribute to my overall perception of the world and happiness significantly.
Secondly, as of the beginning of 2016, I started following "simplegreensmoothies" and "kayla_itsines" on Instagram. I really like both of these Instagram accounts because they promote a healthier lifestyle, which is something I also switched over to a few months ago. Simple Green Smoothies is an account that posts different recipes for different types of "green" smoothies. I am a big supporter of the use of spinach and kale within smoothies, I do it daily. Kayla Itsines is an intensive workout professional that posts different stories of success all in promotion of a healthier lifestyle in terms of fitness. I really love what she offers in terms of her knowledge and workouts and I implement her plans into my everyday life as well. Both of these accounts attribute to my health and are an inspiration to me! Lastly, someone I follow on Facebook is "Cupcaked, LLC" which is a little cupcake shop located out in Clifton, VA. I've never actually been, but seeing their daily posts of their fresh cupcakes out of the oven and the cute designs they have on them just kinda make me smile. So, that attributes to the success of my potential sweet tooth.
I suppose complaining about others work within my own is a negative connotation. I try to be inspired by others work and acknowledge their success in order to bring myself success. I think that you have to look for what you can learn from someone else in order to bring yourself success and open up the doors for inspiration and influence. For example, in my film photography class I am currently taking, it is entirely based upon trial and error. You learn by doing and experimenting. Often times I find it that some of my classmates are really intrigued and interested in different methods of printing/working with the chemicals. I learn ultimately through their mistakes and they learn through my mistakes. It is an open environment where one photographer to another photographer can share ideas and methods that worked or didn't work for them.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Homework 6
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
I believe that "writing what you know" ultimately leads to terrible stories because your mind is only limited to that much information, what you know. Therefore, without the influence of outside factors or other sources, the story is not necessarily represented to its full capacity. With that being said, it also creates an element of bias within the story line just solely writing from a basis of opinion rather than fact. There is also two sides to every story. Now, if you only wrote what you knew, that would skew the full representation of the story since it is entirely opinionated.
Within my field of study, I am pursuing a bachelor's degree in communication with a concentration in public relations and a double minor in journalism and photography. That is a heavily intensive writing based major focused on the elements of stories everywhere. It differs between journalism and public relations in the sense of who the story is about, what the story is for, where the story is going, and why it is happening. Although the two fields seem incredibly similar, the entire field of communication is unique for it's purposes and the messages that are being displayed through the use of stories and written communication. I believe that stories can be made better by collaboration with other people, especially within the field of public relations. This field of study relies heavily on the input and ideas of not just an individual but a group of people in order to have the most successful product. I believe that by collaborating with other people an individual is able to grasp and create more ideas than if they were simply creating on their own. It doesn't hurt to have some added inspiration! Don't be afraid to reach out for other ideas/thoughts!
Currently, I am enrolled in my second semester of film photography. This is entirely non-digital and truly created and put together by the use of my thoughts and hands. I truly, absolutely love this form of a creative outlet. It is incredibly important to me because although it is a lengthy and timely process, it is beyond rewarding. I love the different factors that film has to offer in comparison to digital. Yes, the click of a button things are done and printed. But, with film, until you have worked with it, you do not have an appreciation for the art and the time that the art takes. Also, you do not have an appreciation of the history of evolution of photography. By working from a first hand experience, locking myself in a pitch black darkroom to roll a roll of film onto a metal holder and toss it into a canister without light, to perform chemical developing in the light and in the dark, is truly, just awesome. I absolutely recommend film photography for anyone who is looking for a challenge or to step a bit outside of their comfort zone. I think that's why I truly like it the most. It's so different and unique in comparison to digital and I appreciate my prints that much more.
I believe that computers are incredibly distracting. They truly are. I feel like in some regard all of the technology inhibits the physical creation of art. There is a process that goes through the human body and mind when art is physically created, whether it is through drawing, film, painting, dance, etc, you name it. It's a tangible item much outside what is easily stored on a flash drive. For that, I am appreciate of the authenticity of art outside of the digital realm. Just simply walking through the art and design building this morning and admiring the massive hand drawn portraits and wall sized paintings on display, I am just in awe. There is something different and more memorable about looking at physical art that is displayed in person rather than online.
