Creative Christian

So basically I was saying that Martial Arts and combat is one of the biggest parts of my life and I wanted to share that with you guys. First off I was always into martial arts, but I didn’t start until high school. Around that time I have surgeries on my both my hips. A friend recommended me a place in Fremont where I can practice for a good deal. Thats when I got more into martial arts, and it helped with my confidence and my legs to be stronger.  I did things I though couldn’t do anymore and that gave me a reason to fight for my dream.

What I took out of Art as a 21st Century is to use art as way to express your story. That can mean doing something different and creative from what is considered to be normal. Beat to your own drum and be ready to face criticism from other people. Express yourself and be who you are. One of the ways of expression is abstract art. “ Rather, the ideas of an artwork are held within its materials, methods, style, and subject matter, which were chosen by the artist who knowst hat these things all have historical and cultural significance that cannot be avoided.”(Lloyd) Express your culture, and history in abstract art. Show people who you are on the inside and connect with your audience.

The art that I have the most challenge with is probably self portraits, or essentially the use of negative space. I remember in highschool my art teacher was talking about using negative space. So essentially from what I remember its using the space around the thing you’re trying to draw. For example if you were drawing a nose, you’d shade the outside of the area of the nose to give it shape. Honestly its just something that hard to see and use for me in art. For an art work to be bad I think its about opinions in the art world. An artwork is bad when a lot of people don’t like it or don’t understand the piece. Its a rejected piece that no one enjoys.

In Sabo’s short essay what really stood out to me was her conclusion. “As we experience her colorful crotchets, we will find the answer to Picasso’s famous saying “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once (s)he grows up”” Professor, your artwork is colorful, crazy and fun, just like a kid. I think once in a while even when we get older we should have some childish fun and play with legos or playdoh. Revisit our childish youth once in awhile. Then in the essay Art as a proper job, it shows how much Art really is a proper Job. Most importantly it gives encouragement in the last couple of pages, to keep trying after you fail at something you love. The video love the art and hate the artists kinda reminds me of the song Role Models by AJR who delivers the same message. They talk about their favorite art, but hate the artist. Honestly I can kinda relate. So I am a fan of The Flash and a character on it called Ralph Dibny played by Hartley Sawyer has been on the show for about three years. I really like the character Sawyer played, it was funny, heart warming and showed great character development however around I think around the end of the sixth season in 2019 or maybe 2020, Sawyer posted really offensive and misogynistic tweets and he got fired from the show. He did make an apology statement, but personally I don’t know how I feel now about the character  Sawyer portrayed because he really made his own place on the show. 

I wouldn’t say a piece of art changed my life, but it might have given me a new perspective. Last night I saw the movie Soul with some friends and I took the message of not taking living for granted and enjoying the day to day things to heart. Enjoy every experience, wind on your face, to the taste of your lunch.

-ROCK N ROLL!!!!!!!!!!

So for this part of my project I decided to label my clothes. I have a really simple style black T-shirts, shorts, jeans and a jacket, so I decided to get more specific. Starting with the suit, its the one I wore to my senior prom. Now its my formal party suit so things like weddings and dinner parties I’ll suit up.Sometimes I’ll wear it for my job interviews mainly because its the only suit I have. So remember to Suit Up !!! #barneystinson #suitup #howimetyourmother.  Next are my shorts and shirt, the majority of my closet are black shirts and some shorts. I usually wear them as my PJs or if I’m at home on the weekend or when my day is done. Got to relax and unwind after a long day. Finally its my everyday casual wear. It consists of either blue or black jeans, a black leather jacket with a hood and a black t-shirt. Its simple, stylish and quite comfortable. I only wear it to school or to casual parties and get-together with my friends. Its the same style since high school the only thing that changed is the jacket. I used to wear baggy hoodies and last year I decided to change to a leather jacket. This is also my Sunday wear, something casual nothing too fancy. Its the middle ground between formal and weekend wear.

