noun jux路ta路po路si路tion
the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side; also :聽 the state of being so placed
“-such juxtapositions include old and new, residential and commercial, historic and replaceable, natural and man-made, constructed and under-construction, well maintained and in disrepair, celebrated and forgotten, etc.”
my first thought of this word was that it probably meant arrangement of some kind.
source: Merriam-webster.com
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The reason I chose the ambiguous drawing I did was because I thought it would be easy. It ended up being the opposite. it was very difficult to make each figure the background made be the exact size it had to be or it just wouldn’t have looked 聽like the original drawing. The stable one that I chose was fairly simple and I started off with that first because I would give me practice with using the exacto knife. I enjoyed making this project because it really tested my steady hand and patience. this project took me about 2 and half hours.
As I was inking my two ambiguous and two stable, it was scary tracing the organic and geometrical shapes since ink is not something you an erase. 聽I do not have a steady hand but tracing with ink pen .02 made it easier for me. It was also hard for me to ink in the shapes with the brush because it was too big for some corners and edges, I was afraid to ink outside the lines. This whole process took me about 3 and a half hours.
adjective ho路mo路ge路neous
made up of the same kind of people or things.
“In a small village just twenty miles away, the population is more ethnically homogeneous, but the culture is nonetheless connected to the world.” – Universe strikes back.
Knowing the聽definition helped me understand what the rest of the third paragraph meant.
As we were searching for objects, I thought to myself, I did not want to pick up the usual cigarette filters or cups and bottles. I was searching for the unusual, hard to spot, weird looking objects. The first object ended up being the usual, plastic. It is geometric because it is circular even though it has a split on the side. The color is black and it was found on tillary street near a gate. The edges look as if it were torn off something, I can’t figure out exactly what though.
The second object surprised the eye in a funny way. It was a chicken bone, or so i hope it is one. It was funny because in my head I just imagine someone eating a chicken leg and just randomly throwing it out their window. This was also found on tillary street steps away from the first object. The shape is organic because it has curves, cracks, and dents. The color is more of a pale brown and black.
On gold street there was a gasoline station and I decided to walk around a car. The ground had alot of dirt and contruction dust with rocks of different colors, but yet i managed to find the next object. It was a rusty washer that was blending in well with the dirt. It has spots of brown and black on it, it is also a geometric shape because its circular.
The way I see it is we are all put in this world for significant reasons. We all have different and unique talents. What we make of it is what matters the most. Whether we had hard times or not, we can all achieve what we want if we put our mind to it. The important thing is to do it the right way.
Art back then was not appreciated as much as it is now since it revolves us in many ways. Therefore I feel like there is more ambition to finally have a job we will enjoy for the rest of our lives. As a child learning to draw, I found it interesting how we are able to express ourselves with just a pencil and paper. Not only in drawing but also in writing poetry.
The reason I chose a lotus flower as my avatar is because it reminds me of myself. As most humans, my road here was very rough and bumpy. I say this because a lotus flower grows through thick heavy mud, which is what my obstacles were pretty much similar to mud. I find myself much more outgoing then before, but I am still a sprouting flower because I have alot more to learn.
My avatar might give that calm and down to earth feeling to some. Which I actually wish was really the case because I find myself trying to find calm time. I live a very rushed and fast pace life, surround by my family and noise all the time. I feel like you can see this in my art work because it is abstract but in a neatly matter. It just represents me trying to control the ciaos. I just use this as my unique way of being an artist.
Members avatar:
Brandy Ortiz
Observations:
Interpretation:
This avatar caught my eye because it seems like a lot is going on in it. It speaks to me and says, I am a free person. The way the girl is letting go of, to聽what looks like glitter or gold, feels like to me that聽it represents she is outgoing and adventurous. Since it also looks like the girl is on a cliff way high in the clouds it makes me feel like Brandy might be a bit of a day dreamer and enjoys fantasy stuff, which we have in common. The background is very easing to the eye because it looks like a beautiful sunset, which makes me also think Brandy is a calm girl that enjoys her alone time even if it is watching the sun set.
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