Honestly, I truly try my hardest not to procrastinate. I believe that I am really, really well skilled within my time management here at college. If anything, I typically procrastinate assignments that I know I will be able to achieve within a short period of time and put the highest priority items ranked based on importance first. With that being said, I am a major that works on short deadlines and quick turn arounds. Being within the communications field you instantly become adapted to working under pressure and on a time basis, so, with that being said, I am adjusted to that quick turn around with a high quality product or my best foot forward effort. As far as the photography minor goes, you absolutely can not procrastinate working with film, you immediately have to become used to leaving yourself "extra" time just incase something gets ruined or does not turn out the way you anticipated.
I believe that "writing what you know" ultimately leads to terrible stories because your mind is only limited to that much information, what you know. Therefore, without the influence of outside factors or other sources, the story is not necessarily represented to its full capacity. With that being said, it also creates an element of bias within the story line just solely writing from a basis of opinion rather than fact. There is also two sides to every story. Now, if you only wrote what you knew, that would skew the full representation of the story since it is entirely opinionated.
Within my field of study, I am pursuing a bachelor's degree in communication with a concentration in public relations and a double minor in journalism and photography. That is a heavily intensive writing based major focused on the elements of stories everywhere. It differs between journalism and public relations in the sense of who the story is about, what the story is for, where the story is going, and why it is happening. Although the two fields seem incredibly similar, the entire field of communication is unique for it's purposes and the messages that are being displayed through the use of stories and written communication. I believe that stories can be made better by collaboration with other people, especially within the field of public relations. This field of study relies heavily on the input and ideas of not just an individual but a group of people in order to have the most successful product. I believe that by collaborating with other people an individual is able to grasp and create more ideas than if they were simply creating on their own. It doesn't hurt to have some added inspiration! Don't be afraid to reach out for other ideas/thoughts!
Currently, I am enrolled in my second semester of film photography. This is entirely non-digital and truly created and put together by the use of my thoughts and hands. I truly, absolutely love this form of a creative outlet. It is incredibly important to me because although it is a lengthy and timely process, it is beyond rewarding. I love the different factors that film has to offer in comparison to digital. Yes, the click of a button things are done and printed. But, with film, until you have worked with it, you do not have an appreciation for the art and the time that the art takes. Also, you do not have an appreciation of the history of evolution of photography. By working from a first hand experience, locking myself in a pitch black darkroom to roll a roll of film onto a metal holder and toss it into a canister without light, to perform chemical developing in the light and in the dark, is truly, just awesome. I absolutely recommend film photography for anyone who is looking for a challenge or to step a bit outside of their comfort zone. I think that's why I truly like it the most. It's so different and unique in comparison to digital and I appreciate my prints that much more.
I believe that computers are incredibly distracting. They truly are. I feel like in some regard all of the technology inhibits the physical creation of art. There is a process that goes through the human body and mind when art is physically created, whether it is through drawing, film, painting, dance, etc, you name it. It's a tangible item much outside what is easily stored on a flash drive. For that, I am appreciate of the authenticity of art outside of the digital realm. Just simply walking through the art and design building this morning and admiring the massive hand drawn portraits and wall sized paintings on display, I am just in awe. There is something different and more memorable about looking at physical art that is displayed in person rather than online.
Honestly, I truly try my hardest not to procrastinate. I believe that I am really, really well skilled within my time management here at college. If anything, I typically procrastinate assignments that I know I will be able to achieve within a short period of time and put the highest priority items ranked based on importance first. With that being said, I am a major that works on short deadlines and quick turn arounds. Being within the communications field you instantly become adapted to working under pressure and on a time basis, so, with that being said, I am adjusted to that quick turn around with a high quality product or my best foot forward effort. As far as the photography minor goes, you absolutely can not procrastinate working with film, you immediately have to become used to leaving yourself "extra" time just incase something gets ruined or does not turn out the way you anticipated.
Project 3
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Saturday, March 26, 2016
I decided to choose Semaj's coloring book page to color! I really loved how this flower reminded me of the flowers from the 70's, that's why I chose to color it all different colors!
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Homework 5
March 16, 2016
I believe that everyone has their own perception of what is stealing and what is appropriating. I believe that stealing is taking the use of someone else's artwork and not making any changes to it and repurposing it as your own work. Whereas, appropriating is taking someone else's work and changing it to be unique and to have a new added perspective. Personally, my standards of stealing falls directly under taking something for exactly what it is and using it without incorporating other elements into the piece. Appropriating is used for incorporation and collaboration of a multitude of ideas.
