Calder earring c. 1942
Mini-Calder mobiles: Deadline extended until Tuesday, March 9 (hang them at the beginning of class)!
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I am not myself (and npr's 3 minute fiction)
Three minute fiction (NPR)
"if you can't say it in three minutes, perhaps its not worth saying"
worth listening to in terms of character/story development
though this is about writing, it is about character development in a similar manner as your current project.
101 questions for the actor (about his character)
Using The Proust Questionnaire to develop your character
The Proust Questionnaire (from Vanity Fair)
The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. Here is the basic Proust Questionnaire.
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
2. What is your greatest fear?
3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
5. Which living person do you most admire?
6. What is your greatest extravagance?
7. What is your current state of mind?
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
9. On what occasion do you lie?
10. What do you most dislike about your appearance?
11. Which living person do you most despise?
12. What is the quality you most like in a man?
13. What is the quality you most like in a woman?
14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
15. What or who is the greatest love of your life?
16. When and where were you happiest?
17. Which talent would you most like to have?
18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
19. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
21. Where would you most like to live?
22. What is your most treasured possession?
23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
24. What is your favorite occupation?
25. What is your most marked characteristic?
26. What do you most value in your friends?
27. Who are your favorite writers?
28. Who is your hero of fiction?
29. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
30. Who are your heroes in real life?
31. What are your favorite names?
32. What is it that you most dislike?
33. What is your greatest regret?
34. How would you like to die?
35. What is your motto?
"if you can't say it in three minutes, perhaps its not worth saying"
worth listening to in terms of character/story development
though this is about writing, it is about character development in a similar manner as your current project.
101 questions for the actor (about his character)
Using The Proust Questionnaire to develop your character
The Proust Questionnaire (from Vanity Fair)
The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. Here is the basic Proust Questionnaire.
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
2. What is your greatest fear?
3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
5. Which living person do you most admire?
6. What is your greatest extravagance?
7. What is your current state of mind?
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
9. On what occasion do you lie?
10. What do you most dislike about your appearance?
11. Which living person do you most despise?
12. What is the quality you most like in a man?
13. What is the quality you most like in a woman?
14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
15. What or who is the greatest love of your life?
16. When and where were you happiest?
17. Which talent would you most like to have?
18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
19. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
21. Where would you most like to live?
22. What is your most treasured possession?
23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
24. What is your favorite occupation?
25. What is your most marked characteristic?
26. What do you most value in your friends?
27. Who are your favorite writers?
28. Who is your hero of fiction?
29. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
30. Who are your heroes in real life?
31. What are your favorite names?
32. What is it that you most dislike?
33. What is your greatest regret?
34. How would you like to die?
35. What is your motto?
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mark making to music [Th 2/11] homework
- choose one drawing from all that you've made to date
- take a photo of the whole drawing (don't tilt camera; hold it straight over the middle of drawing = no distortions)
- move camera around over same drawing
- consider zooming and cropping
- shoot 19 more shots thinking of each one as a unique composition
- post all 20 shots on your blog; 1 image should be whole drawing
- after first image sequence rest by personal preference
brownie points
post before, during and after of the marks you intentionally drew into.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Mark making :: All so many words and so (homework) by Theresa!
So I took a towel and blindfolded myself because i KNEW i would peek as I wrote. The assignment I chose to do was #11. Close you eyes and write a word one hundred times. This one was the thought "Go away." I was listening to Flyleaf's songs, I'm so Sick, Fully Alive, and Cassie.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Hmmm grading some interesting well crafted work
Good ideas that are also well crafted and presented with care are not only easy to grade but a pleasure. I struggle with grading work were a really good idea is masked by ackward or poorly executed craft or presentation. And I laugh when I know I've been had by an amazing presentation or wowed with craft so that I don't even notice or care that the primary idea isn't that strong. So bring me pleasure with your good ideas or make me smile with your presentation or amazing craft. Please make it easy for me to recognize your A work!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Modular madness morning!
Can't wait to see what you've each done.
And the it will be time to explore the human dot as composition in the afternoon. Bring materials for your team to test and try.
And the it will be time to explore the human dot as composition in the afternoon. Bring materials for your team to test and try.
