Have to be First..

Yesterday in class I had the feeling of revelation. This post is more or less a broken string of those revelations, along with a new-charted act.

It was mentioned that it might be possible for a thought- once thought- becomes available for anyone in the world to pick out of the abstract and conceive as his or her own. This really interested me, if say a thousand people are having the same idea at the same exact time, then that makes it impossible to be truly original. The only way I can see pulling it off would be to be the first one to take your idea public, to enough people who actually listen, and even then you can break it down even further into if you’re the lucky one to be in the right time-zone. Just a thought that i've been kicking around.

Another idea is the ideas that once you speak, write, paint, or express your idea publicly it is no longer your idea, but now belongs to the “outside world”. The only way to have an idea to yourself is to never express it in anyway; even a journal belongs to the outside world- and therefore, takes your idea as its own. Mr. Achtermann said that was a close idea to that of Tolkien, ill have to look into that further- this whole idea expresses my first theory on original thought, I thought I was onto something, but it seems that Tolkien beat me to it. He was first. Another example being that I was talking with a friend of mine tonight and she mentioned building a tent in my backyard and camping out. Shortly after, my neighbor came outside and pitched a tent. My mind was blown and I could only laugh to myself.

Last idea before my chart, Mr., Achtermann also posed the idea that when interacting with another person, how do you know you are getting reality? I took it a closer step down and replaced reality with the word “truth”. How do you know if what you are hearing is really the truth? In my mind, you don’t. You have to trust that what you are hearing is the truth and accept it as such and act based off of that assumption. So on a larger scale, my whole life is a series of assumptions and ill never be sure of anything 100%. One thousand people just had that idea. Only now I have to tag the word “maybe” onto the end of it, because am I sure they did? No, but its my assumption.

Now, as for my chart of the day. Lets look at Decorating. Humans aside from a few species of crustaceans, birds, and mammals decorate their surroundings.

The philosophy of Decorating may be that we decorate to make ourselves feel refreshed in a normally dull atmosphere, to individualize ones-self from the rest of the world by personalizing your room, car, notebook, anything. Feeling separate, to an extent, is a very liberating feeling and it may be true that humans do such to feel that sense of originality.
The animals mentioned above that decorate do it for mating purposes, as far as we can tell today, not for any other reason, and yet, we decorate for many other reasons.

The art of decorating can be explained in the act that we decorate and arrange our surroundings to express who we are as individuals, and as we defined it to be, art is SELF-expression. Craft has a hand quite literally in decorating; we have the skills to decide what looks good where and why it looks that way. Science, again, not too apparent in the act of decorating.
My apologies for the short run down, but I’m tired, and this is running long.

Goodnight- MAC

Fleshed out.

*some notes from today that i found interesting...

Knowledge (P,C,A,...S)
Imagination (mostly philos.)
Intention
Production (doing)
Memory
Exploration (in a process. in any project there is a rxploration)
Judgement (
Reflection

(alot of what art is, is repeating craft.)
*its hard to get them all in one category. with out making a team up
*3rd oct. exam on definitions...may be moved to the 10th

Today a pretty interesting thought was posed. If art is self-expression then how is it possible for a collaboration to take place? Or rather, can artist collaborate on a piece of
art?

I say yes, though art is self-expression, its not JUST self-expression, it can be an expression of a group who have the same vision or message. Or even just an expression of two views on the same subject, taken in different directions on the same piece. Nowhere does it say art is limited to the self and the self only.

So in following with my chart on eating, this time I’ve decided to explore the P, C, S, &A of dressing ones self.

The Philosophy behind what we decide on wearing that day is really interesting. What color, matches what and what is considered to be in style. Or you can throw what’s “cool” to the masses out the window and wear what you think is interesting and looks good. Often my mood has an effect on what I wear that day, I may wake up and want to be dressy, or more heavy metal. Or just wear a paint-splattered pair of jeans and say its ok because I got to art school. Either way, Philosophy has a major role in the act of getting dressed. Unless you have to wear a uniform. Even then I think people find ways to make it their own, through accessories or something of the like.

Is there art in dress? Yes, I believe so. If I’m to believe art is self-expression then wearing something because you like it is an act of self-expression. And on a more professional level, clothing designers see fabric and the form it takes on the body to be a different medium not too far away from paint. It’s just the application and the dimension in which the designer works that sets it aside.

The Craft in dressing (not to be confused with KRAFT dressing) is simply that one leg goes through the right pant leg and the other through the left, and the same procedure for the shirt. Shoes are tied a number of ways but still tied for the purpose of protecting the feet, and keeping the shoe secured to the foot.

As for Science, I can’t find a very big presence, unless you were experimenting with wearing cloths, or how their colors affect others around you. Otherwise science seems to take a backseat on this act.

-MAC

Breaking Through

Today. Was a good day! i had a pretty significant break through with my chart that i drew a week or two ago. i didnt think it to be much but i guess it was. I often think about things of this nature so i enjoy the class. I have plans on getting it all down on paper rather than a strange drawing that only makes sence to me.
...more on this post after my obsessive marathon of "the office" season three...

Now that I’ve returned and have a silent time to work, I was thinking about how P, C, S, or A could be applied to the act of eating. I’ve come to this conclusion.

Philosophy has a great role in eating, because not only do we consider if we are hungry or not, but we have ideas on what we want to eat and what we don’t. Most of these ideas stemmed from pleasant or unpleasant experiences with the item we consider eating. Foods can make our mood change, feel more energized, or even put us to sleep. We base our choice for our meal on those factors. Also the time of day, place, or people who may be eating with us. All of these factors determine our final order.

Craft also has a pretty decent sized place in this act. How we eat is a skill taught to us by our elders as we grow into adulthood, and the style in which you eat reflects your own person. In a sense philosophy and craft team up on the act of eating. The way you hold your fork and knife, and which hand is used for what, where your napkin is placed and how well you control the food on your plate. This is all a matter of skill. Anyone can hold these items and get the food into their mouth, but it takes refining and a good deal of now intuitive control, but at one time those inset abilities had to be taught to us.

Science plays the largest part in eating. The food we ingest has cretin affects on the body, good, bad, or indifferent, but an effect either way. The way food tastes is all a reaction of the food interacting with the nerves in the mouth and can basically be traced to electrical impulses sent to the brain. Which make us salivate, reject or consume, and break down the food.

Art, has a very little role in this act, the only way I can validate art in the act of eating is the presentation of the meal. The way food is presented can be considered an art form; in fact, every category can be applied to the presentation and preparation of food. However when dealing with the consumption. Art has no ground in which to stand.

Put this in one of the four...

Class today, quite an interesting time, not as long as i would have liked it to be, but that's alright. It was really interesting to see that this girl who has said no more than four words the whole time had a really interesting graphic representation of the four classes. i thought mine was interesting, but it wasnt much like that.
The class before this one though was really interesting, i felt like it was he and i going back and fourth the whole time, but i really liked it. I think about all of these topics anyway so its nice to have a class where i can talk about with someone who knows all about. Though i dont believe that everything can be laid into a combo of S, A, P, or C. but its a good time trying. Id like to think that human activity can have something that cant really be a mix of philosophy, art, craft, or science. Although on a contradictory level, i like breaking everything down into a simple black and white form. I cant relly think straight right now. UFC is on and its 1 am. ill come back to this once i can think.

-MAC