Initially I thought this exercise was going to be very simple, but after sitting and thinking for a while, I found it was more difficult than expected to come up with the 10 words. When I finally began to feel inspired, it suddenly became far easier and turned from a task into something that was fun and exciting. It made me think about how Ellen Dissanayake focused on the importance of art and how, “There is no known society that does not practice at least one of what in the West we call ‘the arts’” (Dissanayake 21). I was simply fulfilling the biological necessity of the species to create art. Although my art was created using a remix of the art of others, the end result is still something entirely new and unique. This was actually a lot of fun when I stopped thinking of it as an assignment and began to view it as an opportunity to create my own art.

Quote Citation:

Dissanayake, E. (1991). What is art for? In K. C. Caroll (Ed.). Keynote addresses 1991 (NAEA Convention), (p. 21). Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.