Assignment #1 - Biographical Statement

A. Have you ever made art? What kind of art do you like?

    -I am lucky enough to make art everyday. I am employed as a cake decorator, therefore use my creative art skills on a daily basis. Also, I am a duct tape master! Even made my senior prom dress out of duct tape for a scholarship. I love every kind of art. I like to believe I have an art eye and enjoy music, dance, museums, movies, and theater.  


B. Have you every made a drawing, painting, or sculpture?

    -I have made all three. Again, cake decorating includes all three. Furthermore, I've sculpted duct tape, cake and every day objects (things as simple as play dough). If painting with icing isn't a painting, then I would like to paint more. 


C. Have you ever been to a museum, gallery or art studio?

     -When I travel, I always stop in the visitors museum (i.e. Grand Canyon, Hoover's Dam, Lava Butte, Fort Pulaski etc). I also have been to The Savannah Metropolitan Museum of Art. My brother was a security guard there, so I visited each installment. As for an art studio, I have only been to one 'in-home' studio of my friend. 


D. Have you ever been to a play, opera, or art film?

     -As a child, our school visited many plays. I was also in a play twice as a child. I have never been to an opera or an art film.


E. Do you dance?

     -Again, as a child I was in several dance classes. I never stuck with it, but tapped into many forms of dance. These days, dancing clubs are the extent of dancing for me ;)


F. Under what conditions do you learn the most?

     -The best condition to learn the most is of something I am interested in! Interactive learning is also beneficial for me. 

G. Why are you taking this class?

    -Fortunately this class is a prerequisite for the education program. But I am genuinely interested in art. 


H. have you ever looked at anything and been moved by it?

    -I can't recall a certain person place or thing that I have looked at and be moved, but I have seen various things that have touched me. 


I. What inspires you?

   -What inspires me the most is my own will to be the best I can be. My mother also inspires me. 


J. Do you consider movies a form of art? How about video games, comics or television?

    -Absolutely. I believe movies, video games, comics and television all have art quality. They all involve creativity, inspiration, aspiration, and ingenuity.These things are also used for entertainment- like all art. If anything, I think these things have become an advanced art form due to the amount of movies, video games, comics and TV shows that exist. 


K. Who decides what is good art?

    -No one. I believe art follows the old saying... beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The person interacting with art is the judge of it is good or bad art- but only for themselves.


L. When you debate music with you friends, what are your critical elements or standards to which you hold the music to?

    -Personally, music is a confusing subject for me. Today, I believe authentic music has died. But again, who am I to judge music as a whole? It's personal and varies from individual to individual. For me, when I think of music, I think of musical instruments... not singing poems. I appreciate the complexity of the composition. Classical music will remain the best music, in my eyes (or should I say ears?). 


M. What is the best movie you saw last year? 

    -The best movie I saw last year was 7 Pounds with the actor Will Smith. 


N. What is an art film?

    -To me, an art film is a film made with motivation for art, not entertainment. I believe it is a little more low key, and for a serious viewer. 


O. What music is in your iPod or mp3 player, car, albums?

    -I only listen to music in my car- current albums in my car are

         1)Creed (Weathered)
         2)Airborne Toxic Event
         3)Soul's Harbor
         4)Justin Timberlake
         5)Godsmack
         6)O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack