John Cage's Eninka #35

I find this piece by John Cage to be quite interesting.  This piece looks almost as if he took paper and cut pieces of it up and burned the edges of the pieces of paper.  It almost reminds me of the paper that is used to create scrolls as well.  It looks as if it has that same texture and same darkened edges.  Another item this reminds me of is a map.  It looks as if there would be countries/islands represented by the paper and the white negative spaces being water.  This piece of work helps us to really think about what we see than what is actually presented before us and use our imagination to see.

M Rizzi

One purpose for art is to create places for human purpose. The idea of making people come together giving them that magical fairy tale feeling. People in this situation gather here to symbolize happiness and to gather memories from their childhood or other times in their life. This art creates a symbol of happiness and almost peacefulness. This is Cinderella Castle in Walt Disney World the symbol for 41 years of Disney and generations past, present, and future.

The Need for Art

I chose a time-lapse video from a photographer Randy Halverson. I believe the video represents: extra-ordinary versions of ordinary objects, record and commemorate, to give tangible form to the unknown, and to refresh our vision and see the world in a new way. The video show us the workings of the universe. Only if one is in a place where close to no bright lights are around in close perimeters, such as NYC, then they would never be able to see the same views as the ones in the video. The video could make one think of how small we are compared to the rest of the things in the universe, such as the wonder of the Milky Way. When I first saw these video, I was basically awestruck. I had never seen time-lapse videos of nature before and it was breathtaking.This is actually the first one I've ever seen.

 -Tara A.

 

Photographers Alex Cherney  and Terje Sorgjerd also have some really great time-lapse videos also.

giving tangible form to feelings and ideas

Artists give tangible form to feelings and ideas. The gift of
red roses represents someone's affection for you. DIfferent 
flowers represent different emotions and feelings towards another individual. Some examples of this are, red rose
represent love and passion, whereas yellow roses signify friendship. Each color and type of flower gives tangible form to these different emotions and feelings that are trying to be portrayed. 


-Dana-Lynn Waggner