Micro Project Four

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU7_XRfRR30&feature=plcp

The video takes place in my car.  I spend a good amount of time driving on a daily basis, whether its going to and from work, classes, or other random errands.  Driving can become so much of a habit that you don't always realize all of the other things going on around you. There are always a countless number of things going on in the background when you are driving. For example pedestrians, people on bicycles, polices sirens, the radio, etc.  Not that you can close your eyes while driving but if I were to close my eyes these are the sounds that would make me aware of where I was.

I took video footage of me driving and added a soundtrack to the video.  In the soundtrack I tried to emphasize all the distractions that can occur while driving. Like many other people I am guilty of trying to multitask while driving. Therefore I tried to add some of those noises into the soundtrack.  For example I will talk on the phone on my way to work.  So I added in a cell phone ringing. Sometimes I also use my time in the car to think and simply have time to myself.  Therefore there are points in the video where there isn't as much going on.

Carver Cathedral

      Although I enjoyed reading this article it was tough for me to follow in the beginning.  The guy does have strong stereotypes of blind people.  I do agree that people look at them and treat them differently.  It is hard for many people to believe they can live a normal life just like we do. It is cool to see how the blind man and the women were able to keep in touch through videos. This art form allowed them to maintain a relationship for many years without seeing each other.  Although the man is blind the audio was enough to keep their friendship strong. 
       It was also amazing to see how the guys views slowly changed as he spent more and more time with the blind man.  He even got to somewhat see what it was like to be in his shoes.  The man went from not wanting to spend time with the blind guy to allowing him to hold his hand while he drew a picture of a Cathedral in order to help teach the blind man what they looked like.  The guy said
"it was like nothing else." I think its amazing how a little bit of time with somebody different than you can change the way you think.

Wallace This is Water

I enjoyed the speech given by Wallace.  I think throughout his speech he made a lot of great points.  For example he says your education is not so much about "filling you up with knowledge as it is teaching you how to think". I agree with this to an extent.  I and probably most other college students feel like I am "learning" a lot of stuff in college that will not help me in my career field. Which can be frustrating and make it hard to stay motivated. Although with that being said I don't agree that college is teaching me to be patient when waiting in line at the grocery store after a long hard day.  I also really like his didactic story about the christian and the atheist. It makes you think and I think it proved how the same experience can be taken differently by two different people.  I think a lot of things in life are this way and the way you think does play a big role in life.  Therefore I agree that is it important to know how to think. Thinking in a positive manner can improve life.

Annie Leibovitz- Wexner Visit Blog

I visited the Wexner Center to view Annie Leibovitzs artwork.  She is an extraordinary photographer.  I enjoyed her work but was also surprised that her photographs didn't all have something in common. This shows that she is a very versatile photographer but for some reason it bothered me that they didn't all flow together. I didst realize Leibovitzs has taken pictures of celebrities for Vanity Fair such as the photograph of Whoopee Goldberg in a bathtub full of milk, therefore those were cool photographs to see.
Overall I believe this was a great Exhibit for the Wexner to have. I believe there were a lot of great photograph that showed her skill level and proved her as a great photographer but there were also a couple that I was not near as impressed by. I also noticed that this exhibit was made possible by Express  (yes I know that's random) which I thought was cool because I am currently working for express. Her photograph of Scarlett Johansson reminded me of something you may see in an express ad.