MCAAD250, Spring'15

Bottom Left: Responsibility and Accountability Bottom Right: Resilience Second Row Right: Independence and Interdependence Second Row Left: Self Awareness Third Row Left: Goal Orientation Top Left: Appreciation of Difference Top Right: Tolerance of Ambiguity  

  Keywords: Creativity Expression Innerness Unique Senses *Click image for full view I think that this type of collage can be consider artwork because I am taking my thoughts and showing them in a creative and artistic way. It is the intent of the person making the art whether or not it can be considered […]

In Beverly Jones’ article, she talks about how their is a connection between art and technology and how it has change the way art can be produced. In her thesis she states that “by reviewing specific works and what appear to be underlying conditions and assumptions that shaped these works, I hope to establish the relation […]

After watching the Ted Talk by Jane McGonigal about how gaming can make the world a better place. She first starts off by stating that we actually need to spend more time playing videos and this shocked me because I have always though sitting in front of a computer screen for hours on end to be […]

1. How do you define “spirituality”? Spirituality is a belief in something bigger than yourself. It does not have to be a religous figure or a relic, although it can be. It is noticing the world around you and thinking about what may lay beneath it all. Also noticing your spirituality can be done in […]

The idea of spirituality is something that I have struggled with because growing up it was not about of my life as I understand it. My family was not religious and I was always taught to look at the facts and then determined what I believed. When I came to college and starting taking art classes, […]

As a person who has never seen the enjoyment of being scared by movies, shows, or even haunted houses or the onimous Tower of Terror at Disneyland, I found this subject very interesting. I found two articles that talk about the ideas played out in Noel Carroll’s article, “Why Horror”. I focused on the idea […]

While watching the epsiode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I noticed a lot of examples of non-diagetic sound, diegetic sound, and mise-en-scene. The non-diagetic sound that really stood out to me was the music and how it changed so drastically from one scene to another. When the actors were about to kiss the music would become […]

As I began watching people walk from class to class on 13th today, I noticed an older white man sitting in the shade with his dog across from the president’s building. I could tell he was an older man because he had gray hair underneath his hat. He wore round glasses, a button up shirt, […]

This article is debating where or not food can be art and how maybe the importance of food in our culture has turned it into more than just something needed to survive. Food can be experienced in many ways, whether it is through private dining experiences or eating out. The author draws on two ways […]