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Blog #6

Learning about aesthetics has given me an entirely different perspective because, whereas previously, I assessed aesthetics by how things appeared, now I evaluate them by how they actually be exhibited. Understanding aesthetic gives a proper strategy for me in the future, especially in designing interiors or furniture. Not only to be seen it as beauty in my eyes but also how to the customers or clients perceived it.

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BLOG #5

The film Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind is a narrative film that examines the captivating and emotional challenges of realities of rela

Cinema is a medium for showing many parts of imitating reality  through art forms. However, there are techniques in which nature or reality is portrayed accurately, but cinema has a unique potential to stimulate how reality may actually be observed. To perfectly display the intention of showing authentic representation, cinema use what they call is film theory. Film theory is the interaction between images, objects, ideas which helps to convey accurate and perfectly envision of the scene, it simply help us audience understand the film personally. But to further understand the film, directors must know how to convey it authentically. The Mis-en-scene, prepares the setting of the film which be seen through costumes, lighting, and movements, serves as a direction for the establishing of the film. The viewers will be able to better grasp the scene by using various shots and angles to demonstrate its substantial influence of the scene  along with colors given that they influence the scene's tone or depth. Following the film theory will effectively be shown the film as aesthetic but most importantly to properly convey its concept.

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BLOG #4

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Being Stuck in Reality As people say, “every moment counts”, but how does a memory be remembered? Photos reminds us of the memory we had at

Images are a visual representation of something at a certain moment. It might imply one thing yet have a thousand different interpretations to others. Interpreting art is very complex matter that can never provide a conclusive answer. From my understanding, appreciating art forms in 3 context; the intention of the artist, the interpretation of audience, and the perception of others in which this context proves the confusion it provides for our approach for the actual meaning of the art. Theories provide us a thorough understanding of how the world is understood. In this instance, theories aided in helping me grasp how I could appreciate art and how I intend to employ it. In understanding theories, it provides guidance in analyzing art, for instance, that emotions represent in every artwork made, and it classifies art as expressive art as long as there is emotion or something to express, while mimicking natural objects through art can be seen as representation. However, understanding and seeing are two distinct concepts that, in my opinion, might produce misunderstandings for the audience and that is how multiple meanings expand.

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BLOG #3

Philosophies of Aestetic

Expectation Vs. Reality I've always believed in the phrase "expect the unexpected," yet in some circumstances, we can't deny that we have a

In situations, we sometimes impulsively react on things which result to misunderstandings since we have different opinion on our own perception about some circumstances. The matter of perspective of each viewer determines their awareness, as John Berger said, " The way we see things is affected by what we know or what believe." Context is important in appreciating art as it visualize not only the background of the story of creating the art but what does it represent. However, we first observe before we understand context. The process of perceiving is not enough to be its meaning but it creates our own understanding of things, which it made me realize how perception portray. Perception creates different forms of meaning, such as seeing art. Sometimes it creates contradiction with our knowledge about the art with others without knowing the real intention of the artist since we focus on what we see. Aesthetic has a big role in creating designs but can be interpreted differently by the audience. We must be aware how the audience perception is, and as we develop our design that is suitable for the market.

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BLOG #2

As I watch John Berger's "Ways of Seeing," I find it confusing but also fascinating, and I may describe it as somehow a turning point. Seein

John Berger's the "Ways of Seeing" made me realize how we can appreciate art. There are countless ways to display art, but how does it appear to viewers? Perceiving art is complex since it may imply one thing, yet every audience  will interpret it differently. One of the examples used in this lecture was Marcel Duchamp's sculpture "Fountain," which we immediately think of as a urinal. During the discussion, I was asked if I would put the sculpture by Marcel Duchamp on display in my home. I said, "No, since it is a urinal but because it is an art piece, I may be able to display it at home. This allowed me to understand that art isn't necessarily about creating aesthetically attractive works, but rather conveying a concepts or a message to the world.

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BLOG # 1

My takeaway from the lesson, as aesthetic is defined as appreciation of beauty, but how can we see beauty? Seeing as everyone has a differen

Observing that there are numerous products out there that can be viewed as pleasing but not good products and those products that are not pleasing but good products. It is our responsibility as designers to demonstrate to the audience or user the impact of the construction of the design. For the product to be utilized, we must be capable to adapt and understand not only to be seen the appearance of the product as pleasing, but also to the setting and emotion of the consumer for them to be encouraged to buy as this is the key contributor to promote the product. Knowing the use, capabilities, and need of the product develop a proper medium to incorporate the design of the product. As a student of design, we must understand the importance of knowing the client and consumer's emphathy in order to have a successful product to sell.

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Based on what we had discussed yesterday on the "aesthetic", write a short essay on "What are the implications these ideas have for us (designers) and for design?

