7/31/23 - Experimenting with Lines (Chemvas) 

2/14/24 - Tattoo Slides (CHEMVAS)

research.png    - What does Art mean to me and how can other subjects be Art?    

To me, one of the main things about art is that it's subjective. I consider art to be anything someone makes, does, says, etc. that appeals to one's eye (whoever that may be).When it comes to other subjects (math, reading, history, etc.), they can become art just by being or by using the subjects regularly. For example, when you input certain points onto a graph- it creates a picture someone can later identify. Another example is in reading, someone can consider poetry art or the way someone writes a novel is art. So, your definition for art can be subjective and how it can be used in other subjects is completely up to you. 

8/2/23 - Experimenting with Shapes (Chemvas) 

8/10/23 - Bubble Lab (Chemistry) 

With this lab we were given the question "What brand of dish soap makes the biggest bubbles?" In our respective groups, we had to come up with a hypothesis as to which soap we thought would create the biggest bubbles and why. My group hypothesized that Dawn Dish-Soap would make the biggest bubbles because we've experienced it being very bubbly. After making our hypothesis, we conducted the experiment by using a straw to blow bubbles into the same measure of dish soap liquid and measuring the diameter of the bubble AFTER it popped. We did this three times for each dish-soap and concluded the biggest average came from the Ajax dish soap. 

8/30/23 - Geometry in Architecture (Geometry)

Preparing for our major project ("Shaping Our World"/First Semester PBL), my geometry class watched a video that gave insight on the relationship between architecture and geometry. From this video (and various other teachings), we learned that geometry and architecture are not mutually exclusive. Architecture has been around for thousands of years and thus geometry. Different (ancient and modern) cultures, though not having the vocabulary for it, used geometry whenever they built religious, cultural, and/or shelter. 

9/6/23 - G.R.A.P.E.S Worksheet Prep for Ancient Civilizations Play (World Literature)

In preparing for our self-produced plays, the first thing we were tasked with was picking an ancient civilization to focus on. After choosing, we were assigned a "G.R.A.P.E.S" worksheet where someone had to explain the geography, religion(s), achievements, politics, economics, and society of the ancient civilization we chose. All of this was done in a group. 

9/11/23 - How Could AI Hurt or Benefit Art? (CHEMVAS)

Honestly, I think that AI could both hurt and benefit art. On one hand, I think that AI has become so advanced and prominent that it's taking away opportunities from humans with talents in art. I also think that an AI, while it may be more capable than humans, can never really produce anything meaningful from the soul or natural in the way humans can (which is what art is). From the other hand, I think that AI really shows how far technology has come and that it can give humans great ideas and help society. 

8/30/23 - Group Evaluation (World Literature) 

After being tasked with giving ourselves our own group norms, I'm proud that my group could agree on everything we suggested. I'm also glad that just about all of my group members planned to follow the norms and pitched in to making sure everyone else did too. 

9/5-6/23 - Group Evaluation (World Literature) 

With the work from today, I think my group handled it well and I can say everyone pitched in. We collectively thought of what we wanted to protray and everyone looked up their own respective information to help the group. 

9/8/23 - Plot Diagram Template (World Literature)

Continuing our project, we took interactive notes on understanding and how to create plot diagrams. To do this, we watched a short film and wrote about it in a broken down plot diagram. Then, we got into our groups and watched a video on the 6 types of characters (Protagonist, Antagonist, Round, Flat, Dynamic, and Static). Afterwards, we broke our play down into a plot diagram (which you can find below). 

9/11-12/23 - Self Evaluation and Summary (World Literature) 

Today we brainstormed where to start off and got tips on how to write scripts/playwrights. Then, we wrote and edited the beginning of the script to the best of our abilities. 

9/18/23 - Ancient Civilization Screenwriting (World Literature)

Today, my group and I continued to write and edit our script for the play. We finished writing and editing all four scenes, we completed and wrote the dialogue for the entire play, assigned roles, and had a table-read to end our day. Now that the script is done and to our liking (awaiting Ms. Wynn's approval), we're preparing to record and act it out! m

9/25/23 - Shaping Our World Project (World Literature) 

Today, we finally got to film the script we wrote and the scenes we pre-set during the previous weeks. We started to shoot of with blocking out what we wanted in each scene and taking turns being a director and sharing ideas. 

9/27/23 - Mandala Research (CHEMVAS)

1) Generally, mandalas are the representation of Buddhist belief. The mandala is also used to teach meditations, train people in religion, to guide to enlightenment, and more. Mandalas are the accumulation of patterns, symbols, various colors, and circles (importantly). 

2) I think mandalas are related to world civilizations because they're a visual representation of how some societies/civilizations live. As in, mandalas show how civilizations believe, what they value in life, and how they go about life. 

3) In mandalas I see most, if not all, principles of design. With the different various colors I see variety and rhythm. Across the entire mandala it's easy to see patterns, along with balance and unity in said patterns. In the shapes and circles of the mandala I see movement, proportion, and emphasis. 

4) I think you could use a mandala to show the anatomy of an atom because the insides of an atom are very intricate and have a pattern in it of themselves, and I think mandalas are great at showing patterns and intricacies. 

10/5/23 - World History STEAM Inserts 

10/30/31 - CHEMVAS Q&A Entry (CHEMVAS) 

1) A lot of what I've been taught this year that relates to other classes is the creation of mandalas and the creation of scenes that had multiple perspectives/points. Creating mandalas related to my World History class because mandalas are heavily religious, and we were studying religion in World History. The creation of scenes using perspective related to science because we had to choose an element from the periodic table to center the scene around. 

2) This year, I think my creation of the mandala and its patterns showed I understand the Principles of Design. I also think that using 1 point/2 point perspective and still life(s) showed my understanding because I had to use that of pattern, rhythm, movement, etc. to complete these projects. 

3) I believe I experiment with different possibilities when planning because I have to make multiple protoypes and rough drafts before I can commit to the final version of my project. For instance, with my scene project I had to create a rough draft of my scene then show it to my teacher for feedback. I can show my process by posting both my rough draft and my final draft in the same document. 

4) As recent of last week, we learned about Claude Monet and other Parisian artists that pioneered the Impressionist Art era. It brought a new way to portray light and color in everyday scenes in nature and real life (as in people and places). 

1/3/24 - Borax Crystal Sculpture (CHEMVAS)

3/8/24 - Abstraction (CHEMVAS)

Modernist art represents the transition from traditional & former means of expression. Before the modernist movement, art would mainly consist of atomically correct pieces with superficial meanings behind them, so a natural shift from that would be more ambiguous meanings and a higher use of shapes, colors, and gestures (which is officially defined as Abstraction). 

Compared to Western and European abstraction art, Native and African abstraction has been developed way earlier and for way longer & has proven to be a huge influence. More specifically, early African abstraction was a huge influence on European modernism. Along with Native abstraction, it shows to have more cultural and religious meanings behind them. 

I think math and science can be linked to abstraction art because the making of graphs can easily be interpreted as form as art and creation. For instance, when you look at a graph that explains the population of a U.S. state- you could easily see the colors and shapes as ambiguous means of art and expression. Personally, I prefer working in a more expressive and creative way than working based on data and information (unless I find said data/information interesting enough, that is).