Sunday, February 4, 2018

Post #3

We see colors everyday. From a young age we are told the sky is blue and grass is green. When we go more in depth though, we realize its not that simple. Sure the sky is blue, but the sky is also yellow at sunrise and pink at sunset. The grass is green, but look up a different type of grass and it is more of a shade of turquoise. Colors are not as simple as they seem. So when you say you love the color of the sky, what color are you talking about? Are you talking about the darkness that comes with midnight, the yellow and orange hues that bring the sunrise, the baby blue tones throughout mid day, the pink and purple cotton candy skies of sunset, or the deep tones that begin as the sun fades away to bring back the color of midnight? When you say the grass is green, which shade of green do you refer to? Is the color more of a blue green, a hunter green, a deep olive tone, a brighter yellow green? There are so many shades and tones to just one description. When we look at people, we are not just white or black, every person has different colors to them. One person might have a cool undertone full of blues while someone else has a warm yellow undertone. Some people have more red to their faces and even more so when they blush. The descriptions of colors are more than just the basic general colors we refer to. What color combination created that blade of grass? How can I recreate the colors that surround me when they are not as they seem? Colors are not as simple as blue and green and purple. They have tones and saturation. Life is not as simple as yes and no and white and black. Life has tones and saturation and difficulties not every one can see as well. We can not categorize the world by colors when colors themselves have so much variety to them. It is impossible to say that one color is correct and another is not when the lines between colors can be blurred and changed just by a fraction of a difference in one part. It is impossible to say that one race is correct and another is not when so many people come from so many different places. It is okay to be from a European country but not from Southern America or Africa apparently. How do we compare colors when they are all unique and beautiful in their own ways? How do we compare people when they are all unique and beautiful in their own and different ways?

Inspiration:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBahODn9_PM
The lyrics and emotion in this song particularly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9KZ3jgbbmI
The video (about 1 minute in) when you start to see the individual sparks to Ava Maria is something else entirely

http://carriemaeweems.net/
Heating Carrie Mae Weems talk about her life, inspiration, and work was a once in a lifetime experience. Being able to talk to her individually about subject matter and identity brought many ideas into perspective.

Progress of The Table Cloth




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