Old Stuff

This is an old poster I made for one of my favorite movies, Pulp Fiction. I love Tarantino movies and so I chose to represent the poster with three vectors of objects that are typical in every Tarantino movie, especially Pulp Fiction.

In this visit to SoCo, I decided to choose a variation of the same object in various locations, which was bricks. Each image demonstrates similarity, repetition, and common fate. The grouping of these images demonstrates similarity, repetition, common fate, and continuity due to the horizontal lines.

Before wandering South Congress, I figured that the easiest Gestalt methods I would find on the streets would be symmetry, repetition, similarity, and closure. However, I found better examples using repetition, similarity, and proximity and containment instead. My use of containment was the last image I took because I struggled to find a fourth Gestalt usage, but I found the lower sidewalk path just before the intersection contained in railings on both sides. For proximity, I used the wooden fence- originally I was going for repetition, but I noticed the fence had gaps and though it was a fence, the wooden planks were just close together. The tiles on the side of the building were my use of repetition and I found pavement rocks to exemplify similarity.

PART 1

1. In Article #1, the main point is that art has become more widespread and utilized in business and that business entrepreneurs should learn to be more creative like an artist. In Article #2, the main point is that artists are actually entrepreneurs and that there are similarities between the two.

2. Artists should try to work with a network of others instead of trying to work as an independent artist.

3. I agree that artists are entrepreneurs because innovation is used in both creative and business processes and that both follow the demands of the market.

4. I agree with artists are humanists, artists are craftspeople, rely on intuition, great storytellers, and comfortable with ambiguity.

5. I would also add that there is no such thing as a “bad artist”.

PART 2

1. After taking the test on a scale of 1-5, I was given a 4 meaning I do have grit.

2. I can increase my grit by focusing more on long term goals.

My plan initially was to wander SoCo and take pictures of the dogs Austinites value as pets and take everywhere they go because I appreciate the love we have for pets. When I couldn’t find any dogs surpisingly, I stumbled upon the graffiti of the skeleton under the umbrella and to me it felt somber. The sky at the time was overcast, so I decided to roll with this plan of somber street art that could have meaning to the artist or none at all. My reaction to finding these stickers and random graffiti was that it may not be random at all because the people that put those there had the clear intention of doing so. I feel that these images demonstrate impulsive actions within humanity and the messiness reflects that.