Blog 8

The essay firstly provides several examples to explain why we should to learn how to think or in the other words: what to think about like two guys who are religious and atheist respectively. The same experience can have two total different views by two different belief templates. So this part teaches us how to think is really supposed to mean. To the next to be just a little less arrogant when to have just a little critical awareness about oneself and my certainties. Sometimes, we rarely think about this sort of natural, basic self-centered, because it is so socially repulsive. We should adjust our natural default setting way described being “well-adjusted”. Furthermore, when we graduate we have to keep from going through comfortable, prosperous, respectable adult life dead when you feel bored about daily routine life as an average adult life and to believe liberal arts cliché. So although it seems hard to do this, to alive and to stay conscious in the adult world day in and day out , we should believe that our education really is the job of a lifetime.

Micro Project 3

 My Macbook Pro 
I choose it because I cannot live without it even for one day. It plays an essential role in my daily life for study, entertainment and communication. It really brings convenience to my life. I can search information, listen to music and chat with friends and family through it. It is such an amazing thing that gives me much happiness.

essential and convenient

My Watch
I choose my watch because it can make my life in perfect order. Every time I look at it, I can know how much time I have before I have a class or I am not available, and I can organize my to-do -list on my schedule correctly and quickly. In addition, I can also whether I can get the  nearest stop of Cota on time and then I can make a decision whether I should go.

 organized life

 My book 
I choose this book because I often read it recently. I read it not only because it is an assignment of my English class, but also I am really interested in it since it talks about much experience about business which is useful to me as a student in Fisher. It involves plenty of business knowledge and also conveys many positive inspirits that encourage people do not give up.

 knowledgable and encouraging

 My  Hand cream
I bring my hand cream everyday since I regard it as an essential especially in winter. It can prevent my hands from dryness and make them smooth and clean. In addition, I like its smell very much, which can let me calm down and relaxed.

nice smell

My Iphone
I choose my iphone because I take with it everyday. I can receive various information and message through it anytime. In addition, it is also a good alternative to take photos to document my daily life.

information center

Based on the final image, I want to show viewers several things. Firstly, my mac is the most important stuff in my daily life, it can almost take place everything I display except hand cream. I can know all the information, read book and organize my schedule through it, it takes a big part of my life. Secondly, I want to display is that life is colorful, entertainment, communication, knowledge and body are equally important to us. They all take a certain proportions in my life within reasonable schedule. However, this image cannot tell viewers that in my opinion, what their relationships each other and how they fill my life. During processing this project, I try to put these objects in their right position, computer is at the central of this image since it is the most important on in my life, in addition, both iphone and book can provide information to me to enrich my knowledge and make me relax, so I put them in the same line. Watch and hand cream are the necessity in my life, however I can also live without them without any convenient, so I put them together. Also watch and iphone are both electronic, so they are on the same side. I also put the background to this image to show that all of these things except watch are in my bag everyday, but watch is on my hand. I just want to show their usual position in my daily life. However, this image cannot show how I use them daily and how often do I use them. In other words, this image cannot show the exact importance of these objects.

Blog 7

Art Which Can't Be Art

This article talks about the change of art. When talking about art in the past, it must be related to objects which was amazing and creative. They must have their own unique properties in order to be an art object. However, today, the concept of art has already changed. Art can be created in our daily life. After thinking deeply about things happening around you, then they can probably become a artwork. It is just similar as brushing teeth. You can brush teeth without any consideration or you can observe your facial expression when brushing teeth, you can get different experience in these two different ways. Art becomes more closer to our life, which let someone suspect whether art is becoming nonart. In my opinion, it is false. Since art do not have a specific and absolute concept. Everything can become an art in different directions and standards.

There is one question I have, who defined the art firstly and what was he based on? Is this definition too subjective?

The Desert

This article talks about what is the difference between art and reality. Actually, art is not mysterious, it is just normal things which are captured by someone, then he uses his perspective to understand it and describe it in his own way which is more abstract, then an art work is done. Art comes from daily life, however, it is more than daily life. Artists cannot just take the public to see the tangible things, they must modify the pictures with technology skills or professional skills to make the picture more creative and unique. After modifying, an artwork is born.


From this article, I have a question. Is it true that almost every artist experienced a phase that they do not really know what is art?

