Reflection (nov. 22nd 2010) [tragedy muse]

Muse: Tragedy
This piece is inspired by the word tragedy. I chose to cubes because I believe that they depict unity. To show tragedy I made a explosion coming from one of the cube and as tragedy effects the other cubes. As tragedy does in real life, it effect others around it. As the cubes spread out the explosions debris on the other cubes lessen. In disasters and tragedies people and things that aren't directly in the tragedy, can be effected by it in some small way. In this piece I believe I depicted my muse of tragedy by showing the effects of one cube on the other 8 cubes.

I started this piece by creating the cube with the explosion. I then went with creating 3 cubes that were the same size as the first. I composed the 4 cubes into a square. I felt the piece was unfinished so I made 5 more cubes to make a 3 by 3 square of cubes. I then spread the effects of the exploding cube to the others and came to a better understanding of my concept. it took me a class period and a little extra time after school to finish this piece.

 Muses (What I learned from this week)

Muses have always been in my life, and have helped me a great deal in my artistic life. Muses find me and help in the concept phase of my creating. Although, the form of my pieces I have to go and find my muse. Muses are always there to help whether that muse being so obvious or not. With this week i have become more aware of muses, i have always known they were there but putting a name on it makes then seem a lot more real. As an artist I will always encounter muses or some form of inspiration to create my work. Knowing the importance of muses has really helped me in the concept making part of my art.