Free Post #1: Arts and Crafts Community

When I visited Gatlinburg over the Thanksgiving break, My family and I went to the Arts and Crafts Community. This community was like nothing I had ever seen. It was made up of a few streets of houses/cabins that have been turned into shops. There were people playing music, popping popcorn, throwing pottery, painting, and other artsy things. It was really interesting to see how these people live, and how much each and every one of them love being artists, which was very apparent when we got to have one on one conversations about their lives and artwork.

Artists in Society...

When most people think of artists in society they think of artists they've heard of, artists that have made it big. I like to think of artists in society as the people I attend school with, the everyday people that I have class with every day or the artists that live in my dorm that go unnoticed. Alot of the artists can do amazing things with paper and pencil. Art is everywhere we look not just on the big screen or in the museum.

Why I Believe This Film is a Work of Art..

Michael Jackson's This Is It film is what I consider a work of art. It shows the artist at highs and lows throughout the set up of his come back concert. It shows the fans a pretty good insight into how much Michael Jackson cares about how his music is preformed. And it was really interesting to watch.

I'm having a catharsis...

On my really bad emotional, "life sucks" kind of days I tend to do alot of drawing. This is a recent drawing. It shows just how all over the place I was feeling that day.

My Photographic Eye: Trees

Left Brain vs. Right Brain

Left Brained people are more logical, analytical, objective, and the look at parts, and enjoy instructions. Right Brain people are more intuitive, random, look at wholes, and subjective. Personally I am more left brained, I enjoy logic, math, and instructions. However I also enjoy being creative, like drawing and painting.

Poetry Slam

Here is a poem that I found really interesting, and while it is a bit disturbing the hidden meaning behind the poem gets you thinking. I had to memorize and analyze this poem my senior year in high school.

In The Desert - Stephen Crane

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said: "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter - bitter," He answered.
"But is like it,
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."