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Showing the Inner Me to the Outer You<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

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Art, \u201cis a diverse range of <\/span>human activities involving the creation of visual, auditory or <\/span>performing artifacts (<\/span>artworks), which express the creator’s <\/span>imagination, <\/span>conceptual <\/span>ideas, or <\/span>technical skill, intended to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power\u201d (<\/span>Art). <\/span>It <\/span>is a complicated type of media that arises in various shapes and forms and incorporates a <\/span>multitude of different things in the creation process such as one\u2019s imagination, ideas, and <\/span>techniques in order to get a finished piece. Yet aside from all that, the true essence of art is to <\/span>capture and help express an artist\u2019s inner thoughts and emotions in order to help represent who <\/span>they are in physical form – that is the creative beauty of art. And that is what I aimed to do with <\/span>my Information and Idea Processing and Transformation Project. The goal of this project is to <\/span>\u201cuse and transform [my] materials from class [such as my notes, assignments, and any awe <\/span>inspiring ideas] and present them as a media piece [as a way of showing to others my <\/span>interpretation and understanding of the materials and overall subject of the class].\u201d (<\/span>Syllabus<\/span>). At <\/span>first coming up with an idea as to how I would go about creating my project was not an easy <\/span>task, but that was until I decided to make my project personal where I would pick a few of the <\/span>concepts\/movements that we covered in class and connect it to me in a way that I could easily <\/span>showcase it to others. I wanted to create a piece of art that would not only showcase my <\/span>creativity but also captured my inner thoughts and emotions; and so that is what I did.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The first step in creating my project was selecting what concepts\/movements I wanted to <\/span>focus on because I knew from there I would be able to create something that not only related to <\/span>those movements but it would represent me as well and after much contemplation I settled on the <\/span>movements of Surrealism because that style can provide artists more freedom to convey their <\/span>feelings and thoughts through the canvas for surreal art can be dream, gritty, optimistic or <\/span>depressing; Abstract Expressionism because it is a form of art where \u201cexpression of reality is <\/span>expressed in a non-representational statement with line, colour and size as well as the aggressive <\/span>mingling of colours, shapes and forms that creates a painting of pure thought and emotion\u201d <\/span>(<\/span>ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM – Characteristics<\/span>) – simply meaning that it is a type of art that <\/span>has no concrete rules, so one\u2019s creativity can run free; and lastly Expressionism because it is a <\/span>style of art in which allows its artists to be able to express their inner feelings or ideas. <\/span>Collectively, these movements\/style\/concepts of art allowed me to have the creative freedom to <\/span>create a piece of art that was not tied down my artistic rules and would allow me to easily put <\/span>myself into my work so it may be able to easily represent me.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The next stage was coming up with an idea that incorporated the concepts of Surrealism, <\/span>Abstract Expressionism, and Expressionism. Inspired by the agonizing current events of 2020 <\/span>such as COVID-19, police brutality, Black Lives Matter, etcetera, I aimed to create a <\/span>transitional piece of art where I would capture my inner thoughts and emotions based on what <\/span>was\/is still happening in the world thus far and my inner thoughts and emotions as to what I hope <\/span>the future will be or encompass. I would use Surrealism to make a collage of images that <\/span>represent 2020 and of a hopeful future and I would use Abstract and Expressionism to express <\/span>my emotions and to represent my thoughts with colors. The idea I had was to have a sleeping <\/span>woman look up and see another woman looking down (both would represent me) and they would <\/span>be in different colors to represent an emotion. Both images would have collages in them to <\/span>represent the words and pictures being a part of them, and they are both looking in different <\/span>directions because one represents the current me and I am looking up to the future me as a way <\/span>of motivation to overcome my daunting thoughts and emotions which are eating away at me. <\/span>And the other me is looking down as a way of not only inspiration, but also as a form of <\/span>reflection because in order for one to make a better future for themselves they must learn from <\/span>their past mistakes or be doomed to repeat them. And so the woman looking back at me looking <\/span>at my current state as a reminder of where I wish not to be again. And so after I came up with <\/span>that idea, the final stage was building it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When constructing my project I only used 4 key materials: a canvas, paint, painting tools, <\/span>and printed pictures. Overall, my project is pretty simplistic in regards to the materials I used, <\/span>regardless of that though, I enjoyed being able to challenge my creativity in putting it together. <\/span>The only challenge I had truthfully when creating my project was replicating what I imagined in <\/span>my head on my canvas, but unfortunately I was unsuccessful in doing so, because originally I <\/span>was going to make my project into three layers to have it be more clearly viewed as a transitional <\/span>piece. I was going to have the head with the collage of images as the brain, then in the next layer <\/span>have a clash of emotions between my current and future self, and then in the last layer have my <\/span>future self. But, that is not necessarily what I have and in all honesty I prefer my current one to <\/span>the one in my head, but before I had the piece I have currently created I was a bit annoyed at <\/span>myself for not being able to replicate my own idea, but thankfully I worked past it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So, as you will see on my canvas I still have the two heads (one down and one up) facing <\/span>each other, but in different colors. The current me is colored black to represent my \u201cdark\u201d energy <\/span>in regards to what is happening currently in our world while the other head is colored white to <\/span>represent my \u201coptimistic\u201d energy as to how I wish the future to be. The collages on both heads <\/span>and bodies encompass words and images. For the bottom head, I made a collage of words and <\/span>images of the injustices that are currently plaguing the world and for the upper head, I made a <\/span>collage of words that I wish the world to associate with and be. I am making what has occurred <\/span>and what I wish will occur to be a part of me for all these events that are happening now and my <\/span>future thoughts and hopes are defining me. Then you have the colors I made them represent my <\/span>emotions and look like hair for the effect. For the black head I used red, yellow, and orange to <\/span>represent my anger, sadness, and frustration to our current world and the colors look dull because <\/span>while I still have the fire burning inside me I unfortunately have become a bit numb to all this <\/span>troubling news and so the dull colors help to represent that. While on the other hand for the white <\/span>head I used the rainbow to represent my hopeful, optimistic and positive emotions – how I wish <\/span>to feel in the future once we improve our current situations. To represent my clash of emotions I <\/span>created two clouds on the opposite side of the faces; I used the same colors I used for the hair of <\/span>the two women to make those clouds; and they look like they are going to collide with each other <\/span>because it is to represent the battle of my emotions in a sense. And lastly the backdrop is dark <\/span>blue with white stars to make it feel like an outer world experience where reality and imagination <\/span>clash together to create a piece of artwork which you see. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Overall, I truly did enjoy creating my artwork for though it may not have been easy, it <\/span>was truly a fun and challenging experience. What I gained from this project is that one can <\/span>always take old concepts and make them one\u2019s own, meaning the old can become new once <\/span>again. For by adding ones own perspective into the mix a new door is open for a new perspective <\/span>shows the world in a different light and that is what I appreciate about art. It is a tool which <\/span>captures one\u2019s views on the world which may be unlike anyone else – art is a tool that captures <\/span>originality, creativity, thoughts, and emotions, but it is also a tool which represents them as well <\/span>no matter the form because all art comes from the heart. And that is what I was trying to capture <\/span>to share with you. I was capturing my inner self to share with the outer you and I hope you were <\/span>able to enjoy it. Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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