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There is something wrong with artists today. They try way too hard to "think outside the box." How many times have you heard the phrase "think outside the box"? I'll tell you: too many. We're too busy contemplating "what is art?" and trying to come up with "original" ideas that all creativity is stomped out, and the people with very wacky projects automatically get higher grades than those who choose to go a more traditional route.
I had two critiques today: one for Drawing I and one for Studio Art: Foundations. The drawing one required a portfolio with my twenty best pieces from the semester, and it was a one-on-one critique with the professor. That one went over well. He appreciated my style of drawing, and he loved my obsession with line quality and overall composition. He said that my personality showed through my artwork, but he would love it if I pushed my drawings a little further. He then amended himself by saying that that was just a personal style choice, and that it wouldn't affect my grade. He gave me an A for the semester because he felt that I tried really hard in the class and that I improved as the semester went on.
The second critique was for Foundations. This required me to bring in my three final projects and sit in front of my three professors while they tore me apart and ganged up on me. The first professor told me that my final project for her portion was great, and she loved my initiative to include digital images in my manual art. She (rightfully) pointed out a few small flaws in the final product (the cover wasn't quite dry, etc.), but she liked how the whole book worked together. The second professor said that I had a really nice eye for composition and great technical skill with the computer, but he didn't think I executed the main objective of the project well enough. He said he liked the objects separately, but they did not work off of each other in the way that he thought that they should. The third professor said that she loved all of my preliminary projects for her class, but she hated my final project. She did not think that I used the chair in the way that she thought I should have. She didn't think that the chair needed to be there at all. She was off on her own tangent about "thinking outside of the box" without even asking me what direction I wanted to go with it. I told her what direction I wanted to go with it (the chair takes part in the ritual in the same way that all of the other parts of the shrine took part in the ritual, emphasizing the process rather than the subject), but she remained convinced that the chair needed to be the subject of the shrine and that I needed to make the shrine to the chair in order to "properly" incorporate the chair as part of the project. Nevermind that the chair was the altar: just chuck it. She took it as a personal offense that I did not wish to go her same direction because it was too cliche for my taste. She took it as a sign of laziness that I didn't change my idea to incorporate hers, and she said that, in the future, I need to listen to my professors in order to get the best grade possible.
Outside of the world of art, I think it was a good move to switch over from watching Gilmore Girls to watching The West Wing because watching the former was a constant reminder that Lorelai and Rory constantly have guys competing for their hearts, while mine just gets thrown aside without a second thought.
Toodles Namarie Mellon Nin.
~Me
I had two critiques today: one for Drawing I and one for Studio Art: Foundations. The drawing one required a portfolio with my twenty best pieces from the semester, and it was a one-on-one critique with the professor. That one went over well. He appreciated my style of drawing, and he loved my obsession with line quality and overall composition. He said that my personality showed through my artwork, but he would love it if I pushed my drawings a little further. He then amended himself by saying that that was just a personal style choice, and that it wouldn't affect my grade. He gave me an A for the semester because he felt that I tried really hard in the class and that I improved as the semester went on.
The second critique was for Foundations. This required me to bring in my three final projects and sit in front of my three professors while they tore me apart and ganged up on me. The first professor told me that my final project for her portion was great, and she loved my initiative to include digital images in my manual art. She (rightfully) pointed out a few small flaws in the final product (the cover wasn't quite dry, etc.), but she liked how the whole book worked together. The second professor said that I had a really nice eye for composition and great technical skill with the computer, but he didn't think I executed the main objective of the project well enough. He said he liked the objects separately, but they did not work off of each other in the way that he thought that they should. The third professor said that she loved all of my preliminary projects for her class, but she hated my final project. She did not think that I used the chair in the way that she thought I should have. She didn't think that the chair needed to be there at all. She was off on her own tangent about "thinking outside of the box" without even asking me what direction I wanted to go with it. I told her what direction I wanted to go with it (the chair takes part in the ritual in the same way that all of the other parts of the shrine took part in the ritual, emphasizing the process rather than the subject), but she remained convinced that the chair needed to be the subject of the shrine and that I needed to make the shrine to the chair in order to "properly" incorporate the chair as part of the project. Nevermind that the chair was the altar: just chuck it. She took it as a personal offense that I did not wish to go her same direction because it was too cliche for my taste. She took it as a sign of laziness that I didn't change my idea to incorporate hers, and she said that, in the future, I need to listen to my professors in order to get the best grade possible.
Outside of the world of art, I think it was a good move to switch over from watching Gilmore Girls to watching The West Wing because watching the former was a constant reminder that Lorelai and Rory constantly have guys competing for their hearts, while mine just gets thrown aside without a second thought.
Toodles Namarie Mellon Nin.
~Me