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This is practice

The Plan

I have a lot of ideas that I am working through to do for this class. Today, however, I was made aware that they will not be enough. The bar has been raised.

I suppose that my different ideas should be made public, but I'm not quite ready to tell all. But here they are just in as little information as necessary form.

GIF of pregnancy

Mindlessly searching the internet

HTML code for class schedule

Google maps -- important things that happened in my life

Lecrae "Don't waste your life" rap

Aphrodite monologue

And that is all you get.

What do I do?

I find myself reading articles. Lots of articles. The internet is so big of a place with so much to learn from. Sitting and watching .gifs or looking at memes can be fun, but if I do it for an extended amount of time I start to feel numb. I would rather be intellectually challenged instead of just entertained. The articles are more writing than art, but I feel that they are necessary to the internet as a whole. The popularity of top ten lists continues to grow, as they are both informational and entertaining. It may not be an art form, but there is something about the way they are presented, the content, and the conciseness of the short lists (which prove to be enough to engage the reader, but not overwhelm them with information or text). Some of the best websites I have found for these lists include:

Cracked
Top Tenz
Smashing Lists
Listverse

And if you like compilations and themes:
Lists galore!

These may not be art, but they are certainly an important part of internet culture.

Disappointment

So the other day Jayson Musson came to speak to us. Frankly, I was disappointed. His Hennessy Youngman videos are an excellent critique of our art world and they're freakishly funny (although the language does get to me sometimes). His paintings and other art, however, were the things I had issues with. I'm conservative, maybe even old fashioned. I don't like seeing naked people, or illegal activities (such as stealing hundreds of dollars worth of sticker paper). I know, I know, I'm just a little artist and no one cares about me at all. Except my mom. But I'm ok with that. My art is acceptable for both my mother and my grandmother to view without me feeling ashamed.

I guess the way I feel comes from the way I was raised.  I feel like art is for the people, so the people (all included) should be able to see it. Who cares if they don't get it? If a four-year-old walks up to van Gogh's Starry Night, they probably will think it is pretty. Most likely, they will not understand the theology and serenity of the painting because they are old four years old. I ask the question. What is wrong with pretty art?

I suppose my time in art school has only produced bitterness and frustration at the lack of understanding I have from my classmates. So I want to make pretty art. There is more of a market for a picture of a pretty flower than of a photo of a nude person standing in a field with blood dripping from the slit in their throat while their talons are warding off a pack of murderous rabbits. But it's art.

In the name of art, please stop.

Daily Routine

I'll be honest. I'm still trying to figure out this net art stuff. But I'm really working hard at it and actually starting to get it. I figured that a good first blog entry would be my normal internet routine, So here goes.

Wake up.

Facebook
Yahoo! Mail
Weather Forecast
Google Plus
Dear Blank, Please Blank
I Waste So Much Time
Attack of the Cute


At some other point during the day

IntegArt Stats
Hulu
Lists Galore!
Netflix


On a weekly basis

PostSecret
StumbleUpon
Blackboard
IMDb

My basic understanding of the internet contains a lot of kittens, Star Wars, and celebrity gossip. Certainly there is more to the internet than that. With the net artists I have discovered, there is an approachable quality to some but an unreachable quality to others. I find myself thinking a lot, "I don't get it..."