Sunday, March 30, 2014

Jackson pollack


       Jackson Pollock and his paintings went a different direction than the common ideas and methods of other artist. His paintings are "mopping up operation of the school paris. He puts together a re mince of cubism and surrealism. He tends to put different kind of energy towards his paintings. They called his work the " Abstracts Expressionists". He placed a tremendous value on the process of creating art, something he found to be equal and important. He hoped that his work transcended the issue of being an American. Since he himself feels that he is American, since he himself feels that he is American, being that he was raised here. There was a time he focused on abstract paintings, but after awhile he went back to painting women. But not the ideal women i should say. He painted his own arms and shoulders the way he wanted them to look, even if they weren't symmetrically the same. He found the mouth more interesting than any other body part. in his own words he found them "weird". He found them more interesting in women because it was more appealing than men. I found his paintings interesting. Especially the women. Just the way everything was painted. And like i said before, its not the ideal women you see everyday, but his own imaging of what he sees as art in women.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Bear Witness


Well when it comes to people and other things i am a very neutral person and I  have an unbiased perspective on life. Over all I am a down to earth kind of girl. During my spare time I enjoy various genres of literature and doing some sketches or making a painting. As well as hanging out with friends and family.

If I had to bear witness something it would be a problem that has been going on for decades in this world, which is the lack of water and how so many people are in poverty til this day. This issue was very apparent to me when I went to visit my country this summer, The Dominican Republic. There were various families who were struggling with their economic situation. Most struggled with having decent roof top over their heads for the night. Children who aren't even nine years old are in the streets either selling fruits or asking to shine other peoples shoes just to at least have change in their pockets.