Category — 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.

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Watch the words and symbols that are in the video, they tell an abstract story.

My inspiration took place when I woke up on Thanksgiving  at around 3:00PM and looked in the mirror to get ready for dinner. The mirror is my inspiration and to add some of my own creativity and art form: I decided to use various mirrors to create a more visually pleasing step show. Hope that you all had a Happy Thanksgiving and that you enjoy the show.

This video was inspired by the poster/quote seen at the beginning of the video which inspired me to make this video showing the attributes to success in any sport, in this case basketball.

If you visit the link below you can see the video with music.

http://www.youtube.com/user/nyzliljj100

Time POEM

Time SONG

(the poem, arrangement, music, and lyrics are original)

INSTRUCTIONS: FIRST LISTEN TO THE POEM (first link) AND THEN LISTEN TO THE SONG (second link)

*Lyrics to song:

TIME CANNOT BE CONTROLLED

The clock is ticking, time is running in its pace

But as it dawns on me it turns to a fast rate

The one thing that was haunting our world and race

Time cannot be controlled in any way

Minute-by-Minute people come and go

Love was always present but now it isn’t so

Appreciation changes as beauty with the age

Time cannot be controlled in any way

This is for the children and the broken hearted

Value every second till you’ll be departed

This is for the women and the men alike

Cherish every moment, don’t just fight

I step outside to a world of wonders,

Is this beauty planned out, or one of nature’s blunders?

Up high the sun is scorching the sky,

And around me flaps the wings of a butterfly.

I take a deep breath and close my eyes,

Smelling the sweet roses that are blooming nearby.

Above me the birds sing their melodious tune,

And ahead water sparkles from the great blue lagoon.

I keep my feet moving against the moistened ground,

Each step moving me forward with a single sound.

I see friendly faces as I pace through the park,

Some giggling, some smiling, some light, some dark.

They all look so different but there’s something’s the same

Each one possesses beauty, despite their different names.

Whether it’s inside or outside, their beauty shines bright,

Illuminating the earth just like the blazing sunlight

This is a collaborative creative work between Daxin Lin, Jessica Lam, and me.