Map: MP2

On my first day to school, I used the map of my iphone to take me to the classroom. Although I used the GPS, I found it difficult to find the way as the campus is so big . Thanks to my friend I met that day, he led me to the classroom. And it spent me lots of time to know the bus route.  I usually walk to school at that time. Sometimes I took the map of the campus and asked the others how to go to the class. After about two weeks, I began to be familiar with the buildings and classrooms in the campus. I always lose my way to school and take the wrong bus. After I almost took all the bus route by mistake, I begin to know well about all the bus in the campus. And now I live off-campus. I usually take NO.2 bus to school. The bus drive along the high street and it is difficult for me to get lost.

I usually go to school by bus. Firstly, I will go across the giant eagle and the smell of food always make me hungery. I love to try different food, so I used my camera to document many cafes and restaurants. There are the mediterranean cafe, the music cafe, the Japanese food, the American food. And there's also the chinese market which gives me the taste of home. And when I used the google map to see the street view along high street, I found that there were many interesting shops and various cafe and restaurant which seem to be delicious. I think I missed a lots of delicious here and I wii definitely try them later.

Responce to Cardiff, Miller and Power of Sound

The authour tells the stories between a couple Cardiff and Miller, who connected sound and art together and do all their art works together. Some of their works are so impressed to me. And what impressed me most is their attitude to life and art. I think they always enjoy the time together with their art and the beautiful sound they caught. In the modern word, people seem to be busy about work and life. For me, I always busy in the courses and think about doing housework and cooking in the time remaing as I live along in the apartment. Sometimes, refreshing myself and listening to some music is my best choice. Now, I am sitting at the window, reading the story from other and typing my feelings. I love the Dark Pool. It lead me to a mysterious world with old sound and feeling.

Although I love this article, the part of a live record of forest. To me the sound of forest is normal to every.

Responce to NippleJesus

When I first read the story, I was a little confused about what the author what to convey by his experience as he is not an artist and knows a little professional knowledge about art.

I think the author tells his story in a very humorous way. And it shows in the words between his wife and him. Firstly, he worked in a club and his wife might not like this job as he hardly had time to see his children in the morning. What' more, his wife what him to have a good future, such as being an accounter or running a DIY shop. And the anthor didn't like these jobs.As we know, sometimes the pressure comes from our relatives and friends. They always what us do what they love. At last, the auther get a job in the gallery.

I think he was impatient of this job at the begining. And his attitudes towards HippleJesus changed a lot from with the change of his innermost being and the surrounding people. After talking with some strangers in the gallery, he began to think that the picture is not stupid as he stood with it all day which helped him think deeply. To me, we should understand one unfamiliar people or thing through our eyes and ears, but not others' comments. We should trust our feeling although it is different from the majority of people, especially in art areas. The eyes of a thousand individuals have a thousand Hamlet. And I also learn that do not draw too firm a conclusion before you try to know that in many ways.

Photos: MP1

It was extremely interesting for me to take these ten photos. The same thing as before was that I found many scenery when I took the photo and enjoyed the experience. And the difference was now I had some requirements such as use another view as a bird or ant. For me, the second experience was more enjoyable as I changed many ways to meet the requirements. And I love the photo I took from the point of view of a bird and ant. As I am in the view of ant, I considered myself a small ant. So I adjusted the shooting angle to make myself like the ant and zoomed in. When it comes to the bird's view, I thought to take a photo of their home. The nest in the tree may be what the bird will see in their view. So I also zoomed in and looked up to the nest. I wanted to convey that the birds find some food on the ground and looked up to go back home.

 

Symmetrical Image

 

 Asymmetrical image

 Radial Image

 

Person and their surrounding space

 

Person up close

An image from the point of view of an ant

 

An image from the point of view of a bird

 

A stable image

An unstable image

Your name on campu

 

Response to the Walker and Barrett articles

Walker Big Idea

This article talks about the big idea of the artmaking. It compares big idea with subject matter and theme. To some degree, they are not the same thing as subject matter is the topic while big idea is the concepts. And I also remeber the vedio about the artist who use her hair to draw something on the ground. It was amazing for me at first. I thought she was crazy and that was not art for me. However, after her talking about her point of views, I could understand her better. Some artists' work may not be accepted at that time, but they may be understood well in the future. That's an interesting thing.

As I learn the definition of big idea and subject matter first, I find it difficult to distinguish. In my opinion, the big idea is more about the innermost being and the subject matter is more about what we can see about the artworking.

 

Barrett Visual Culture 

Nowadays, the skills of art are used in many areas, such as advertisement. The article talks about the distinction between denotations and connotations. The part of the article which interested me most is the application of denotations and connotations in the ad. In the example, the connotations express two values to the custom. The first one is freshness and the second one is goodness for cooking. Not only the variety of object but also the freshness of the vegetables all draw the customers' attention. They all show the connotation of the ad. The interpertion of the message is also important for us as we would like to buy or wear the things which we can understand better.

I think the article is easy to understand and I haven't find the difficult now.

Photos: My Daily Life

 It's a great day! My friend and I decided to take some photos.

 

 This is my sweet home, which is not far away from the campus.

 

The leaves are so beautiful when they fall.

 

 

 The flower.

 

 

We all love delicious food! 

 

My friend Shu prepared the delicious Chinese food for me. I should say the chicken wings are so spicy for me!!!

 

The mooncake. One of our friends bought it in the Chinatown.

My roommate and my friend gave the bear to me at my birthday. That was my first birthday in America.