Final Blog Review

1) What is the most surprising thing you learned about yourself as you worked with Time Arts, 
whether it is a new interest or an old interest made new?

I learnt that I have a lot of creativity and creative ideas that can be used to create interesting and controversial projects to illuminate people’s awareness. An example of a project I did that reflects this is the performance art piece. In this piece I used a common action of throwing down and picking up garbage to symbolize how people are neglectful of their actions reflecting the environment and that everyone’s actions are and equal and opposite reaction and without raised awareness this repetitive cycle of harming our environment will never end.


2) Write a short narrative of where you began in Time Arts, the
 conflicts you faced, and how you resolved them.

When I attended my first Time Arts class I was intrigued by the meaning of the class. After watching some example videos I was convinced that I would not be able to succeed in the class, as I did not believe that I had not only the mindset but also the creative ability to be able to provide what was needed to survive and prosper in this class.  You can only predict my nervousness when I handed in my first official project. Completely unsure if what I had created was something of artistic value. However although my first project although containing many flaws was still of value, this encouraged me that I could prosper in this class however, if I put more effort into trial and error. The main thing I learn about myself and from my conflicts with my projects is trial and error. You will never know if something is complete until you push it that bit too far and then you remove it and say "its complete". 



3) what was the most challenging assignment for you? In what 
ways did that assignment challenge you? What assignment came most naturally to you? Why?

The most challenging assignment was the Final Video. The reason for this was because there was no real direction. From being in high school it almost feels as everything is directed and has outlines and guidelines. Although some of the precious projects were very open they still had limitations, the only limitation this project really possessed was that it was not to contain music. Another aspect apart from the ambiguity was once I collected video, what sound was I suppose to connect to the project? It much easier, in my opinion to create a project that already has sound or an image rather than going in, as they say "blind".

The project that came most naturally to me was the theme sound. I believe it was the most natural because, one our previous experience with our abstract sound projects (so our understanding of sound studio and M-Audio recorders was much more knowledgeable) and secondly it was something I was passionate about, my theme, light.


4) what ideas about the creative or critique process from Time Arts can you imagine applying to your future major?

When creating art in the past I had never really exercised the advantage of have a critique group or having someone else looking at your work. From this class I have realized that having other people look at you pieces in the creative process can add another level of meaning or simple illuminate elements of your piece that do not makes sense, or are a little hazy. In the future I plan to be an art teacher. As a prospective teacher when assigning projects to my students I will most definitely have a critique group at the end of all their projects so that they can see where they could of improved and help them learn to change those corrections.

5) What technical skills have you learned?

I have learnt many technical skills whilst attending this class. To begin with I have learnt how to use equipment from the cage. Items such as an M-Audio recorder and a basic video recorder. In addition, I learnt how to use iMove 2009.


Extra Credit Question:

6) Have you learned anything about facilitating or
 participating in a creative group?

Participating in a creative group is very effective in growing and advancing ideas. Alone one person could have a great idea but as they say "many minds are better than one". In my future artistic endeavors I most definitely plan to always get my projects critiqued.