looking back

I had a difficult time with the blogs. I have never kept a blog before so I would always forget to do it untill that last minute, or entirely. Most of the time I didn't know what to say about the topic, or just couldn't think at the time. the blogs i found were the easiest were the ones that had something directly about me in it. after doing a couple of the blogs, I found it wasn't that hard to write a blog, as long as i had a topic that interested me, but I'd lidt it as a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 on things I like to do. the PBS post was my least favorite, maybe because I thought that the topic was a little pointless and silly, mainly because the image wasn't even all that violent. I probably won't do another blog, mainly because I don't like sharing my thoughts on a public site for who knows  who to read. overall not a bad first experiance with blogs, but writing really isn't my thing. i think I'll stick making art.

multi media post

My multi-media post is about my art. I have a few art supplies, but with the price of supplies it is hard to get what I need when I need it, so I usually have to make due with what I have, or not do it at all. I have five pictures of some of the art that i have done, two are paintings and two are drawings, the fifth is of all my art supplies. the first painting is called Marmac, and it is about a child's anxieties and other things that might worry a child. the second is called Captivation and I made it for someone who i dated a while ago, and is about how strange, painful and rewarding love can be. the first drawing is called Elephantay, and is simply just a drawing of a melting elephant that i drew for my friend, because she likes elephants. the last drawing is my version of what the twists and turns that the mind goes through to distinguish illusion from reality. If it weren't for art I think I'd be a total mess and not know what to do with myself, and it is my life and main source of my creativity.

A few words about 1984

The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell, published in Boston, New York, in the year 1949. It is dystopian fiction, and sets place in the year 1984 in London, which is a part of the nation Oceania. Winston is the main character and is a low ranking party member. the party and their leader Big Brother control every aspect of it's peoples' lives, they watch and listen to them 24/7 with devises like the telescreans and microphones. the party says that whatever they say is true, and to prove it they destroy and rewrite anything that can prove them wrong, like historical facts and things they have already said. Winston hates the party and their control over everything. one day he decides to buy a diary to write down his thoughts against the party and Big Brother. one day he has a chance encounter with O'Brian, a high ranking member of the inner party, and believes that O'Brian is someone to be trusted. based on this belief he tries to contact O'Brian. a woman by the name of Julia catches Winston's eye, and after she gives him a note that reads "i love you" they start to have an affair. after a while they get and apartment and begin to live there. they meet with O'Brian and begin their membership of the underground organization by the name of the Brotherhood, set to destroy Big Brother and the party. after receiving and reading The Book from O'Brian, Winston and Julia are found by the party and labeled as enemies of the party, and taken to the ministry of love to be "fixed" and conform to the parties laws. i really liked the attention to detail in this novel. it does in depth about the history of the world and the party, and tells how it would be like to live in a totalitarian society. i enjoyed every big of the book, it was slow at times, and i wanted to skip the part that Winston is reading The Book, but other then that it was great. i would highly recommend this book. it has a great story that keeps you turning pages for hours, and has great messages about human nature, and governments and their campaign for more power.

never enough time

I've had a hard time lately making art. I don't have all the time that i would like to have with my art. I'm eather occupied with school, or I'm lost within the web. the time that i do spend making art is just to make a drawing of a piece i want to make. I have even less time to paint, which is my passion, and i usually don't have the money for paint materials. but when i do have the time and materials, i sometimes cannot come up with any ideas, so i only ever finish one piece of art a month, which isn't enough for me to practice my skill, or keep me happy. though i don't dish out as much art as id like, i am very satisfied with the finished pieces that i do make. I've been thinking for a while for ways to increase my out put, but what I've realized that what really matters, for me at least, is that it isn't about the quantity, but rather a quality of the art. though i only make a few pieces here and there, i do take my time develop every concept and i pay very close attention to the details and the line quality, which is what art is about, right? above is one of the drawings i recently finished, and plan on making into a painting in the near future.

Images of Video Games

For the “You Decide” assignment it was pretty easy for me to choose my answers. I am a very open minded person and can see the logic behind both sides, but I chose the side of putting the image on the homepage. Video games are a form of art. it is a way to get ones ideas and visions out, much like paintings have for centuries. The only things in that image were explosions and a few dead people, you can see that if you flip on the news, only difference is that one has real lives lost and the other are just codes to look like people. I understood where each person quoted was coming from but no my view stayed the same. Video games are only a source of entertainment, and the only people who take them seriously are not fully mentally prepared for distinguish fiction from reality. 

New Experience

Im Damian Salgado, this is my first blog, and possibly my only one I'll ever write. I don't like blogs, mostly because I don't like writing my thoughts down for people to read. I see the usefulness in blogs for some people, but I don't think it's just not my thing. I've never even thought about making a blog before. i never knew what to say, or even if i did say something, people probably wouldn't read it, but you know what they say "don't knock it till you try it," so here goes.

I found an add that really caught my attention. it was a Levi's jeans add. there were three young adults outside at night playing with fireworks. the caption said "this is our time," written in finger paint. i think the add did a fairly well job at selling "fun"and "freedom" to me. when I first looked at it, it reminded me of times I use to have with my friends late at night, and almost made me want to go out and buy a few pairs of Levi's, simply because I thought it would bring back great memories I had, and maybe make new ones too. if it weren't for the price of the jeans, I would have gotten a few pairs in different colors.