reflection 5

As I read this article, I thought that the author, Robin Vande Zande, made really good points. When something isn’t appealing to look at, we fix it. Take a car for example, if we get into an accident and there is chipped paint and a dent most of us would want to have that fixed even if it doesn’t affect how the car runs. It is such an aesthetic appeal and is apart of us as humans. Why do we fix things that aren’t broken? This relates to art because we like to look at things/objects that are attractive and appealing; along with furniture and cars. We could usually have a plain chair or car without all the gadgets to suffice our needs, but we want more. So we have fancy cars and couches that don’t only serve as functional objects but also as aesthetics.





Depending on what we want objects to function as determines how it may look. Like the article stated, cars for travel with more people will have more seats and will be safer for highway driving. In class, we had to design a chair made out of cardboard to hold a softball. The functional aspect of the chair was just to hold a softball, so that is what I did. I didn’t add anything fancy or make it appealing at the least; but it can hold a softball. However, with more time I probably would have tried to make it look better and more appealing. That particular activity was fun and a good use of scraps. Many schools will find their selves with a low budget and not much to work with so this is a low cost assignment and good recycling activity.

reflection 4

Amy Schultz article states that for visual learners, it is hard to put a story in writing and is easier to put it into an illustration and tell the story for there. When I was in school, we were always writing our thoughts instead of expressing them via other forms of expressions like artwork. This seems like an unfair advantage to students that are visual learners and grades may suffer because of this. Not because they aren't as strong story tellers but because they aren't effectively using the right means to creating the story.
Many times in a speech clinic or classroom, a Speech Language Pathologist will have their client create a story, usually by writing it and then reading it aloud to work on their pronunciation. Many times the story is brought home and rehearsed for the following week before they are asked to read it aloud. As I read this article, I thought that if I wanted my client to create a story, they could create it with an illustration and then tell me the story using the picture. As a speech pathologist, it doesn't matter how the story is made as long as they are telling it verbally afterward. Since I plan to work with young children, my clients will be more excited about their session if they are able to color and draw instead of dreading the idea of having to write a story because then session feels like school; which many already do not like due to their speech problem. After the session, the child can bring their artwork home to give to their parents to hopefully hang it on the fridge and display it!

reflection 3

I was really surprised when I read the statistics about all the adolescents that opt for tattoos so young. A couple of my friends got tattoos in high school, but senior year was the earliest. I agree that many teens get tattoos without clearly planning ahead on the tattoo process, the tattoo itself, and the place they are getting it done. Some tattoos have personal relevance while others are just something they think looks cool. Neither of my parents have tattoos and didn't encourage me to get one. I had always thought about what I may want- for some reason I always liked stars even though they don't mean anything. My sophomore year of college my roommate, who at the time had one tattoo, and I decided we should go get tattoos. On a limb we went and got tattoos. I decided I would get the same one she already had- a small star on the hip. Looking back, I, like many people talked about in the article, wish I would have thought it through more. I don't know if I really regret it, but I wish I had planned better. I do want another one, but am really thinking it out this time. I want it to have meaning to my life.
I think that for some people tattoos is an art form and is used to express who they are and their beliefs. For other people, tattoos are just a right of passage or a way to rebel. I believe that there is a whole art form of tattoos and the history of tattoos. In some religions it is frowned upon, while in others it is a "normal" occurrence. Tattoos should have be for the person whose body they are on, and it shouldn't matter what other people think.