Nov 4 th 2009

Jimmy started class today by allowing students to voice their opinion on what they thought were the highlights and low lights of art 220. Since this was jimmy first time instructing concept development this quarter he was very interested in our feedback. He thought it would be useful in ways it can help improve future classes. Some of the highlights included:
open dialogue
four item object story
critiques
word/images
professional Q & A (industry)

Some low light included:
The apple (well many times) and the blog.

We also watched a few TED movies. I actually find these really cool. They give us an idea or an insight of how other designer's kind of think. It also displays there ability to communicate to an audience. A lot of them have great verbal skills and it shows because you can see the way there speech flows when they are on stage (again the importance of communication). Paula Schere was one of the speakers we watched. She talked a lot on how her work went to be serious play to serious. The way I took it was that when she had time or needed to express herself through art she was more creative. It was a new way she was feeling. She didn't have time deadlines or have to answer to anybody. She was free to be open, creative, and innovate. It was then when she was able to channel the way she felt through art. The serious comes around when the mass media began to like and approve of her work. They begin to expect the same ideas and want more production. This is when she felt trapped and repetitive with her work. It became serious instead of serious play.

Adjectives:
anxious: feeling nervous, worried or afraid, eager, producing feelings of nervousness or agitation.

avid: eager for or enthusiastic about something

able: physically or mentally equipped to do something