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www.danielbrian.com

I have been eyeing this one particular place for a long time. I feel like it might be where I dream to work one day. I am defiantly not ready for it but one day I will be and I will do my best to become a employee at Daniel Brian & Associates. I don't know why I want it so much, maybe their flashy website or because they are award winning. Or because the directors come to my work and I feel like I have the tiniest bit of an in with them because they love Chipotle. Which probably would not matter at all but a girl can dream.

Some day when I am very ready and educated with technical skills I will make an effort to become part of their team, but not today or even this year... maybe next year. Who knows maybe I'll never apply, and it will just be something I thought about. Maybe that place is not even what I want and its just a myth. What if I do apply and get the job and find out I really don't even like it there. Or I get fired the first week. I really think I'm thinking too much into it.

Then I was thinking I really would like to work at a movie studio. They are popping up all around the metro Detroit area. I could apply to several studios and see what happens. I'm sure I would have to learn a lot more technical skills. This is what bugs me. I had no clue what I was getting into when I registered for new media but I figured I was going to learn technical skills. Which we did learn in the intro courses then the rest are about concepts and theories. Which is cool and all but the when I'm applying for a job at somewhere I'd like to be when I retire, they want to know that I know how to work around a program.

This is what scared me the most. What if I can't get a job because I do not have enough skills. I have already been turned down for an internship because I didn't know Flash. Will I have to learn all sorts of programs to get a job. I might as well not even gone to college, why bother with a BA in New Media, when I can learn it all from my laptop at home. I get the fact that we are learning how to think and get our creative ideas through our new fashion art but where does it really get me? How far can I get when all I know if Photoshop and FinalCutPro and not even everything on those.

late bloomer

This point in my life I am pretty much ready to start my life. Even though I should have about four years ago. I'm a late bloomer. I am 25 years old and almost graduated from Oakland University and very nervous to start looking for a career. I know I'm pretty much screwed because of my age, where I am in life, my maturity level, my education and how behind I am on trying to even get a real job.

I have to work with what I have to get where I want to be. I know I want to work with video somehow as an editor probably. I have a lot of work to do and a lot to learn. I need to find a place that I will fit in and I know I will succeed. I will probably have to go through a few jobs before I find a place right for me. I am nervous and excited but more nervous because of my limitations. I have to work on my presentation of myself. In other words I need to be more mature.

I have never been a thoughtful planer. I have always just let things happen how it happens. I am finding this is not a way to live. There is so much I could have been doing to make my life easier. I am not the most intelligent but I know when I have messed up. I could have been done with college in 2007 and then could have started looking for places to begin my career. But I did not go that rout and decided that seven year plan was what I shall do.

Although I am far behind on schedule I think it was meant to be. I would have never taken a new media class. I love working with video art especially the editing part. Sometimes its frustrating but I think I could do something with it. Hopefully one day make money off of it, hopefully soon.

Inspiration in Writing

The kind of writing that inspires me is the kind that I can understand. I find it hard to follow what authors are trying to say a lot of the time. Mostly because I have dyslexia but also because they have a way with words that is far too sophisticated for me to understand. What I can read is usually very enlightening. I like to know what the artist is saying about their work.

This is a new way of thinking for me because I use to think art was made for the sake of art. But now I know there is a deeper meaning behind everything created. I want to know why they made their choices and where did they get their ideas from. I think the information next to an artists piece is very helpful. Especially for people that are not involved with the arts, because they usually do not understand art in the first place.

So when they say "I don't get it" they can read the artists idea and sort of understand. When I interned at the Oakland University Art Gallery, I would attend the front desk for a little while. I would get asked to explain the pieces. Some people would understand it and get excited about the piece and show their friends. Others would not and still think the piece is silly and walk away. Everyone has their own opinion on a piece of art but it is helpful to know what the artist is thinking or what they want you to know about the piece.

When critiques write about exhibitions they usually pay attention to the more well know artists or artists people usually have heard of. If they liked the show, they want the readers to see it as well. There are ways of stating their likes and dislikes but truly everyone has their own taste. Whether a person likes a piece or not its their prerogative. I could love a piece and think it is amazing craftsmanship and then my boyfriend looks at it and thinks it's ugly and was made horribly. It just depends on the person and how much they understand the arts.

Inspire

I would like to talk about what inspires me. I am a kind of person that gets inspiration randomly. I look at things in my life and talk to my friends that are into art as well but most of the time I find it at random. I am usually daydreaming or just about to go to sleep and an idea pops in my head. I usually take this idea and run with it. Trying to do what it takes to see this idea become a creation.

