Final Creative Work

The last three creative works I did were a collage of Maya Angelou’s “ I know why the caged bird sings”, a poem I wrote about a homeless man playing the saxophone, and an abstract movie with only words of society’s affect on us. As I strived to find a connection to these three works many thoughts crossed my mind. One thought in particular I felt was appropriate. I came in being “completely incomplete” meaning that I lacked the artistic inspiration that everyone needs. I had to break through my “cage”, reject my preconceived notions and be more accepting of different forms of art.

Coming into this class I had no prior knowledge of what I had to do. After just a few classes I started realizing my closed mindedness in terms of the arts. My first piece, I know why the caged bird sings, was an unconscious call from me saying that I was ready to experience something new. I felt that I was caged to a certain ideal and needed new and unique inspiration to satisfy my artistic need.  My second poem was an emotional delineation of an extremely talented but homeless man that I see everyday. It was a unique inspiration for me because prior to this class I would not have looked at that man twice. The third piece was a realization and a blatant statement to reject the stereotypical boundaries that are made for us and to be more accepting.

I feel that as my creative works progressed they grew not only in quality, but also in the emotional input I associated with them. My mental understanding of art itself, expanded to places were I never would have thought. Coming into this my weaknesses were many. I was unfamiliar with the technology we were required to use and more importantly I had a very narrow view of art. As time progressed I eliminated my weaknesses and turned them strengths. I sought inspirations from everything a picture, music, spoken word ect.

What I took most from this class is how much I learned about others. Every week I was truly excited to see what my peers had posted on our blog. I learned things about my friends that I would have never learned otherwise in a different class. I appreciated having a little insight into everyone’s minds and being able to experience other views.

This video is a collaboration of my other creative works. In it you will see pictures of caged birds and saxophone players and parts of the video of my third creative work. The song I chose is “Someday” by Rob Thomas.