QUESTION #3

How are emotions raised by a work of art different from typical human emotions? 

I feel that looking at a picture of sadness and feeling actual sadness can have the same ideas, but are very different in reality. I say this because it is not easy to look at something joyful and experience joy. It is easier to have an experience if you understand the situation in its entirety rather than just the outcome. Yes, pictures of puppies being cute are joyful pictures, but we don't share the same feelings as we do with our own animals. We as humans are very "in the flesh" when it comes to happiness. we need to feel it to actually have the experience. That is why reading or watching a movie is much easier to cry over rather than just a sad picture; however, if you know the backstory behind a picture, you have a stronger connection and can then feel a stronger emotion toward it. Pictures of soldiers coming home are nice and happy, but if it has a story behind it, we are more inclined to feel more joy and more relief when viewing it. Sometimes, there are pictures that capture the places we love and the feelings and emotions that come from the memories of said place start to flood the mind and create a wonderful experience. We must have a connection to feel any emotion, otherwise the image, movie or story does not really matter. Emotion is directly linked to knowledge and the more you know about something, the stronger your feelings are toward it.

5. Diptych

4. Portraits

QUESTION #2

what does time mean to me? that is an excellent question. Time to me is extremely important because it allows things to change, grow, fall apart, blow up, and in the end all come back together in a beautiful collage that are our memories. time allows you to remember your mistakes and learn from them. time allows us to become more and more defined as a person. time can cause pain because it wont move fast enough during the wait and it goes too fast once the wait is over. it can cause wounds, scars, and even death. there is never enough time. it tends to move in the exact opposite way that you want. time can give you a barrier between the bad and good and it can also be overwhelming. we always have the chance to start over and become someone new, but it just takes time...

QUESTION #1

when you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. but then you photograph people in black and white you photograph their souls!- Ted Grant

I agree with this because when we see things in color, the materialistic details are presented rather than the face and emotion. we see people in color as objects because color adds a certain kind of "value" to things. in black and white, the expressions and body language of the person are more readily identifiable.

3. It Is What It Is

The end of a curvy letter G
Location: Robinson's Art Board

A blown up water droplet
Location: Vending machine in the athletic hall

Lit up number on a digital clock
Location: Weight room

Ground up chalk
Location: Weight Room 

Stacked weights
Location: Weight room

Medicine ball
Location: Weight room

Weight bar
Location: Weight room

Door stop
Location: Wrestling room

Rubber mat
Location: School entrance

Faux fur
Location: Inside my boot

2. Still Life