So the test says I am a Maker. Personally I don’t really believe in personality tests like this because a computer program can’t really know me. It might ballpark it buts its not really me its just one side of me. The things I do agree with the result is that makers are quiet types which I am I don’t really talk a lot unless I’m with my friends.  The result also said that I need to connect more with my emotions and intuition. Partially wrong but not completely, I think I just need to get of my butt and do something productive and creative. As for my emotions I don’t really talk about them unless its with people I trust. Personally I don’t consider myself a maker mainly because I don’t make anything, I just have ideas sometimes, but when I try to make it into a reality it doesn’t turn out exactly right. I would modify my creations but again I procrastinate and usually don’t feel like it.

Focus on yourself, don’t be negative and push your limits. Know this you are loved by God, don’t let anyone tell you anything else. What you think about yourself can affect your mindset and the creative brain within. The technology in our lives though useful, when used in excess can make our minds less creative, less motivated. Take a break from technology and go outside, enjoy the world.The feeling of instant gratification and consumerism makes our mind stagnant. Explore and push your boundaries.

Art made in the glory of God looks like worshiping him. So maybe a sculpture to show his work or a painting of the death of Jesus to show God’s love. This Art shouldn’t be vain or greedy, but its supposed to show the glory of God.

Don’t waste all your time doing nothing Get off your butt an live make something, be creative, develop your talents otherwise you’ll never get better. It takes a village to nurture your talent and both Criticism and praise. Teachers, mentors and friends are a good place to start. Back home I used to go to a combat gym. I normally spar with one of the teachers and afterwards i ask him what I can improve and need to work on. Use those criticisms as a reflection, and improve on yourself. There has to be even criticism and praise. Make your habitat more fun to live in and help you be more mentally creative. Paint the walls, get a nice couch, maybe some toys, you are never to old for legos and action figures. Kent’s rule made sensse like work and play, sometimes play can help with work and work can inspire new ideas for fun. These rules like self discipline and plork helped students discover their creative sides

In Church Art should be used to glorify God and Jesus. I’m not sure what that would like, maybe a painting of Jesus. Or if you want to get super Christology like, maybe a sculpture or painting of the two sides of Jesus Christ. God renews our minds through revelation.

First is an idea in our heads, it incubates and grows, but its not enough to just have an idea, you have to act on it, use your talents to start the project. Just like how an idea grows so does the talent you possess. Practice your talent, push the boundaries and try new things with it. Put in the time to develop it and ask yourself what is your purpose for this talent? Why are practicing so hard? As you are developing your talent there is one thing to remember and that is to not be afraid of failure. People will fail, but the thing is you shouldn’t let it stop you from exploring your talent, from growing and developing. Build a habit or routine that will help you develop your own skills. Start with a trigger and find what helps you best and go from there.

The art that I make reflects me and my life. The art that I look at is the world through the lens of the artist. It shows me their perspective and how they see the world as opposed to making something for myself. The bible for me has provided a framework as to how I view art. It get me wondering “How does this piece fit in the Christian view?”

Money and Art sounds just like a job with just more freedom. Artist are humans and have to eat too so they sell their art. It’s not selling out , they just need to eat, pay rent and bills just like everyone else. There is no creative and scientific minds. There are convergent thinking which is more analytical, and then there is  divergent thinking which is free flowing and spontaneous way of thinking. There is no creative and scientific thinking. Our talents and endeavors can be used to develop creative habits in our lives that can change our way of thinking. The Emerge reading has given us some questions to help us reflect on ourselves and find our true selves. In the video its almost the same way the artist and their self portraits reflect how the artist saw themselves.

I listen to music and thats a form of art. I listen to a lot of alternative rock some by Christian Rock bands like Skillet and Ashes remain, but I also listen to some secular artist as well. Honestly it really shouldn’t matter, because the music I listen too is either enjoyable or just connects with me. Religion shouldn’t be apart of your view  of an artwork, it whether you enjoy or not.

God gave us talents so its up to us to nurture them by living in a creatve mindset otherwise the talents will atrophy. Also don’t just believe everything for they may turn out to be misconceptions. The author of Emerge was describing this how he thought the word vomit meant that it has something to do with a vomitorium.  This is something that happens with the bible as well. The Hebrew language doesn’t exactly translate with the content behind its words into english. Genesis1:27 is basically saying that God created us in his image a male and a female. It a physical shape of God’s likeness but its not our soul. Our job is to cultivate the Earth and it took a creative God to make humans in his image and the entire universe.