Louise Bourgeois

After watching the video about Louise Bourgeois, you can tell that she is a very down to earth woman who is passionate about making art. Her famous quote is “I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands.” I think she is speaking on what people are here on Earth to do, in general. She makes a lot of plaster hands that speak to people on behalf of emotions that are present in everyday life. She also makes a lot of carvings originally from wood that consist of abstract shapes and objects. Louise also says that good works of art don’t need to be explained, and that if it needs explaining, then she has failed. 

Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham, considered the most influential choreographer of the 20th century, was a many-sided artist. He was a dance-maker, a fierce collaborator, a chance taker, a boundless innovator, a film producer, and a teacher. During his 70 years of creative practice, Cunningham's exploration forever changed the landscape of dance, music, and contemporary art. Cunningham started his own dance company in 1953 and created hundreds of unique choreographic works. He challenged traditional ideas of dance, such as the roles of the dancers and the audience, the limitations of the stage, and the relationships between movement and beauty. One of Merce Cunningham’s most influential strategies was his use of chance and randomness as a creative tool. Cunningham would often flip coins or roll dice to guide the way he structured his choreography.

Life from a snowflakes point of view

As I delicately fall from the filled clouds above, I gently lay on the harsh, spiky grass in their backyard. He comes out like clock work, on the first snow to play and run around while I stare in amazement at the things he can make out of the others around me. Every winter I look forward to being built into a snowman because of the joy it brings him, and every winter he grows a little bit older and feels a little less childlike. I mourn the days coming that he doesn't feel lively enough to play, because it is my meaning in life to make this boy happy.

mountainous

weak

ladder

bird

honey

A tiny bird resting on the edge of a old, wooden ladder gazes out into the landscape. Trying to enjoy the view, he get stuck from a tree dripping syrup onto his foot, where he is now stuck and can't move. he grows weak trying to remove himself from the sticky honey.