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3. Art, a gift to explore your identity.

The Marra

For part 3, I decided to paint a landscape scene if my favorite spot at Bonas. I painted the Marra field that I played lacrosse on so many times during my time at Bonas. I will always remember the early morning workouts, all of the practices and games, and the beautiful snowy landscape during the winter.

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2. Getting your voice out there in public places.

To get my voice out there in public places, I chose to put post it notes on a bathroom mirror that said “Be Happy” and also depicted a smiley face. I hope people see this and can find some joy in it.

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1. Connecting to the Earth

Forgetmenot

For part 1, my piece was inspired by Andy Goldsworthy’s work with sticks and leaves. I found a cool looking stick in my yard with an interesting circular pattern inside of it and filled it with some forgetmenots. When I was putting this together, I thought choosing forgetmenots was symbolic of my time I’ve spent at St. Bonaventure, and my pending departure as I’m graduating soon.

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Attendance prompt:

I was very interested watching Nicole McLaughlin’s video on upcycling and sustainable fashion. The type of art that she is doing is so creative, as everything she is making is uniquely crafted out of random items. I also the like the fact that it is affordable. Zero waste Daniel also pursues a type of sustainable fashion in his work. David makes amazing clothing out of leftover textiles that would otherwise probably have gone to waste. This is a type of fashion that I had not been previously aware of.

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For my futurism drawing, I chose to draw what I think contact lenses might be capable of in the year 2060. This was motivated by the fact that I wear contact lenses myself, and I have always been interested in the idea of them being used for more than just enhancing your vision, which I’m sure I’ve seen in a movie before. In my drawing, I tried to illustrate that the contacts have some advanced technology coded into them which allow for perks such as telling the time, having WiFi, playing games, phone calls, and taking pictures. If those traits of these futuristic contacts weren’t enough, I also added laser beams coming out of them. Now, contact lenses can be better utilized as a convenient tool or even a weapon.

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For this cubism assignment I have depicted a scene from the lacrosse field out of trash. I created grass from the wrapper of a Nature Valley granola bar. Standing on the grass is a player holding a lacrosse stick and throwing a ball, which I made out of a sour patch kid that fell on my floor, w q tip, bottle tabs and a cap. The net was made out of tape and straws that I cut up to make posts.

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For my cubism project I used things that I was able to find around my apartment and tried to keep it under one color, which was blue. I used a piece of cardboard from a tissue box, a seal and label from a bottle of bbq sauce, a water bottle label, a peanut butter jar label, and a Rice Krispies treat wrapper.

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I like the idea of keeping the same color theme, especially because blue is my favorite color. 👍

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For my Cubism Assignment, I decided to collect garbage that was in my house. I chose to go with “the college kids diet” theme. I live with 2 other roommates and what I did was collect a bunch of wrappers and cut out labels from the food and beverages we consume that were thrown out. There was a bunch of different items that range from healthy to unhealthy. For unhealthy I found a bud light seltzer and white claw that I cutout from the box, a rice krispy, a bag of Fritos, and the Slim Jim package. On the healthier side, I found a nature valley wrapper, a Peanut Butter wrapper, and a boost protein shake. As well, for brutal I got a hot sauce label and an empty pack of Trident gum.

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Very cool idea. I like how this obviously relates to you.

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For my Fauvism portrait, I chose to draw my best friend, Blue. In this picture, Blue is posing on my ottoman playing with some yarn. I tried to make the bright colors that are present in my drawing complement Blue’s sexy personality. I initially had colored Blue gold, but I began thinking that this was too similar to his actual appearance. So instead, I blended blue in with that gold to make a green, because I was feeling the St. Patrick’s day vibe and Blue is always improving my mood.

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My drawing.

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My highly saturated fantasy based environment that I picked was this scene from Halo, the video game.

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Midterm:

For my midterm painting, I chose to depict part of a controversial fashion campaign by Balenciaga. Their campaign featured children and teddy bears dressed in BDSM gear. The ad also included a copy of a document from a Supreme Court case that decided virtual child pornography was protected by free speech. This campaign received massive backlash and lawsuits which followed by a large apology and retraction of the campaign by Balenciaga. I chose to paint this because I think it represents how large of an issue sexualizing and exploiting children is in our society. Even one of the most influential fashion brands depicted inappropriate images with children that is very disturbing.

Although our "woke" culture has come a long way in a variety of areas, the protection of children in our country is still failing. This campaign would be seen by millions of people and the fact that it was not shut down before it was released shocks me. I think it shows the lack of awareness and disgusted minds that still control huge influential businesses throughout the world.

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Gigachad

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My warped self portrait was inspired by the Gigachad meme. I chose this pop culture reference because it was the first thing that came to mind as I see it on the internet often. Gigachad is a man that represents strength, beauty, and stoicism through his figure and his incredibly rigid facial structure, which made me think of the vast number of filters that people use on their photos in order to alter their own appearance. I tried to exaggerate this by giving myself a clear skin complexion, a very rigid facial structure, and a beard similar to Gigachad's. I also complemented the face with a muscular upper body.

This type of pop culture moment depicted reveals a lot about our culture regarding beauty standards, consumerism, social media, and mental health. I believe that when many people see Gigachad they see an ideal male figure with strength, beauty, and stoicism which may lead to feelings of desire to look like that. People consume content like this through social media daily and get these feelings implanted in their minds, which can be detrimental to our self image and mental health.

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My collaged person resulted very differently than I had initially anticipated. I found it challenging to portray myself as a person through cut out images. I tried to include things that are important to me and hold value in my life, like my loved ones, the community I live in, or my goals (symbolized by the lacrosse goal). I also decided to include some things that are just present in my life on a daily basis, such as brands or technology. I feel that a lot of things shown within my collage help to portray me.

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