It's the end of an era! (ok, maybe just quarter..).

From moment I signed up for this class, to the first day, up until the last day of class, everything has been a surprising and new experience. "Everyday Life", I thought when I signed up for this class, "How hard can it be?" Well turns out everday life is the hardest thing I've ever tried to grasp. I always thought it would be easy thinking about everyday life. When it came to the 20 minutes of nothing, turns out I wasn't doing nothing, I was doing what I wasn't supposed to do. I wasn't supposed to do nothing or something. I've always taken forgranted to little things that happen in my everday life that go unnoticed. This class has kept me on my toes and has kept me thinking. It's like a new way of thinking. Don't think extraordinary, think ordinary.

Impossible project.

Pick a random evergreen tree.

Watch and count every leave that falls,

until it is bare.

Wait until the sun is about to set,

then chase it before it falls.

Art of the unconscious.

Is everything we see in in the everyday life subconsciously art? The video regarding graffiti removal which exemplified art made me think about everyday objects that could also exemplify art in the same way. The graffiti removal was subconsciously art. As they removed it, different colors and sizes of rectangles were used which created a pattern. Subconsciously the remover had no idea they were an artist at work. Some examples I can think of in everyday life are: the way bricks are layered, the half oval window in my bedroom, the way I arrange my pillows after I make my bed, the flashy light shows and displays at concerts, the way the vines/grapes are arranged in rows at vineyards, a Ferris wheel at the local fair, the color arrangement of the fruits and vegetables at the grocery store, etc. We all exemplify and incorporate art in our everyday life even though we don’t realize it. There are plenty of other ways that art is exemplified in everyday life, but its such a part of everyday life it is harder to distinguish than obvious art. It’s unobvious art, art created by the subconscious. Why do we have prestigious artists when we all are artists in our everyday life?

Rain Under Cover.

http://www.archive.org/details/EverydayLife_248
Since I was having trouble embedding my audio, here is a link to listen to it. The audio is coming from outside underneath a metal cover over my patio. The rain is always emphasized when it hits my metal cover which is partly why I chose to do my audio underneath it while it rained in Seattle (surprise surprise).

Frustrated.

Just to let everyone know, I've had my audio ready for the past 45 minutes, but there's one problem...I can't seem to upload it or embed it into my blog. I've followed the instructions Joe gave on the email, but its been nothing but frustration. I hope its not just me...

Leslie's Car Ride Film.

Taking a drive.
Wind blowing hair.
Free to talk.
Free to sing.
Free to think.
Free to be yourself.
Nothing else matters.
Cars honk loudly.
Sound of the road roars.
Sirens shriek.
But in the end,
it’s just a drive.

Cleaners Beware...

Man set fire to his Georgia home Wednesday while cleaning up cobwebs from his ceiling with a blowtorch; finally noticing it wasn't a good idea after he saw smoke filling up his house.

source: The Times-Herald