I am very stubborn and really like to have things go my way. So I usually do not give up with my idea. Making it happen to my best abilities. Sometimes it doesn't go over too well. I usually know it is not my best work. But I do what I can with the knowledge and time I have.

I learn from my mistakes most the time and carry on. I have to make a lot of mistakes to get it through my head though. This is how I work, I have to do everything the hard way. I like to make things difficult for myself. One day I will realize this and it will be too late.

I have been trying to work on this. Trying to find out what inspires me is hard because its never a specific thing. I start thinking of the subject then find things in my life or things that I like that I am familiar with. Then I think of things that I have never seem before. Or techniques people usually do not use, I like to try to be different from the main stream. It is very hard because practically everything has been done before. Then I create what I can from what I imagine.

This Site=awesome

http://www.newrafael.com/

I found this site with the help of Stumble Upon as well and thought it was pretty entertaining. I love the different techniques and ideas they used in each page. There is creativity and a fun vibe. Sometimes it can be a little creepy. Some pages can be less entertaining than others but they still have a way to catch the eye. I would have picked different colors for a few but most we pleasant.

I feel like this site should have been in the WebArt class. Actually it might have been, I might be wrong. But either way I still enjoy it. The way they put together is interesting as well. The main page has a photo of a man that looks like he just jumped off the dock and is about to hit the water. and on the bottom left there are links with names and years. When you scroll over each, it gives you a sneak peak of what the page looks like. Then when you click on one it takes you to another screen.

Sometime the page has additional buttons at the top where there are even more pages with different effects. Exploring with each page can keep you playing for hours. Its nice to have each one on a different screen but gets a little cluttered when you don't exit out. I went through all pages and loved the Futurephysics the most but really I enjoyed most of them. Some could use a little help. Either the color was off or the sound was annoying. I thought the clever ones won me over more.

I love interactive sites that are not games and this is one you can get lost within. There is so much to click on and play with. I come back to this site over and over just to see what I have missed. I find I like sites better when there is a lot to do and play with. It makes it even better when they have pretty colors and non annoying sounds.

stumble

www.feedthehead.net/

I have found (with the help of Stumble Upon) one of my favorite sites. I was amazed in the creativity and cleaver ways this site works. I have played with it for hours and it never gets old. There is suck a simplistic and yet genius skill in which its created. There is a lot of work put into the creation and working in all the elements that flow together.

I wish I could make websites like this or this is what I would make if I could. This would have been a cool site to work with in WebArt class because of its aesthetic. I would have tried to make a site that uses a constant flowing story. To lead you into the site and keep you playing with the idea and wondering how they did that. It's almost like a child's game mixed with web art.

I love how each click of the mouse triggers a reaction for another action to start and finish. My favorite is when you have to feed the face balls. I love every step and it gets better and better every click. It's interactive and humorous and that works for me every time. I tend to get distracted and uninterested very quickly and having a something to constantly play with that leads into something else even better.

I have been showing all my friends this site because I enjoy its creativity. I would have never thought of the things that it does and how it does it. There is something special about this site, its eye catching and calming. From the cool fun colors to the sounds they used for every click. They have silly quick sounds that are not annoying but easy to the ears. It makes it enjoyable.

Photo story

I took this photo not too long ago for a class. There were so many ways to tell this story that was in my head but was difficult to show what I was seeing. This is a narrative of a poem I would read when I was little of two people in a bed and both were dead but neither one knew. But I changed it a little and made them kill each other. I guess I pretty much changed the whole concept but thats what I wanted to do.

I feel like this is one of my stronger photographs because it is a narrative. I find it hard to have meaning behind my work sometimes but with this piece I found inspiration. Having a story to tell is a photo is hard sometime because you have to get it just right for people to understand it. Even if they do not understand the original concept, they could think of another story for themselves. That would work in my opinion because everyone is different. Everyone has a different way of looking at live.

I really haven't used narratives in my work and I would love to make more because they are really interesting. It can be tricky but the outcome is rewording when it works. I had another piece it is a triptych but I think the file was too big, but it tells the story even better than this picture. Unfortunately I could not upload it. The three pictures tell the same story.

The first photo on lower left is the photo above, then above that one is the woman chocking the male. The third on the right side is of the male holding an ax about to hit the woman. The larger photo to the right is the silhouettes of the two. It made a stronger image then the people themselves. It gives the illusion what is to come but you do not know if it really happens.