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As far as Effective communication skills, I don't think anyone would dispute that I seem to say what I feel when I feel it. I've used a lot of media to, as anyone else has. As far as social expectations, there have been times in which I have failed to respect personal boundaries (right, Tucker?) But hey, sometimes that's fun. But I also take responsibility for my actions, when they don't get me in too much trouble with Chan. I have showed a variety of global awareness in my piece, whenever I saw fit. The thing I have trouble with is working independently. I'm not exactly sure if its my ADHD, or the fact that I seem to want to say everything that comes to my mind, but I find that I work a lot better when I have the input of as many people (that matter) around me. If you were wondering if you matter...feel free to ask.

I think the main reason we have a Mission Statement is because the collective faculty of High School wants to use a bunch of big, interesting words put together in a sentence that effectively stands in for much simpler terms, but essentially means the same thing. We have one because it is the foundation for just about everything we do during our time in this High School. Now, whether or not we pay attention to this statement and abide by it is entirely up to us, and lord knows that its difficult to achieve all these goals, but they are the goals that we all may, or may not, want to achieve. In a nut shell. And hey, I'm pretty sure accomplishing these goals can't hurt, but I don't think they're necessarily fundamental in our success in college. Some people can just straight-up wing it. Good for them.

These standards are upheld by, I'm estimating, roughly 30% of the school. This portion of the school really, really, really, tries way to hard, and in doing so they mostly hit every check mark on this little Mission Statement. Why, why you ask? Well, because during these years of puberty, people change, and people change according to how they feel about the changes around them. the more the world around them changes, they more they adapt with it, to not be left behind. This adapting sometimes causes people to lose sight of what they wanted in the years preceding. They simply do not have the determination to really meet any of these goals. But the thing of it is, that does not necessarily mean they will not do well in college, and furthermore in the real world. Some people come out of it just fine.

A smart man once said "we'll all float on okay." I think these words rang true this day, on this little man's blog.

An Artist

I honestly had trouble about connecting a real artist with one of my groupings, but I've decided that the closest thing I can compare it to would be the Pop Art movement of the 1950's. More specifically, Roy lichtenstein. Lichtenstein is an American Pop Artist who was born on October 27, 1923 and died on September 29th, 1997. The work he did was heavily influenced by the style of comic books and popular advertising, similar to Andy Warhol's work with Campbell's soup cans. Though he wasn't the biggest name in Pop Art, him and Warhol's works were both used in U2's PopMart Tour in 1997, which brought a new generation of people to his own brand of Pop Art.

My Breadth So Far

Looking back at what I've done so far, I wouldn't say I've got a theme going quite yet, even though most of my stuff has to do with something weird or creepy. Other than that, I've tried my best to keep as many medias involved in whatever I'm doing. So far, I've done chalk pastel, charcoal, pencil, colored pencil, pen, and water color. My favorite piece I've done yet is probably my latest(ish) one I did, which was both chalk pastel and pencil. I'm not sure why its my favorite, but it is definitely the piece Ive done that has taken the least amount of thought to make. the funny thing is is that I did a 13th piece today because I thought I was behind on my breadth work. I forgot to count my summer work and thought I had to finish 4 works tonight. I thought that was pretty funny.

Favorites

I would have to say that my favorite piece that I have done is my chalkboard piece that I did earlier this year in AP Art. Its my favorite mainly because it was a part of the syllabus, which makes me a good kid, and I think it represents me fairly well. It started as a hand drawing, but I decided to change the hands into claws, and make the background something the onlooker would react to. How many people can't stand nails on a chalkboard? It just seemed right, so I went with it, and I think it turned out pretty well.

My favorite piece of art that was not done by me would have to be "The Scream" by Edvard Munch. I'm not a huge fan of Munch's, but I would have to say that I've always liked this painting. It gives me sort of a dark and eerie feeling, which I like to have envoked in me when I'm looking at something, especially art. I like it also because it can sort of be compared to my art piece. Both of them are of a certain supernatural nature, beyond what one would normally see in real life or in most art. Also, both pieces are extremely simple, but give the viewer the same sort of feeling of an uncontrollable eerie nature.

The art piece of mine, however, only appeals to a small continguency of my colossal list. Portions of it are important to mention, but on the whole, my list mostly relates to the things in my life that I enjoy, while my art mostly relates to the things I don't see in my life, but are interesting to me.

So, my artist's name is John Everett Millais. He was born June 8, 1829. He was an English fellow and enjoyed to paint and printmake. He belonged to and co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which was also a movement. He had some sort of fascination with wild, bleak landscapes, and experimented with it greatly in his works. He also did several illustrations in books of the period and also many magazines. He died in 1896, and had a statue erected for him in memorium by the Prince of Wales, later known as King Edward VII. Pretty interesting stuff he made, for sure. Check it out if you feel like it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Everett_Millais

The Young Master Maddocks

Alright, through use of the internet I have discovered that one of our assignments was to write about ourselves as kids or something. Very well, i have decided to divulge some of these stories. When i was young i liked to destroy things a lot. So, we had these hunks of hardened cement around our barn a long time ago that i would take small rocks to and smash them with a hammer. One day, while smashing, my sister came over and tried to tell me to stop. She, very stupidly, put her hand out to stop me and i ended up breaking her finger with a hammer. I know, my bad. Also, when I was in preschool I enjoyed stealing things. And one time on the ride back home from preschool my mom was telling me what a terrible thing it was to steal. I suddenly burst out crying and she asked me why I was crying. I then replied with the statement "But Mumma, I steal a lot" So, those are a few stories I have, and I probably made myself sound like a much worse individual. Enjoy.

Me as an artist

Alright, me as an artist is pretty simple to explain. I draw what I think up, and being that i have a pretty vivid imagination, what i draw tends to be somewhat strange. But to me, the best art is the stuff is beyond the normal range of things. For instance, Im not big on surrealism, because its sort of whack, but I do enjoy comic book art. The stuff i see in comic book art or concept art for video games is what I like most, stuff that resembles something that is not commonly seen on a day-to-day basis. Paintings of houses and boats bore me, as I honestly could take ten minutes out of my day to look at as many houses and boats as I wanted to, unrestricted. Not too interesting. I draw what i think up, and what i think up sure isnt normal.