Tuesday, October 13, 2015
My thoughts on blogs
I do not like blogs. I like creating. I like projects. I like videos. I am an artist. Definition of artist=visual learner. Our brains light up in the right hemisphere, not the left. The right side is responsible for euphoria and beauty. I am not fond of how I have to purchase a hundred and fifty dollar book to learn anything I could type intoyoutube, and to go even further in youtube I'd actually want to learn and I would learn, for free. The generation has changed to digital art, why not change the whole way we teach art? Books are the standardized way of learning. From a young age our creativity is wrung from us and we are forced into creating a lifetime structure of how everything must work and how we must learn: how we must sit in the same spot every class, who we must hangout with, and how we must always go in chronological order. Art goes against all rules, and for the most part so does this class, but the blogs are grueling and no one even actually reads the entire chapter, that is unless they should really be an English or Elementary Education major instead of an art major. I hope this is not offensive, but in all reality its just the truth, and you know it too.
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You do bring up a good point Jeanne, I also have mixed feelings with blogs but I just do it to becuase I'm obligated to because I'm paying for school lol. But it also gives me a chance to engage the textbook which I feel helps to develop critical thinking skills. I'm sure no one is offended by your statements. Keep up the good work on the blogs Jeanne and never give up (:
ReplyDeleteI disagree completely. Reading and writing are both integral components to making art; one must familiarize herself with the historical /contemporary precedents and develop strong language and rhetorical skills to explain her work (and to discuss all works of art--books included); one must familiarize herself with the literature and criticism re: art and artmaking to better understand the history and trajectory of creative research. Critical analysis is part of successful artmaking and definitely a very important part of cultural studies.This is a cross-listed course, ENG/DTC--reading and writing are VERY VERY important here. Let's talk more about this in class.
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