Blog 17:Almost Last Post of My HS Career ^_^

I think that there has been such an increase in numbers because of all of the things mentioned in the prompt. That people, obviously, want more things to be able to do with less money. It’s very difficult to be able to go to the theater or go to the movies, especially in New York where tickets for the movies are usually around $15 per person. Not including the higher taxes and then food and drink. It gets expensive around Sunnyland, IL when people go to the movies. I think I’d be broke if I lived somewhere else! I think that education and prominence also has something to do with it. People are learning more about art, and it’s getting promoted more so people want to see what all of the hubbaloo is about. A lot of new artists take everyday things and transform them into what can be nicely called conversation pieces. I personally don’t happen to like much modern art because of this fact. It doesn’t capture my attention, exactly to see a person made entirely out of used gum wrappers, but it certainly is a conversation piece. I’m not entirely certain what is meant by shows, if that means the artwork involved or if there’s something going on to showcase it, such as a band playing or the person travelling with his/her show. I know I have a love of museums, and a few museums have lowered prices, or had special days that are cheaper, and I love going on these days. I think there has been an increase in membership, because with art being “in” again, people want to stay “in the know.” And, art is amazing of course!

Reflection #16

Almost every person I know has dreams, and if they say they don't, I think they just don't remember them. I think dreams are art. Even though you/I can't actually see other people's dreams, they are so vivid some people wake up with a good or horrible feeling dependent on the dream or nightmare from the night before. I'm a good listener normally, or I used to be, so my cousin would tell me some of her dreams and even though some of her nightmares were horrible and kind of scary they were fascinating. Everyone's brains work in different ways, even if only slightly. I know that I've dreamed about kind of the same thing as a friend of mine, say the same event, but our versions come out completely different. It's like having too many eyewitnesses for an accident, each person tells a different version of what happened because they saw things differently and remembers details differently. Same thing with dreams. Some doctors say that our dreams are emissions of our subconscious and that is sometimes how we solve our problems and relate our fears to our conscious mind. I'm not quite sure what a raving demon in the middle of a schoolroom would tell my cousin's conscious mind or what that would say she was afraid of. Random demons appearing in a place that she hated? (She hated high school). When people put these down into artwork that you can visibly see, obviously it’s considered art, but even before that when you see it in your dreams it’s gorgeous. Some artists spend their lives trying to recapture what they saw in their dreams.

Reflection #15

I think that graffiti on public buildings is considered crossing the line. I don’t know how or why people think that they can destroy public property and could possibly think that everyone want s to look at the fact that they have “been there” or “done that” I happen to think it’s quite idiotic. On the other hand I think its only fair to say that no one would have really gone out and saw all of the artwork had it been in a museum like other people’s artwork. Most of the graffiti I know is done by the underprivileged children in what are usually considered ghettoes of the suburban cities; cities such as Chicago, the Bronx and Queens of New York. Graffiti is such a beautiful art. I personally am amazed at the care and intricacy that can be found in it, and most of the times it has to be done really quickly otherwise the ‘artist’ will be discovered. A lot of times the graffiti is considered tagging, which means that a person has a signature or a signature way of doing something and wants to show his or her artwork. The detail and the different colours and the shading that can be done I quite admire. The sheer size is also awe inspiring as well. When we had to make a cover for a sketchbook in advanced 2-d art class and incorporate our name inside of it, it took me seriously forever to figure out a way to make my name without making it look incredibly stupid. I respect what the taggers are trying to do, but I don’t think it should be on highly public property, like libraries or police stations. Subways are perfectly fine though ^_^.