George Saunders Has Written the Best
Book You’ll Read This Year 

This article introduces a writer named George Saunders. He has already written five books until now. At the beginning of the article, there is a story about trick accident, which let Saunders feel the coming death. Each second during that period is so long that he could not say anything but no. However, he knew that he was going to die. When he realized that it was not true, he felt that the world is so beautiful. This kind of feeling I can understand. Once you come over something which is really hard to you, you may feel relaxed and happy. You may feel the sky is bluer and, the grass is greener and everything is so cute and beautiful. Before this kind of experience, Saunders often write the books which is funny but also black. It can reflect present-America, however many people think they are too violent. After this experience, he is interested in writing death. He thinks about this all the time because he does not like a sudden news. In addition, he does not believe humanist verities can be useful all the time. It cannot explain everything in the universe since the future is unpredictable.

This article is quite clear for me to read. I just want to know when he feels that death is coming, does he remain of somebody?

Wexner  Christian Marclay:    The Clock

I have visited Wexner Center last week. There were many shows displaying in it. Among these shows, The Clock is my favorite. It presents many stories within a certain period of time. When watching this show, I felt it was really amazing. The world we live on is so big that at each point of time, different people could do different things. Someone is sleeping, someone is watching TV and others are typing or doing something else. We live on the same world, but we probably experience different things at the same time, but whatever we do, it proves that we are alive and time continues going. The most interesting thing I found in The Clock was that each situation presented on the screen connected very fluently, which can also show that even if different people have different lives in the same time, they must have some connections, this is amazing and interesting. We are still related to someone we do not know. We may experience the same emotion and we may have the same feeling, which makes us not feel lonely. All in all, I like this show very much!

Blog 6

Janet Cardiff, George Bures Miller and the Power of Sound

This article is talking about the sound. Cardiff and Miller are couples who are artists and like recording sound. In their belief, sound is powerful. It can be more directly with memory and to dream. They record the sound during most of their time. When they talking, they record what they said; when they travelling, they record what they want to say and they even use the sound to create artwork. They think that sound can be encountered rather than heard or seen since only on the balance point, the sound will be wonderful. This article really attracted me that I also want to record the sound in my life tomorrow. Since I think it is meaningful and interesting. I can hear what I am saying and in the future, they can remind me of what is my mood on that time and what happened on that time, which is valuable to storage.

However, I really not sure about how can I control the sound I record? How to find the moment to encounter the sound. Is there any skills?

 Micro Project 2

When I first came to this Art Education class, I took the shuttle from University Village to Fisher Union. It took me about ten minutes to get there. Then I noticed that on my map, Ohio Stadium is on the right side of Fisher Union. So I turned right and walked along, after half minute, I saw Ohio Stadium since it is so tall and easy to catch. I just walked towards it, meanwhile, I kept looking at my watch, because I did not want to be late for my first class. As I got closer to it, I noticed that, there are so many gates on Ohio Stadium that I could not figure out which one I should enter. The map did not tell me, either. As a result, I was nervous about that because it is so big, I was afraid that I had to walk around it to find the right gate! Fortunately, when I walked around it for just a quarter, I found the gate on which it said: For class Art Education 2520, enter here. I remembered it was 11 o’clock and I would not be late, I was very happy. In my opinion, finding out the location of my classroom is different from finding it on the universal map. Specifically, the map is not detailed enough for me to find the location exactly. For example, it did not tell me the exact distance between the two buildings, so I cannot be sure how much time I will spend. Secondly, the building on the map is not vivid enough for me to figure it out immediately, as result I have to find the sign of the building to make sure it is the building that I am looking for.

Here is the experience about my first time to come here.

Actually, this project is interesting and meaningful since I can really learn something during the process. To be more specific, I learn something useful about photoshop. I never use it before, and I just know that it is a useful tool to modify pictures. However, I do not know it is a little complex. I need to add many layers to describe different processes. For example, I put the map that search from google on the first layer, and then put the pictures I took on the next layers which can make the whole picture looks more beautiful and clear. Besides learning from photoshop，i also learn to using picture to document my life. It is an amazing process, which makes my memory more vivid and impressing. I love this feeling. When I took the picture to note my way to the classroom, I just feel all the things are beautiful, especially the gate of the Ohio Stadium. When I took the picture for it, I just clearly remember what happened the day I first here. I found the gate finally and happily. So as for this project, I really use my heart to finish it and I love this activity.