I do not remember if we went over him too intensively in class, but I have heard of Vik Muniz outside of class or well before this class. He creates these beautiful pieces of art from essentially a "pun on words". His most famous piece Clown Skull is a human skull which he put a clown nose on. I really did not like this piece, but it most know pieces. His piece that is my favorite is Sugar Children, which was photography exhibition in the MoMa in 1993.

Eyes Closed,

As I sit here I here the footsteps from above. This noise is not a peaceful noise, it is aggravated and annoying. It makes me feel distressed and uncomfortable knowing that there is someone living above me and I can hear all of their movements.
My roommate speak in a beautiful foreign language, russian. She just speaks it so fluently and freely, it makes me warm inside.
Lolas feet tapping to the beat of Matt and Kim.
Doors shutting around me.
Last but not least, the humm/buzz coming from the dying light bulb.

Once I open my eyes, I realize what I miss without sight. If I did not know Lola was sitting there I would not know who's feet were tapping, or who was playing Matt and Kim. I feel like people do know appreciate sight as much as they should, it is such a beautiful thing.

First Memory,

My first memory was my house in Woodstock. The freedom of the lake, the vastness of the yard, the peacefulness of the house. It was just so beautiful. I wish all of my memories still were as warm and "fuzzy" as this one. But they are not, and that is where a lot of the distress comes from in my art work. A lot of anger and despair. Even though my first memory was a beautiful, warm, memory a lot of my childhood memories and pre-teen memories are not.
I think those memories have more of an impact on my art than my first memory. My first memory usually comes through at the end of a series. The light at the end of the tunnel kind of thing.

The Yes Men,

I thought this was a very interesting movie. Seeing it again, really allowed me to catch other details I had missed before. I think what they are doing is really amazing, but it will get old fast. The last part of the movie is my favorite part, the reaction to the newspaper always gets to me. It just so so peaceful that people would actually want this change. Government today is always talking about the people are not willing to accept change and go forth with it. But this really showed the viewers that they were, they are for change and think it is a brilliant idea to do it. Especially, the war in Iraq, I feel that topic had the biggest response. That is something that will never be forgotten, because it is a war that did not need to be fought.
Another part that still gets be is the explosion in India and how the plant still has not been cleaned up. If this was America, it would have been cleaned up within the that week. Well not really, but you get the point. Since it is not America, India does not matter, it is just a third world country right? Gosh, this just drives me insane! India still has families that are still being harmed by these chemicals. Children are being born with illness' and missing limbs.
Seriously, when will America learn, or for that the whole world. We are just driving ourselves into a ditch.