in response to the prompt:

i would have to say that i create art mainly based on aesthetic quality rather than relevance to my life or "craft" (process). although the process can play a large role in some of my work, it definitely does not come before overall visual appearance. i have always struggled with the concept of content. different people have told me different things: "content can be as simple as the process" or "you need to figure out what this has to do with you as a person" well, for me it seems that my content is just supplying the viewer with aesthetically pleasing "content" within a piece of art. craftsmanship and "difficulty of creation" have different levels of significance for every person. and i also believe that content falls under this as well. so anyway. i guess people shouldnt argue about how work is made or for what purpose, and just keep doing what they're doing. as long as it makes them happy, then they are doing the right thing.

I can't wait for the 3 hour critique within 2 hours! awesome! not going to happen. anyway. the semester has finally come to a close and break is a day away. i can't wait. i've needed this break for a while now.

i just wasted about an hour and a half down in the matte cutting room. I was planning on getting my stuff matted for this class but the cutter kept moving and my boards kept slipping even though i was pushing down as hard as i could on the bar. the blades were just kind of chunking my stuff rather than cutting it. and yes, i tried switching the blades out. whatever. i'll get them matted for the student show this spring. anyway, now i have go do printmaking. i'm going to be here all night finishing up those images.

i never even posted my last image. so here it is.

blegh, i can't believe i didn't post for 7 days! i obviously wont reach the minimum requirement for the posts. and there's really no reason to just sit here and BS about crap to get to that point. so anyway, i'll be taking my images to spectrum to print them out. woohoo...

and that will be the end of it. 31/45 = 68.89% hmm. not good. i suppose i could post a couple more times to get it to a 70% at least.

this is the fourth image in the series. and it's my favorite so far.

scratch the primary/secondary color thing (and having 6 pieces in this series). i'm going to have 5 total and one will be without color. i don't like having an even number. and the color idea is kinda cliche also. so i'll post the new images up separately so you can leave feedback if you want. this is definitely the right direction for me to be going in.