Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is just a famous quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson that speaks to me because the deep meaning is so relevant to the past, the present, and the future. The quote refers to the importance of the present and/or to the importance of our inner identity. I think that Ralph Waldo Emerson is trying to say that we sometimes think to much about the past and the future, but don't take enough time to look within our daily lives and what happens in it.

Real Talk Notes/Instructions

Today's lesson was about the Real Talk video assignment; Dr. Harkey wrote the directions and the requirements of our Real Talk video assignment. Although the words written on the white board look very brief and abbreviated, the rhetoric of the underlining, circles, and asterisks convey and emphasize exactly what Dr. Harkey wanted to explain to us about the purpose and objective of the assignment.

Shields Connection With Charles Guignon

Here I just took a picture after class as an example of electronic notes. Dr. Harkey wrote down these side notes down on the white board to tell us what Shields is taking about on certain pages of the book. The pages on artificial and authenticity have a connection with Charles Guignon and his book, On Being Authentic.

Realness Prezi Draft Drawing

An image of our first draft of our Prezi project on "Realness and Perception". It just shows the beginning works of what our final project turned out to be.

Merry Christmas!

Banksy Mischief Project (Ho Ho Ho)

I included this link to our Banksy Mischief Project website, which displays our street artwork and even more images of the process and final outcome with even a few people's reactions. We included a video that emphasizes the money leading up to the present boxes. Check it out! Who knows, maybe another mischievous project will appear on your campus...

Empty Those Wallets!

Here are pictures and images of the inspirations that we put into our Banksy Mischief Project website. I chose these pictures because it just shows all the many objects that Christmas is now associated with in this modern world. It shows that money is a huge factor in this winter holiday season. Has your idea of Christmas been changed by the public and society's influence?

Street Art: Real Art? Or not?

This telephone booth that is bent with an ax in it is considered an original Banksy artwork. All Banksy did was use a telephone booth and changed it slightly. Does this make it art or not?

This is another Banksy artwork where all Banksy did was just put blocks in front of a famous statue face to give it a blurry effect from far away. He used the famous statue, but does this become considered as his artwork?

Here are just two more artworks of Banksy that show Banksy's twist on other people's artwork and makes it his own in the streets of cities. People begin to recognize who Banksy is as a street artist and start seeing his mischief pop up all around the world. What will he do next?