Ron Terada 2008

I fell in love with this work the moment I saw it. I believe it was a quote about a poorly done sports game (hockey maybe?).. I don't know a lot about sports, but I do know this quote can apply to just about everything and anything.
[Sidenote, he's from Vancouver so obviously I like him even more for that].
There is no need to stress over the past, it has already happened. You can learn from it, roll with it, go with the punches - learn to punch back so you are prepared for next time, but don't stress if you lose the first fight.
Life is sort of funny sometimes, you almost never get exactly what you want, but we always have to keep trying and hoping that next time it will be better. It will be. It has to be. Without hope we all might as well be dead. That's why people find religion. Love.
These are all abstract concepts, but they are what drives our entire lives.
It was what it was, but the future will be what you make it be - what you want it to be.
You can always get what you try for - if you keep on trying. Maybe not the first time or even the thirtieth, but eventually you will get it right - you just have to keep trying. You have to.

Hashtag, PROJECTOR PROBLEMZZ. only took around 20 minutes out of our class, at least....
Technology is absolutely ridiculous sometimes. How is it possibly to break the projector screen that badly and not report it to anyone, instead just leave it for our class to deal with?? How rude.

This work by Jon Sasaki applies pretty well to my last entry.... http://www.jonsasaki.com/files/hang_in_there.mov #catscatscats

We looked at some pretty cool works today, I really liked the MTA grad Sasaki...
I just can't stop thinking about triangles though.
Can I do an independent study on triangles? I don't really understand the whole independent study process... I don't know. Triangles are just awesome. They symbolize so many different things...

Past, present & future.
Mind, body & and spirit.

A triangle with its point facing up can mean strength and male energy, point down meaning feminine energy (but not weakness!!).

Point up triangles can also mean going towards the spiritual, point down a descent - because obviously us females are all bringing everybody to a fate less than heaven. What sinners we all are...

Leopard Print Everything.

Why is it that our culture is obsessed with animalistic qualities, when at the same time we are a culture of domination over all other species? Why is it that when a women dressed in leopard print it is to be sexy and strong, when at the same time this is a species that, while powerful, we as a culture are constantly trying to prove our power over?
Leopards are the smallest of the "big cats", is that what makes them more attractive? Or is it more of a general obsession with cats in general that our culture has...? Definitely a possibility. My cat's breed is 'oriental', but she was bred to look like a leopard, and if it wasn't for her big belly (and small stature) she might. But why is that such an important thing to note in our society?
Why are we all so obsessed with cats?!

For some reason my embed isn't working, but I really wanted to share this video... it sort of applys to what we have been learning in class and we also have sort of been talking about video as a national style of art.
Don't know if this screams CANADA, but it is a candian artist and an NFB film, so maybe this is what Canada is.

http://www.nfb.ca/film/accordion#temp-share-panel

check it out! sorry I couldn't embed it, its only 5 minutes though and super cool.

This week is international women's week, and last sunday was international sex workers rights day - I just think it is super important to note that.
We looked at film's in class today, so I thought that maybe I could bring the two together for this entry.
I am also a super big music junkie, and I am doing a special CHMA show tomorrow for women's week, so I have been thinking about if there are any songs that I can play on my segment. I probably won't play this song because the words aren't really so applicable, but the video I think is worth pointing out because, well first it is pretty cool, and second because it really shows sort of like what it used to be like to be a housewife in a sarcastic sort of way. Plus just generally a fun song!

We've been talking about Canadian painters, and the most noticeable to me was Andrea Mortson - she is from Sackville, but until today I didn't know that. I remember seeing some of her work on exhibit during my first year, and really liking it, but I didn't know who it was by until we looked at her in class.... I think I might have actually thought that the works were by a man, and I have no idea why.

Andrea Mortson "The closer I get to you"

I love the symbolism involved in her work. I also get really annoyed in classes where you are studying a work such as a poem or a story or a painting, and looking for symbolism that isn't really there - giving it more meaning the the author or painter ever intended. With the case of Andrea Mortson though, she really does include a lot of signs and symbols, and they are obvious to see and any viewer knows that they are there, but not always what they mean.

Andrea Mortson "Where all things start"

I love her use of murky colors blended together into a haze, but then bright clear areas popping out - almost like a dream. Her works are beautiful and I love that we looked at her again in class so that I could be reminded of her and her amazing works, and she is from right here in town too!
Sackville is just this little place full of so much talent.