Steal like an Artist challenged the idea of postmodernism and redefines what it means to be an artist and necessarily how one should go about being an artist. The text is entirely based on a different perception of truly what art is and how it has changed overtime to adapt to the way society is now. The perception and reasoning behind the creation of art is a large aspect of the makeup of what is actually, physically is being created from the artist. It is unbelievably interesting to see the perception of artists willing to give their work for others to learn and grow from their thought processes and methods, which is different from modernism and the ideologies and set of basic principles that were in play for the artists during that time of the growth of art.
I found the idea of "Nothing is Original" throughout Chapter 1 to be rather depressing and freeing in both retrospects. It is ultimately depressing in the sense that there is no perception of creation or originality. That the human hands are simply a tool of invention of the next idea that was already predisposed. Contrarily, I think it's ultimately freeing to know that nothing is original in the sense that it is okay to use inspiration from other artists and look at other places and ideas with the same eye someone once did before you. Thinking logically, the world that we share and the space we share with millions of people everyday has been seen by so many human eyes. It is not something that is seen for the first time by someone else, therefore, usually, photographs are just recreations of previous work or elements and ideologies from previous works. It ultimately provides a sigh of relief for not having to worry of repeating or reusing another artist's idea.
As simply stated by Austin Kleon, "Garbage in, Garbage out". It truly is that simple. Creative holding is done by hoarders, they are not artists. They collect indiscriminately. Whereas, creative collecting represents artists who collect selectively. They only collect things that they truly love and find value within opposed to collecting things that are just simply things, that don't serve a purpose.
Marcel Duchamp said, "I don't believe in art. I believe in artists." He meant that by admiring the physical artist that is the creator it represents everything that art truly is. An artist is a complete make up and mashup of multiple ideas and influences, one which is art. So instead of studying the art, he focuses his idea on studying the artist. Therefore, the individual becomes more experienced and influenced in creating their web of inspiration between different artistic ideas.
They explained "faking it until you made it" as pretending to be something that you simply are not until you are and that you should fake it until you're successful. Also, they interpreted this as pretending to make something until you actually make it. This allowed them to continuously face the aspects of trial and error until eventually they achieved their overall goal of what they wanted to achieve. Additionally, it continued to push and motivate them to create and discover. However, it is not necessarily authentic, but everyone aspires to be like someone, so why not play the part? It's like the saying, dress for the job you want, not for the job you have. Let the world be your stage and just dress the part and play it.
Plagiarism is trying to pass someone else's work off as your own and taking full credit for it, whereas practice is copying someone else's work with the purpose of reverse-engineering. It will allow the artist to pretend to be their hero and learn by playing this role. It allows the artist to develop and discover throughout the entire process.
Imitation focuses on the realm of copying whereas emulation is when imitation goes one step further and breaks through to the discovery of something that is your own.
Additionally, one of my personal creative thinking heroes is Steve Jobs. Although he is no longer with us today on this Earth, I have always admired his determination and skill for creation within the technological world. Steve Jobs in particular admired the work of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Edwin Land. Steve Jobs admired Thomas Edison for his inventor and entrepreneur nature that allowed him to lay the basis for America by changing the world with his use of brilliant devices through the first industrial research lab. Secondly, Henry Ford was admired by Steve Jobs for the way he spoke about what he did. In particular, he would often quote, "they can have it in any color they want as long as it's black." which is an element that ended up being developed through Apple. Lastly, he looked up to Edwin Land particularly for his way that he dropped out of Harvard to start Polaroid, which was a similar experience for Steve Jobs since he dropped out college and he created Apple.
I believe that I can apply what Austin Kleon is stating throughout his book to everyday life. It is an inspiration to look up to people and take their experiences and learn from them. Particularly, being a photography minor, it is incredibly beneficial and helpful to look for inspiration through the work of other photographers, even your peers, because sometimes an added perspective or provoked emotion they can achieve is incredibly helpful when creating my own ideas. Within my major of Communications and my dedicated field of Public Relations, it is incredibly beneficial when he says how to "steal right" vs. "steal wrong", since that field of communication is entirely based on working with other people and collaboration. It is bound to look for ideas through the use of others and to take them and grow from them.
I believe that everyone has their own perception of what is stealing and what is appropriating. I believe that stealing is taking the use of someone else's artwork and not making any changes to it and repurposing it as your own work. Whereas, appropriating is taking someone else's work and changing it to be unique and to have a new added perspective. Personally, my standards of stealing falls directly under taking something for exactly what it is and using it without incorporating other elements into the piece. Appropriating is used for incorporation and collaboration of a multitude of ideas.
