The Diptych assignment of the Self-Portrait unit reflected on who we are and what we truly believe. A diptych is a comparison using two seemingly unrelated photos and a metaphor to convey something we believe.
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Artist statement
In my diptych, I wanted to show the blank canvas changing to a color filled canvas that i described in my personal essay. On the left, you see a boring, black, lifeless canvas that has nothing on it. On the right, you see a new, abstract, color filled canvas with randomized patterns and ideas all over it. The design painted on the canvas is a symbol for ideas and change over time inside a person’s imagination, put onto a canvas in the real world. This could translate to music on a CD, or art in a gallery. For me, the canvas on the right represents musical ideas put into a computer, that is being translated into music. It is a confusing pattern of random colors and designs, but in the end it will all be compiled into an organized musical piece.
But thats what it means to me. To other people it may mean something else. To a chef it could mean a bunch of ingredients that will eventually be combined into a delicious, masterful dish. That is just one of the many different ways it could be interpreted. Each person starts out with a variety of disorganized ideas that eventually come to form a single piece that they will cherish forever. They may not be able to recognize these ideas at first, (left) but in time they will realize what they are and pursue their true passion.