My takeaway from the lesson, as aesthetic is defined as appreciation of beauty, but how can we see beauty? Seeing as everyone has a different idea of what aesthetic is. I think that aesthetic is determined on how a person perceives their beauty, as most people say that beauty is subjective, meaning, it is mostly based on experience or encounter rather than a fact. I genuinely believe that each designers have a unique concept for their design or art on how they want to convey. It is more likely to be influenced by our experience, interest, or reflection on anything that we can create and show in conceiving our designs. However, there are multiple aspects that can affect audience towards their design.

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Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (Film Critique)

The film Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind is a narrative film that examines the captivating and emotional challenges of realities of relationships about the past love and loss of memories. The film takes place in the first scene, where the protagonist Joel Barish, played by Jim Carrey woke up. The use of the blue cool tone filter and slow music is present,  as we first see the emotions of Joel being sad, lonely, and pathetic person  as he prepares himself to go to work, but his car is wrecked and needed to be fixed, so he took the train to work. As he waits, he has a sudden realization that cause him to skip work and plans to go to the beach at Montauk, where he meets his love interest Clementine Kruczynski, played by Kate Winslet. At this moment, this is the first time they saw each other,  and now, we see that the cool tone filter is gone, and the use of a  neutral tone filter is present in the background,  as it highlights the characters when they saw and talked to each other on the train, we now realize that Joel found his happiness. We also observed that the characters' clothing choices in the train scene reflects their personalities. As Joel wears an all-black outfit because he is a timid, depressed, and introverted person whereas Clementine wears a bright outfit because she is an extroverted, risk-taker, and carefree person, although wearing a bright-colored outfit can also means that Clementine is his sunshine. Nonetheless, despite having quite different personalities, they seem to be drawn to one another. As Clementine gives her number, despite having to get up early for work,  he breaks away again from his obligations, and called Clementine back. They stayed up all night and it was one of the best nights that Joel had, as it highlights them lying on the ground at Charles River which their romance began to ignite.

As the film continues, the two lovers occasionally fight resulting to end their 2 year relationship and caused them to have a bitter break up. After the breakup, Clementine impulsively decides to erase all of her memories with Joel. As Joel learns that Clementine has removed him from her memory, he as well decided to do the same for him to erase all of the memories about her. In the later scenes it shows the narrative of the procedure and the unconscious Joel. Unfortunately, Joel has to revisit these painful memories of their relationship to track it down in order to erase her fully. The process is a reversal factor that shifts from their most recent argument to the past times they spent together earlier in the relationship. During the flashbacks, cool tones was present and often used since scenes must have a depressing ambiance because it was at the time where their relationship has began crumbling. While doing the procedure, halfway through the process as it slowly erasing the bad memories of them. Reliving those moments and arguments as the usage of spotlights was often used which draws attention to the context clues in the movie such as the arguments. In those memories we also see the changes of Clementine’s hair shows where we are in time at each particular scenario, and also depicts the status of their relationship. When her hair is green, it represents the beginning of their relationship, where we also saw a significant transformation in Joel's life. When her hair is red, it represents the good days of their relationship.  When her hair is bright orange, it indicates that their relationship is crumbling. And when  Clementine's hair is blue she is suffering with her mental health, as well when she erased Joel from her memory. 

Through reminiscing his memories, Joel was able to focus on his uncertainties and flaws after having to replay  those events. Their relationship collapsed due to his fear of intimacy and his vulnerabilities, characterized by his  lack of confidence and communication. But while recollecting the memory of Clementine and him lying next to one other on the Charles River. At this time, Joel fully understands that his only genuine happiness has ever been was  with Clementine or by not erasing Clementine in his memories meaning by replaying those memories, Joel was able matures and grows through their experiences. Joel realizes that he wants to keep his memories of Clementine and regrets doing the procedure at all. He decided in his unconscious self in his mind to escape and tried to preserve all the memories with her. Throughout the escape in his mind, Clementine provides the solution for them to escape which reflects his consciousness to hold on until they said goodbye, and Clementine said to meet her at the Beach in Montauk. As the procedure was done there are no more traces of Clementine in his mind but Joel felt the feeling that he must go to Montauk again at the beach, like in first scene he ditched his work to go to the beach where she meets again Clementine where they fall in love all over again. Also, the Lacuna Company who does the procedure that removes the bad memories of the person. Those personnel who worked for Lacuna are emphasized to be more than just minor characters as  it is  well connected to the plot's storylines that further highlights the damage done by the memory-altering technique. As one of the personnel named Mary played by Kirsten Dunst was also a victim of the procedure. The married Dr. Howard Mierzwiak, portrayed by Tom Wilkinson, who is the company's head, had an affair with Mary. When his wife learned of the connection, she consented to having the memory of the relationship removed. As Mary discovers her romance with Mierzwiak, she takes the company's records and distributes them to each of its clients. As a result, Joel and Clementine get to listen to their first tape recordings at Lacuna and understand that even if life isn't perfect, their love may still be valuable. 