Steal like an Artist challenged the idea of postmodernism and redefines what it means to be an artist and necessarily how one should go about being an artist. The text is entirely based on a different perception of truly what art is and how it has changed overtime to adapt to the way society is now. The perception and reasoning behind the creation of art is a large aspect of the makeup of what is actually, physically is being created from the artist. It is unbelievably interesting to see the perception of artists willing to give their work for others to learn and grow from their thought processes and methods, which is different from modernism and the ideologies and set of basic principles that were in play for the artists during that time of the growth of art.
I found the idea of "Nothing is Original" throughout Chapter 1 to be rather depressing and freeing in both retrospects. It is ultimately depressing in the sense that there is no perception of creation or originality. That the human hands are simply a tool of invention of the next idea that was already predisposed. Contrarily, I think it's ultimately freeing to know that nothing is original in the sense that it is okay to use inspiration from other artists and look at other places and ideas with the same eye someone once did before you. Thinking logically, the world that we share and the space we share with millions of people everyday has been seen by so many human eyes. It is not something that is seen for the first time by someone else, therefore, usually, photographs are just recreations of previous work or elements and ideologies from previous works. It ultimately provides a sigh of relief for not having to worry of repeating or reusing another artist's idea.
As simply stated by Austin Kleon, "Garbage in, Garbage out". It truly is that simple. Creative holding is done by hoarders, they are not artists. They collect indiscriminately. Whereas, creative collecting represents artists who collect selectively. They only collect things that they truly love and find value within opposed to collecting things that are just simply things, that don't serve a purpose.
Marcel Duchamp said, "I don't believe in art. I believe in artists." He meant that by admiring the physical artist that is the creator it represents everything that art truly is. An artist is a complete make up and mashup of multiple ideas and influences, one which is art. So instead of studying the art, he focuses his idea on studying the artist. Therefore, the individual becomes more experienced and influenced in creating their web of inspiration between different artistic ideas.
They explained "faking it until you made it" as pretending to be something that you simply are not until you are and that you should fake it until you're successful. Also, they interpreted this as pretending to make something until you actually make it. This allowed them to continuously face the aspects of trial and error until eventually they achieved their overall goal of what they wanted to achieve. Additionally, it continued to push and motivate them to create and discover. However, it is not necessarily authentic, but everyone aspires to be like someone, so why not play the part? It's like the saying, dress for the job you want, not for the job you have. Let the world be your stage and just dress the part and play it.
Plagiarism is trying to pass someone else's work off as your own and taking full credit for it, whereas practice is copying someone else's work with the purpose of reverse-engineering. It will allow the artist to pretend to be their hero and learn by playing this role. It allows the artist to develop and discover throughout the entire process.
Imitation focuses on the realm of copying whereas emulation is when imitation goes one step further and breaks through to the discovery of something that is your own.
Additionally, one of my personal creative thinking heroes is Steve Jobs. Although he is no longer with us today on this Earth, I have always admired his determination and skill for creation within the technological world. Steve Jobs in particular admired the work of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Edwin Land. Steve Jobs admired Thomas Edison for his inventor and entrepreneur nature that allowed him to lay the basis for America by changing the world with his use of brilliant devices through the first industrial research lab. Secondly, Henry Ford was admired by Steve Jobs for the way he spoke about what he did. In particular, he would often quote, "they can have it in any color they want as long as it's black." which is an element that ended up being developed through Apple. Lastly, he looked up to Edwin Land particularly for his way that he dropped out of Harvard to start Polaroid, which was a similar experience for Steve Jobs since he dropped out college and he created Apple.
I believe that I can apply what Austin Kleon is stating throughout his book to everyday life. It is an inspiration to look up to people and take their experiences and learn from them. Particularly, being a photography minor, it is incredibly beneficial and helpful to look for inspiration through the work of other photographers, even your peers, because sometimes an added perspective or provoked emotion they can achieve is incredibly helpful when creating my own ideas. Within my major of Communications and my dedicated field of Public Relations, it is incredibly beneficial when he says how to "steal right" vs. "steal wrong", since that field of communication is entirely based on working with other people and collaboration. It is bound to look for ideas through the use of others and to take them and grow from them.
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