Places

I usually end up studying at the Wexner Center in between my classes on Thursdays because it close to both of the buildings I have class in. In the photos, the skateboard is representing me in the grand scheme of the Wexner Center. I am actually a very small part inside the building. I wish to be unnoticeable to the point where someone might sit on me or take my seat when I'm studying because I don't want any distractions. The three pictures depict my time in the Wexner Center. I don't really notice anything else going on besides what i'm doing at the table I'm sitting at, so the perspective is just the table and seats with it. The photos start with me coming into the building, to sitting down in the second picture with my time spent studying, and then leaving the building in the last picture. In the last picture, I don't want to really be noticed when leaving. Almost like if someone sitting across from me looked up I would just be gone without them noticing.

Identity and Selection Explanation

My final image shows that I take a lot of my identity from relating with my friends. Everything is revolving around the picture of my friends showing that I use all these things to either relate or communicate to my friends. The Bible is on the top of the photo, which is also above everything else because of where I place my relationship with God in my life. The background and porch picture are in grey scale as well as the descriptive words for them because they are blended into the background of my identity and I don't actually notice them too often. I feel this final image doesn't explain a lot of the things I do in too much detail or how much time I put into certain things. Overall though, I'd say this depicts an attempt at the balance in my life with the priorities I have individually and socially.

Identity and Selections

My iPod - I chose this item because I enjoy listening to music while either walking to class, driving somewhere, or just anywhere really. It is a big part of my daily life and I feel comfortable listening to the music I like anywhere and relating it to my thought processes. It can easily influence my mood, mostly by what genre of music I choose to listen to.

Description - Relational Comfort

My Laptop - I chose this object because I spend a good amount of time on it, whether doing school work or checking my homework, or wasting my time with different websites. I use my laptop a lot to talk to my friends and read. 

Description - Communication

Bookshelf - I chose this object because I really enjoy reading and finding new things in books. A lot of the books aren't even mine, but the bookshelf has a great sense of knowledge and understanding to me. I enjoy putting old and new things together with the books that a read and getting application out of them.

Description - Revelation

Skateboard - I chose this object because it is a new hobby that I picked up out of the blue pretty recently. I enjoy trying out new tricks and trying to get consistent with the stuff that I already know how to do. A good amount of my friends skate as well, so learning new things from them and trying them myself is exciting.

Description - Novel

Shoes - I chose to include my shoes in this project because I really enjoy wearing them and almost idolizing the way that the look. There is no better piece of clothing than a new pair of shoes to me. Shoes say a lot to me about someone's identity and their interests.

Description - Distinct

Bed - I chose this object because to me my bed has always been a sense of comfort. I also enjoy the good talks I can have with my roommates before going to sleep. It always seems like I can just have a different state of mind either before going to sleep or waking up of contentment. 

Description - Complacency

Bible - I chose this object because it is a huge part of my life. Reading my bible and understanding God better because of it makes reading a big part of my daily life. The comfort and guidance I get from that is not comparable to anything else in my life. 

Description - Conveyance

Porch - I chose this as an object because it is a place that I go to do just about anything. Whether it be personal time or spending time with others, going to the porch at my house is always a good place to go to.
Description - Experience

Friends - I chose this object because of the pure influence that they have on my life. I can't imagine my life without the people I have in my life. They are people I can truly always count on.
Description - Appreciation

Columbus - Without this object. a lot of my appreciation for certain things may have never came. I am truly thankful to be living here and experiencing what I am on a daily basis because of this city.
Description - Expansive 

Walk to Class Explaination

Map of getting to class

My walk to class starts with my making my way down Olentangy St. towards the bus stop by the Giant Eagle at the end of the street. On this leg of my journey, I always get some personal thought time about what's going on in more of a big picture sense. When I get on the bus and go down High St, I usually end up then focusing on school and my objectives with that. I always notice the restaurant Tajmahal on the bus ride, along with the Donatos Pizza on the corner. After I get off of the bus, I walk the rest of the way to class. I normally think about all of the people I see on the way to class. I either try to gauge where they are heading or what they're going to do next. This is what most of my thought life consists of until I actually walk into the classroom. 

When making the map of my walk to class, I decided to first start with the basics of taking the actual route to the classroom I take. I added in the locations and places I usually notice on either my walk or ride there. I added in the texts of my thought processes on the way throughout the trip. I tried to experiment with blending the modes of transportation into the background on the map, but it didn't really look too good. A lot of my time was spent grouping the different layers together on the map and rotating everything to keep it on track with the route.

Getting to Class

On the first day of class, I had to look up and remember that this class is in the Ohio Stadium. I've taken the same route to get here everyday so far, which starts by walking from my house down Olentangy St to High St. Then, I get on the 2 COTA Bus at the stop by Giant Eagle. From there, I ride to the stop by ARPS Hall and walk down 18th Ave to the Ohio Stadium. Finding the actual classroom is pretty easy, since there are signs all over the entrance and doors leading to the room. The idea of a universal map of this route is that it will show the actual route I take, the means of transportation that I use when getting to class, the places I usually notice during my commute, and the things I usually think or notice about along the way on a smaller scale.

Entry #2 Wexner Center

Artist name: Michael Polsky
Title of the piece: Supergrid
Media: Oil on gessoed paper
Date: 2007

I was immediately drawn to this painting in the exhibit because of the deep contrasts between the dark blues and burnt oranges. The painting portrays a skyline with much of the painting covered in the blues of the sky. There are two rows of wind turbines on the bottom left of the painting. The land looks like it is on fire and it is becoming more desolate and dark as the painting moves to the right. This painting has a lot of contrast between light and darkness, but it isn't in the normal sense of a landscape that I would think of where there would be a lot of brightness in the sky. In this painting, the sky looks more like a deep ocean. It seems to be portraying a vastness in the sky while the land is becoming hopeless. Both parts of the painting seem to be filled with sadness, except in the top right corner where the sky is a lot brighter. This seems like as the sky gets brighter and more joyous, the land gets darker and more gloom. As for big ideas from this painting, I would get exploration in terms of the sky/space and hope.