Throughout the film, I think the movie was a masterpiece despite the twisted plot. The way the elements of the film used were authentic. It employs a formalistic approach of scenery, costuming, and lighting manipulation to show the interactions and ideas of the characters in which they conveyed it appropriately for each scene. I see the usage of semiotic analysis because the amount of metaphors and symbolism in certain objects can represent the themes in the film. The use of colors are present and visually represents the emotion of characters depending to mood and ambiance. The lighting was present to highlight important details such as when we are inside of Joel’s mind when they escape. The way the scenes transitioned especially in the library scene as Joel knew something was off and everything in the background started to be blurry and dark as to portray his emotions at that moment. Also, some of the angle shot of the scene are on eye level or shot reverse shot. Overall I think the way they show the message of the movie was presented good, but quite confusing, which was the idea to make it more interesting.

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First Reflection Entry

As I watch John Berger's "Ways of Seeing," I find it confusing but also fascinating, and I may describe it as somehow a turning point. Seeing as art may be displayed in so many ways, and people can see it as interesting but there are others who don’t, which describes that art is subjective. It varies depending on how a person perceives. Berger emphasized our ability to view art through the perspective of our personal experiences, which I believe it as natural but what we see is what we look at which can maybe relate to us. He also discussed the difference between a captured image that we may see in multiple mediums and our own eyes, and the image's distinctiveness no longer depends in its meaning, but in its one of a kind existence. Its significance is now criticized less than by what it says and more by its exclusivity and the cost it would attract. In summary, from what I have learned from the video, art can convey significance as how an art may be viewed at the external factors, and we discover a concept that others may have a different approach on what the art and artist want us to appreciate in which we realize that it is a matter of perspective.

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Philosophies of Aestetic

Expectation Vs. Reality

I've always believed in the phrase "expect the unexpected," yet in some circumstances, we can't deny that we have a standard that we apply to. In some instances, in my life, ordering online can be a struggle since sellers can easily fool you. I think it happened to me during the pandemic wherein shopping online can be therapeutic, I’m finding a branded dress but in a cheaper price, and once I got it, I was so disappointed with what I got that I gave the online shop a bad review.

Intetnse Emotion (Sadness, Grief, Anger)

I, too, am an animal lover. I enjoy caring for animals so much that I now have more than 10 at home. However, I am aware that these animals have a shorter lifespan than we do, and I am concerned that something horrible may happen to them while they are out exploring. It is distressing to think about these circumstances, but I must accept that they are a part of life. It was the most difficult years of my life during the epidemic, not only because I lost loved ones, but also because I lost my pets. At that time, one after another there is always someone who I will lose.

Overwhelming feeling or sensation, or an object that you have encountered that you found overwhelming/ awe-inspiring

My workload is somewhat intense now that I'm in college. To the point that I can't do the things I want, it's as if even resting is a crime. The amount of work that is assigned to me on a daily basis is so overwhelming that I am on the verge of burnout. There was a time when I needed to finish 4 or 5 plates in a week around finals, and it was so stressful that I didn't put enough effort to it, I just did it in order for me  to pass.

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Being Stuck in Reality

As people say, “every moment counts”, but how does a memory be remembered? Photos reminds us of the memory we had at that particular moment. These photos were taken in the course of the pre and post pandemic wherein it was the time of struggle and heartaches that we come across. These photos as I express are cathartic as it defined as an emotional release on previous events that may encounter, and I chose these photos as each photo corresponds to the things I did back then, and it reminds me of my experience in which I felt lost. Those years of staying at home were robbed from us for those experience that I hoped to encounter during that time. I took pictures as a coping mechanism in a midst of these tough times since it’s hard to just stay at home and be isolated with one another. However, these photos are just around the places where I have the possibility to take photos outside of home, and these pictures were taken as a feeling of “enjoying the moment while it lasted”, but when there is enjoyment, there’s also the contradiction. The realization of getting home during those years sometimes questions me with a lot of things like “kailan ba uli ako makakalabas?” or “babalik pa kaya uli sa dati?” and the feeling of “nanghinayang”.  Not a day goes by that I don’t ask myself about my “what ifs?”. It was a hard pill to swallow the reality for us at that moment which it saddens me. The photos can be seen as nothing or just aesthetically pleasing for others but in reality, it hides a struggle. The anxiety it gave me results with a lot of things such as the hardship that I’ve been to just keep forward and having the thought of being ready for the responsibility of adulting for the inner child in me that I haven’t even enjoyed. All these photos represent something that I found that I am satisfied at that moment. Although it can be a trigger experience, it can also mean something to me in a good way.  A photo is a memory of the past, but it can encourage you along your way. Reminiscing in these photos of memories makes me understand what I surpassed. Once a person in misery, is now one step ahead in her game. The feeling of stress and anxiety at that time brings out the person that I am today which makes me happy and contented about my life. I may doubt my abilities, but it can result to be my strengths.