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Introduction<\/h2>\n

Our reflections unit was all about answering a single question: Who am I?<\/em> Pretty simple, right? To answer this question, we examined ourselves through consuming art, making art, writing, and video production. This project helped me culminate an image of myself that I truly appreciate.<\/p>\n

Personal Museum Curation<\/h2>\n

Finding out about ourselves involves finding art that resonates with us and displays our values. Conversely, we find art that does not represent us at all and displays values we do not connect with. To accomplish these things, we took a field trip to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cDaymaker\u201d
\nStephen Powers<\/p>\n

Much of the art I create involves drawing lots of funny emotes and situations in random doodles as well as comics. I think this piece speaks to that style of art which I didn\u2019t consider as such. I value humor in my everyday life a great deal and this piece resonates with me in that way as well. I remember the instant I saw this, I thought about how relatable it was and how I could connect it to my life so easily.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDaymaker\u201d
\nStephen Powers<\/p>\n

In the art, I make that was mentioned in the previous piece, I often just end up spewing my thoughts and emotions onto a piece of paper and apply meaning to it. I feel like this exemplifies that well. This piece also makes you pay attention to all the little details, which may represent a way of perceiving life which resonates with me. I also like that this piece has so many obscure words and phrases. You don\u2019t have to write a full paragraph about something to communicate what you\u2019re feeling.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLife Death\/Knows Doesn\u2019t Know\u201d
\nDan Flavin<\/p>\n

I think the way this piece by Dan Flavin captured a piece of myself is in the way it \u201cmoves\u201d. The neon lights flash different words instead of lighting all of the words at the same time or just lighting some of the words. I think this reflects my thought process about things like life and death like it seems to suggest in the piece. This piece is also relatable in some way. You may not be able to express how it is in words, but you just know what it\u2019s about internally.<\/p>\n

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\u201cElegy to the Spanish Republic, No.57\u201d
\nRobert Motherwell<\/p>\n

While there may be some historical context to this painting I am unaware of, on its own, it doesn\u2019t speak to me, personally. I don\u2019t think the colors or the way the shapes are formed say anything about my life whatsoever (a.k.a. my thought process, my way of living, my inner struggles, etc.) To me, it is just some random blobs of black, white, and a little grey.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPyramid #11\u201d and \u201cFour-Sided Open Pyramid Irregular Geometric Structure\u201d
\nSol LeWitt<\/p>\n

When I saw this piece of art, I immediately seemed to recognize how this was not representative of myself. I looked at it and thought, \u201cI am not geometric.\u201d I\u2019m not exact. I\u2019m not calculated. These are all words used to describe this piece of art that I don\u2019t think are words you could attach to someone like myself. Also, why was this made? They\u2019re two pyramids. What for?? Why? I don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n

My art influenced the first two choices. I value expressing my emotions in a way that is subtle but not so obvious that it\u2019s painful and not so abstract that it\u2019s confusing as all hell. The specific pieces that didn\u2019t make the cut were too abstract for me to understand and align my values and emotions. The ones that did make the cut, however, were able to communicate enough for me to make connections to my own life experiences and art.<\/p>\n

Mandalas<\/h2>\n

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A mandala is a geometric Hindu and Buddhist figure that represents the universe in those religions. For my mandala, I valued being able to create something much different from everyone else\u2019s mandalas. I draw little emoted characters all the time and I often clutter page after page with faces overlapping and going all over the place. I often draw these to express certain emotions, which is why I decided to categorize those emotions and culminate them in this repeating fashion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The character in the middle is Japanese for \u201cme\u201d. I\u2019m not Japanese (I\u2019m Korean, people get it mixed up all the time like \u201coh you speak some Japanese, are you Japanese?\u201d \u201cNo.\u201d), but there\u2019s a certain aesthetic about Japanese lettering that appeals to me and I try to implement it in my art.<\/span><\/p>\n

A lot of the mandalas that are \u201cbeautiful\u201d have very complicated and intricate patterns, but I think mine is beautiful in the way it represents me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s the video showing the reveal of the black and white mandala:<\/p>\n\n

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