Author: Fatima Alsuwaidi

• I liked the aesthetic of their work, it’s clean organized and the colors are cool. Also it is impressive how their work has the same essence/style throughout what they do. 
• Their perspective of the use of ai with art is interesting. His answer comparing photography to portraits is valid. Also how ai can be used as a tool rather than as an art making thing, as long as the artist themselves are involved in every step. 

Innovation and Suspended Judgment

I agree that education creates some type of conformity where everyone agrees with each other and believes the same things to be true. I don’t think education teaches us that we need to be right all the time, but it limits what we learn and how. The head of my high school history/geography department was from England, and every year, all year, we would learn about the United Kingdom—its history, its geography, everything. We got tired of this and created our own mini-revolution, and it worked. What I mean to explain from this is that education limits our knowledge more than it makes us think one way. In the sense that it restricts what we learn, it shapes what we consider to be “right.”

The nature of the problem 

This reading was much more easier to comprehend and understand. I liked the idea that if perfection existed, it wouldn’t need to create art. That the concept of a perfect artist is not realistic. Art is made by regular, everyday people, so the “ideal” artist is also just an ordinary person. Which i think is a very interesting view. Also the suggestion that linking art directly with self-expression is a modern way of thinking, rather than a fundamental truth about art itself. I agree. Since personally, I don’t feel like the way I dress or the art i make is a way of expressing myself at all.

• I really liked how she emphasized the importance of doing things for yourself rather than doing them to make yourself look good or just for your cv.
• her capstone was honestly very impressive.

Whenever I’m in a museum I notice myself looking for a specific type of art; Impressionism paintings. 

I never knew what to call what I look for, but when I find it I know. And I can look for so long; admiring the little details up close that look like weird colored blobs, the expressions on the faces, the wind on the trees, the movement of water, or the depiction of humans doing human things. They all tell a story; not a political one, but a life like story. Like a scene that you see in the real world recreated. That makes you feel good and in awe. They’re not trying to paint a reflection of real life, but an impression of it. To me its like romanticizing our reality.  

When I see these paintings I don’t see just a static image. In my head it moves (not a hallucination), there’s a narrative with characters and backgrounds and conversations, a life, a story to be told. I especially love when there’s a lot of details. Since the more you look the more you see. This art style includes quick brush strokes, and soft blended edges, which I find visually appealing and makes certain details be easily overlooked. It’s as if the more attention and time your willing to give the more it will unfold. You might be thinking how can an old painting by an old dead man move you. But it does. What I see, hear, and imagine when I admire them, is created. Its not there.

I don’t have a favorite painter, or a favorite piece. I don’t have favorites for anything, I’ve never though of why this is, but maybe that’s the case because choosing a favorite is some type of commitment I don’t want. It’s a limitation, it limits me to preferring one thing over another. Not having a “one” allows me to choose a different favorite based on how I feel, what I want to feel and so on, without having the burden to label it. So no, I’m not choosing a specific creative work that moves me because there is none. This art style doesn’t move me in a magical, spiritual way. I think its beautiful. And beauty inspires me, stories, people, and nature do as-well and that’s what I think all Impressionism works have in common. 

However, what I like is not limited to Impressionism, some works of realism and expressionism move me. Because its not the style or the painter that makes me pause and truly attempt to look and understand the painting, the painting itself does. I like them because they aren’t loud, obnoxious or colorful. They’re subtle, detailed and poetic. That is what draws my attention. 

Worker scooping ice cream for kid

1. Kid scooping ice cream for worker
2. Worker eating ice cream in front of kid
3. Kid scooping ice cream for other kid
4. Worker dumping ice cream on kid
5. Worker and kid share ice cream together 

Kid scooping ice cream for other kid

6 flavors

1. Pickle juice batter
2. Sprinkles n’ cream  
3. Cotton candy cake 
4. Bubblegum mint swirl 
5. Sour gummy cheesecake 
6. French sugar
7. mozzarella chip
8. Red dust ripple 

This is a kid ice cream shop. The flavors are inspired foods by little sisters love.

The idea is that a kid is talking a photo from his iPad of the flavors.

• I can definitely see his psychology background in his work (regarding his interest in the interaction between people and their intention/thought processes) which I also find very interesting.
• I really like him as he’s empathetic and understanding but also doesn’t baby people, which I first assumed he’d be like since he asked us about our needs.
• He has a good balance of being there for his participants but also respecting them as capable adults, which i think is a great practice.

Our why question took us to the topic of overpopulation. My group’s chosen medium was audio.

I created an audio that tells a story where this person is living in an overpopulated area and then decides to escape from it.

• Why is water stored in bottles?

To make it accessible to people 

• Why does it need to be accessible?

because water is essential to live

• Why is it essential?

Our body is made of mostly water, we need to retain it

• Why do we need to retain it?

To remove toxins from our body

• Why should we remove toxins from our body?

 to cleanse our bodies from what we eat/drink

• Why do we need to cleanse our bodies?

If we keep the toxins we will die

The idea for this mural started with the concept of water storage. 

I decided to create a mural to convey this message about water and toxins. In the mural, the mouth is “vomiting” toxins. This is counterintuitive because, on one hand, we store water in bottles to live, but on the other hand, if we store toxins in our bodies, we die. So, our body is like a bottle that needs to take in water but also needs to expel toxins to maintain health.

Part of the reading explains that our memory can only be activated on a small part at any given time. This depends on what we’re currently thinking about, what we just encountered, and our overall state. As it was explained, it’s like pouring water on jelly—only the most recent drops make a mark. Reflecting on this, our past experiences shape more than our memory or attention, but everything else about how we perceive and interact with the world, and how or who we are. Like how past negative or positive experiences can influence our reactions to similar situations in the present. Similarly, our mood can affect how we see things. When we’re in a good mood, even routine tasks can seem pleasant, while a bad mood can make everything feels like a chore, for example. This idea ties into my Kermit blog; that our thoughts and views shape us. And how much our perception and interpretation of our experiences make up who we are and our reality.

• Interesting 
• I admire how she comes up with her ideas and is able to execute them 
• Her work is Intriguing but not something I would enjoy