Monday 10/5/09

Monday, was by far my favorite class. We learned so much, but what really struck me was that I learned so much about myself. Today’s lecture was about brainstorming. We broke down brainstorming in general and analyzed what brainstorming was. We had to create our own brainstorm. I had a hard time coming up with a topic, but then realized I could write about my biggest issue: being pessimistic. I was able to break down this problem and even come up with solutions. I thought it was extremely fun doing this exercise because I haven’t done a “brainstorm” in years. It was very beneficial.

Wednesday 9/30/09

On Wednesday, we explored the artist mind. What I mean by this is how we interpret art in our own eyes. For example, we looked at different photographs and we had to say what we saw, none of us could just name out what we saw, but what we assumed what was going on in the photo. I found it to be very interesting because in my own head I thought I was able to break down and analyze this particular photo, but I couldn’t! All I could think of was obvious findings in a photo such as, body language, emotion, lighting, etc. I could not just name out two women, a coat, a table, earrings, etc. all these things were right in front of my face and all I could think of was, why are these women in this position? Or why do they look concerned? It was a very interesting class!