Activity #2: Pink's "So What"

The song I chose for Assignment #2 is by the artist Pink and is called “So What”. The background behind this song was one of my main reasons for designing it. Pink wrote this song herself and it is an expression of how she now feels about her divorce from her husband. I decided to only design two of the main sections of the song for space and for emphasis. These lines seemed to have the most meaning to me as compared to the other lines.

I decided to make “I” and “me” stand out by making it bold so when you first look at it, you can notice it. Another reason I did that is because Pink finally stood up for herself and is putting herself first. It shows that she is strong and bold and wants people to know that she is focusing on herself. Every word regarding her ex husband, “you”, “his”, “he” and “husband”, were put into a font that is empty on the inside. From the sound of this song, he was never there for her emotionally and I wanted to show that by having words that referred to him empty. Those words are red because I wanted them to stand out too, but in a not positive way. Other lines that I thought were important were put in bold for a greater emphasis. Certain key words were put in a “fun” font because it sounds like she is going to go out and enjoy herself now.

Visual Advocacy Proposal

After attending public schools for 13 years, I started to notice a trend in the absence of art teachers. The art departments seem to get set aside budget wise, along with the music department. The high school I attended just remodeled their entire outside athletic complex which rang up a bill of over $2 million dollars! That same year, two of my former art teachers were not given their jobs back. But what the administration failed to notice was that enrollment has been up in art classes as compared to sport-tech classes. These students who choose to participate in art classes produce absolutely amazing art works. It is just a shame that the budget given for supplies is only enough to accommodate about half the students enrolled.

For my visual aid, I plan on doing the 6 photo and caption series. The photos will be a variety of art works completed by current and former students who attended my high school. I plan on going to the art classes during school hours and observing what each class has to offer the students. The pictures will be of painting and drawing, ceramics and photography. The captions will explain what each work is and by who each work was created by.

I plan to do some research online about other art departments in other school districts. I will be looking for their facilities used as compared to the facilities used at my alma mater along with how many different classes are offered. I also plan on interviewing the current art teachers at this high school and asking their views and opinions on different topics regarding the decisions with the budget and students.

Screen Capture

While trying to figure out how to achieve a screen capture, I got a little bit distracted. I do not have a lot of knowledge when it comes to computers, so they tend to frustrate me easily. On this screen capture, you will see Ctools, Microsoft Word Document, AIM, and Frostwire windows all open. My difficult composing task consisted of me trying to figure out how to do a screen capture. I had Ctools open to read the instructions about the assignment and Microsoft Word Document open to write my 250 word response. Half way through that difficult process, a friend of mine distracted me and we proceeded to download a few songs I had never heard before. I recruited him to help with my screen capture, but he eventually became more frustrated than me. Whenever I happen to go on my computer, AIM logs me on automatically. So regardless of what I happen to be trying to achieve, the AIM window will always be open.

When I first saw my screen as a photograph, I didn’t realize that it was just the screen capture. I had a small blonde moment and tried to move the cursor and when it didn’t move, I thought my computer had froze. While composing in digital spaces, it is hard for your work not to take on geometric shapes and patterns. It is unlikely to have organic shapes while trying to achieve a screen capture. I am still trying to understand digital composing myself. One way I believe that can help me understand it would be by trial and error. It is easier to learn hands on and by learning from your own mistakes.

My first blog... on Sarah Palin?!

So, my first blog posting happens to be about Sarah Palin and her pregnant seventeen year old daughter. This political cartoon speaks of itself. All I have to say is that she should have given her daughter the "birds and bees" speech a few years back and maybe should of told her about some other forms of birth contol. But that's right, Palin does not want sex education in schools... I bet her daughter must be her favorite child now. All of her daughters embarassment could have been spared if her mom told her about condoms, hell just give her one for future use... then her sex life would have not made national news!