1st Half of Semester

I really enjoyed the first hald of this semester.  It got me thinking in ways I never had before, such as in the Scott McCloud reading.  I've always read comics and understood them, but I never noticed that they are a single image in time, yet time is passing with the words that are said.  When explained like that, comics really shouldn't make sense to us, yet they do.  Another class that got me thinking was when we watched Memento.  It was crazy to see the ways your mind can play tricks on you, and how Leonard's memory problem was manipulated by others to get him to do what they wanted.

I liked the reading with activities on right-brain/left-brain switch.  I've felt this happen to me, but I never knew what it was.  I'd just think that I'm "in the zone."  From now on though, I will focus on the techniques needed to make that switch when I'm doing art.  Some of the tips were to either go away from  people, or to zone out their conversations and listen to music.  I've always done the latter and it's done me well.  When I think about how I draw with the left brain, it's always bad.  I overthink and judge myself.  Sometimes it's hard to let your mind take over, but from now on I definitely will trust my right-brain to make me some good paintins.