Week 2_Tamer_Abdo_Inspiration

 

I am also following Jeevika's foot steps with my little bedroom decorations. I am a huge fan of the $12 LED light strip from amazon. In today's world everyone keeps meme-ing MOODs which sometimes gets on my last nerve. Yet, I know I get in an inspired mood when I am at the end of my day after experiencing a long day of sensing, traveling, observing, learning and working. It inspires me to walk into my room and choose the light that helps sooth my mood after the day I experienced. Not to mention the color reflecting off of my tapestry that also allows me to think of costuming due to the light reflection off of the colors of fabric. If you cannot tell, this shade of Purple is my most calming. Sometimes, I wonder if its because I relate it to lavender.  

Also, a fun fact, my roommate while I am working on my bachelor degree is from India. When he saw my tapestry hanging for the first time. He introduced me to Ganesha, a Hindu God of beginnings, which was an absolutely mind blowing story that was inspiring itself. I always admired elephants for their life span and characteristics as animals.   

Tamer

Week 2 - Bradford - Inspiration

Pray, inspiration!

The focus is this here pew.

Ignore the others.

Week 2 - Joey Navarrete-Medina - A Boy, The dress, and The Fantasy

 I was inspired to capture this photo because of the dresses' beautiful colors and symbolism.
The Quinceañera dress plays a massive role in the coming of age celebration. The dresses are extravagant and huge, signifying the transition into adulthood. 

In the photos, each dress, the yellow, white, red, blue, and pink ballgowns represent the essence of its wearer, matching her personality.

When I was a little boy, I'd often fantasize about wearing one of these dresses. Galavanting the space, I'd showcase my form through the fabulousness of my dress. The fantasy, torn apart, I conformed and was obedient to my Mexican Americanness's heteronormal and often machismo social constructs.

At this time in my life, I could have celebrated two quinceaneras. One at 15, likely wearing a pink or magenta dress and now sporting a deep red. Still, I likely wouldn't have a natural and normal celebration. Still, when I look at these dresses, I smile. I'm reminded of how far I've come and to keep looking forward into my adulthood, celebrating in other colorful meaningful ways that I can. 

week 2 - whitney - inspiration of spectrum sequencing

 How can sequencing of any input (movement, light, sound) alter our way of experiencing the form? 

In this 4 photo series I see the possible narrative of seeing color and light take off and move or slow down and settle into more form, depending on what sequence you look at the photos. The blurred color reminds me that light is active consisting of frequencies and wavelengths. 

Week 2/ Dear Daughter/ Lisa Allin

 Week 2/ Dear Daughter/ Lisa Allin

When the night settles in, remember your wisdom ball. May it serve to remind you of what your body knows: owl, spirit animal, creature power, disco magic, and Harry Potter. Even in darkness, enlightenment shines bright (night vision).

Look deeply, my dear, what do you see? What swirls? What did he know? What do you know? What are you discovering? Past, present, and future reflect curiously.

Go to sleep, my child--sweet dreams. Take comfort in the ancient roots of this land; Loving Spirit knows no borders nor tones. Visualize and manifest!

Fantastic choice! Now, rest well. Tomorrow you will need your energy to ride that dragon, feel the wind on your face, challenge the injustices in the world, and be Isabel the magnificent.

Week 2 - JB - [Inspiration] - oMG I love your room!!!

 Week 2 - oMG I love your room!!!

I took this week's topic of "Inspiration" very literally - this set up looked like it came straight out of a "CUTE COLLEGE DORM DECOR INSPO" Pinterest Board. I loved the way each bulb of the string lights bounced off the wall in its own unique pattern. Almost like snowflakes, no two lights were quite the same. As well, I thought it was interesting that the overall energy I felt from the room was warm and cozy, despite the fact that the string lights themselves were rather cool, leaning almost toward a blue.

-Jeevika

Week Two - Frankie Henderson - Inspiration

     This is a picture taken from laying in my bed right around sunset on a week day. I mention that it was a week day because it was the first time since starting school that I had made it home before the sun had gone down. I took a second to just sit with myself in silence, enjoying the air turn crisp and the sky changing hues. It was an inspiring moment watching the clouds shift leisurely, without urgency, reminding me its ok to slow down. 

    I was also captured by the way the tree separated the colors in the sky very distinctly.  

Week 1 _ Angularity Vs. Flow _ Tamer Abdo

 

Circularity is a major element of movement I am mostly attracted to. Yet, in this picture I replaced circular with angular. I thought the shadow and organization of what was being projected was interesting due to the shapes within the larger shape. Triangles, rectangles, diagonals, rhombus are all repeating shapes within one another. It also seemed like a planned stage with the organization of dancers and the light focus.

As for the color it self, it is subtle yet dark. Shadows are something I have always been interested in for staging. I believe it is important to show the dancers. Yet, there is a beauty and ambiguity to the idea of shadows. For example, there is more of a question to what the plant is, color wise than it being black, yet all we can notice is a black plant due to the way it is positioned in relation to the light. 

Tamer

 

WEEK 1-Rubí Danielle-Off To Neverland And Never Grow Up

This is a photograph I took, as the sun was setting. I absolutely love the colors that are produced in the sky when the sun turns in. The sky looks like a background of pink cotton candy, draped over a land for unicorns. There is a mix of purples, blues, and pinks, three colors that go so incredibly well together; sisters on the color wheel. I really cannot help but think of unicorns, cotton candy, My Little Pony, Lisa Frank, Care Bears, and all things like so, when I look at this beautiful sky. If I could paint the sky, I would paint it just like this. There is a swirl of color that is so irresistible, it reminds me of rainbow sherbet ice cream, which is my favorite flavor of ice cream. How can you not feel wonder and fantasy when looking at this God-given creation up above. Clouds, colors, and skies so perfect, it makes my heart feel like there is hope for a better tomorrow. I want to swirl up into this beautiful sky, and fly around like Tink, Peter Pan, Wendy, John, and Michael; off to Neverland and never grow up.

Week 1 - Amber Morales - Surviving Silhouette

 

I love the evening hours during the hot summer season. 

As the sun sets during a mid July evening, I can feel the hot air nestle against my skin. The warm breeze brush against my cheeks. As I look beyond myself, I see a dark, surviving image that reaches high into the warm night sky. A survivor longing to stay present in our world. A survivor that provides oxygen for our lungs. Shelter for the wild. And food for our natural being. A silhouette that is living, but not fully alive. Struggling to survive in a world that is already dying. 

Week #1-Kelly McGill: Setting in the West

 

Walking my dog in the evening is one of my favorite times to observe the sky. I will often be unaware of what is happening above me, lost in thought or looking at the surrounding houses, until suddenly we stop moving for a moment and my gaze lifts above the rooftops.

Growing up in upstate New York of course we had sunsets, but there is something different about the way the sun sets in California; the way the color of the sky shifts from blue to periwinkle, and pink and orange in one smooth gradient, the wide expansiveness of the sky and the intense glow of a hot, burning sun.  I am particularly drawn to the image created when the sun moves behind the leaves of the trees, as seen in the picture above. I love the way the sun is shown so spherical and bright, yet you can look at it without hurting your eyes. The intense glow of the setting sun illuminates the spaces between the leaves, revealing intricate patterns and shapes. 

The light of the sun and the color of the sky in this photo give me a sense of calm, warmth, and contentedness. The kind of happiness you can only feel when you know the day is almost done, and soon you can rest.