Graffit...Defacing??

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Lost of Christmas

Its two weeks 'til Christmas break and I feel that I am the only person in my close family that is juiced about Christmas. So in order to brighten up everyones spirits I feel that I should make a movie about my family. This Christmas, everyone in my family is going through hard times, which is mostly because of the recession. Our economy effects some many people worldwide, that Christmas is sort of disliked!! Everyone shouldn't go through Christmas thinking about the cost but about how you spend your time with loved ones. I know is sounds really cheesy but I always had this feeling about this special holiday, unfortunately my family lost that feeling. In my mother's side of the family, my very close cousins, never had as many presents for christmas and so they don't know what it feels like. They are all older then me and they are all going through a rough time, with relationships and baby drama. Also my mom's older sister from New Zealand, brought over her children for Christmas and they aren't getting much because of the economy. Everyone should get past the thought that they have to buy to make someone else happy. The only people in my family that have the right to get pissed is the kids because that's all how they see Christmas, and who can blame them.
So, back to the movie process. I have no idea what it will center around. I have done this before but they were all for my parents, and were very funny. This video has to open up to everyone in my family. I thought about making the video center around what I think about everyone in the family and how I'm grateful for them, but the idea may come off as a Thanksgiving type of video. I don't think that matters as much because at least I gave everyone a present, that didn't cost anything at all. the fact that that I don't have to pay, honestly does feel good and my parents don't have to worry. All I need is a computer, my video camera, and family pics and memories. Relatively simple when I put it like that but it is hard to make everything piece together like an actual movie. I hope this movie comes out good enough for a smile or a laugh.The most important thing would to get my family to get my message and to stop stressing over one day, to have fun and make the most out of what they got.

I Do/ I have/ I Am

In Saul Steinberg's painting of " I do, I have, I am" he portrays these three phrases into what he is. Each phrases placed differently from one another to represent a different meaning. The "I do" part is separated from the "I have" and the "I am" part. It sort of looks like the sun up in the sky. I see it as something that is up high in the sky and something that he wants to reach. He does what he does to reach a goal. The brightness can represent that that is where he wants to go and be in his career. A certain type of sucess in his life.
In the "I have" part of the painting I see it as things that he has. He hangs it up loosely off a old styled way of drying clothes, on the wire outside a person's home. From our discussion, yesterday in class, some people said dirty laundry and I agree with that. The artist depicts the "I have" part with broken up pieces of wood. Showing how he has bad parts about his life that hurt him in some way and that he still has it. My first initial thought was that the "I Have" part was that he has what he has and that it looks like he wants more out of his life. After hearing our discussion I leaned more to the dirty laundry idea but the painting can always go both ways.
For the "I Am" I think that was the easiest depiction of what the painter was trying to tell. The way he made it looked like the ground, I thought it meant that he was showing that he is molded by his roots. His roots in the sense of how he was raised and the people that help to molding who he is. The flower on top shows that he has grown into something "beautiful" or just what he is now. It may not be the best but he can be working out what he is.
In every painting there are always multiple meanings, it varies because people see things differently. They can see things differently because some people think deeply and some see it as just a painting and what it looks like. Anyone can put there thoughts into these paintings, but when it comes down to seeing if you were wrong or right just ask the painter. Sometimes painters don't know what they were getting across. What a person sees in there head and what they draw can be two different thoughts and ideas. So for this painting I don't know exactly what he was really trying to say.