cubism

TOMS: One for One

In April of 2009 I bought my very first pair of TOMS shoes. Almost two years later and I now own three pair and hope to be buying a new pair soon. I'm not the kind of girl who likes to go shopping or spend a lot of money on clothes but when it comes to TOMS shoes I always seem to make an exception. Buying them can become an addiction much like getting a tattoo. I buy TOMS because i'm inspired by the story behind why they got started. It all started with this guy named blake who was on the t.v. show called the amazing race. During blake's journey through the show he realized how many kids in other countries were going without shoes and were dying because of a simple foot disease. As of September 2010. TOMS has given over one million pairs of new shoes to children in need through Giving Partners around the world. The picture here is the new pair of TOMS that I hope to buy soon.

Rize up

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up" - MLK

how do we define a language?

We use language as a way to communicate with one another. In the movie Rize, dance is their language.  In the south side of L.A. where violence is an every day occurance, Tommy the clown chose to create a new form of language. The language of Krump.

how do we define art?

In today's society anything is can be considered art, it's all in the eye of the beholder. Tommy and his gang of clowns used the art of dance as a way to release their anger. "this is how we express ourselves, this is what makes us feel like we belong." - dragon

how does this relate to me?

Like the clowns i too use many different forms of communication when communicating with different people. The clowns use dance a a form of art to express themselves, while i use photography as a way to make me feel like i belong. 

Shawn Mcdonald

where ever i go whether it's walking to class, in my car, or just sitting in my apartment i'm always listening to music. During the fall semester of 2008 i attended my first concert, where i got to see Shawn Mcdonald perform along side Jake Smith. A few years have past and that concert is still my favorite. When performing live Shawn uses only his voice, guitar, harmonica, and sometimes an electric violin. On March 18th he released his 5th album "closer" which i purchased off of itunes this past week. These are two images that i took while sitting on the front row of his concert more than two years ago. 

pan views

Panoramic images taken on spring break in South Padre Island. 

Mumford and Sons

Lately i have been listening to new music suggested through various friends. well numerous times i heard people talk about mumford and sons. so one day i decided to create a mumford and sons station on pandora while working on homework. that was about a month ago and now i love their music. it's totally different than other music i'm interested in and a few of my friends don't quite understand my interest in the band, but i like the old look they have. they recently performed on the grammy's along with 3 other bands and sounded amazing. their most popular song that has even hit the radio's top forty is called "little lion man."                                                  
http://www.mumfordandsons.com/

advice to young artists in a postmodern era.

Talent, Itelligence, and Art... The author goes on to talk about how our society tends to perceive those who are intelligent as though who occupy their time with so-called intelligent pursuits. He gives a few examples then goes on to talk about the differences between intelligence and genius. When talking about tallent he decribed a story that i found really entertaining. A story about a tennis player who would talk out loudly to their opponet about the strengths, then the player would start to focus on how they do that particular move. Focusing on that would affect their game and would cause them to lose the game. I just found this interesting because i know how hard things can be at times once you lose your focus. Near the end of the chapter he goes into description on conformists, anticonformists, and non conformists. I would like to consider myself a non-conformists but most like most of the time i am a conformists.




Reading-and Reading Right... this chapter taught me a lot on the importance of reading. How you can improve your IQ score just by reading a higher level book. A test was done on 2 students that had the same IQ score, one began reading a lower IQ level book while the other read a book at a higher level than their own. Over time the second student's IQ score changed and became a higher number while the other student's lowered due to reading a lower level book. Reading this has encouraged me and given me the urge to start reading again. I have never been one to want to read when i have down time, but i'm hoping and working towards changing that. I have a book shelf of books that friends have given to me or suggested that I buy to read. Also, knowing that my IQ can increase just by a higher level reading material is another incentive.

my lovely discoveries

Over the past 3 years i have fallen in love with the musician JJ Heller. She along with her husband Dave create a folk sound created with just the guitar and occasional harmonica. As i big fan of hers i follow her on facebook and recently discovered her blog. I have never been one to follow or even have a blog, this is my first. But i love reading her posts, she posts about yummy recipes, her new garden, outfits she sews for her daughter Lucy, and much more. http://thelovelylittlethings.blogspot.com/

 

Another lovely discovery came while shopping with a friend at First Monday in Canton this past Friday. My friend Chelsea and I went through several different clothing booths during that day and realized more than half of them were now carrying a new clothing line. It's a new line called Blue Bird, it's a vintage look. I really like each peice of clothing we saw but it was all just a little out of my price range ( which is cheap.) While looking up more about the clothing and where I could possibly buy it at a cheaper price I discovered the designer's blog. http://bleubirdvintage.typepad.com/