Tuesday, September 11, 2007

I took out loans for this shit.

If you have seen Zoolander, I would like to reference the scene where Derek throws down the model school because real children could not fit into such a tiny school.
In reading a 14 page article on the aesthetics of art, a direct quote (no, I did not embellish with italics, those were actually there) on scale:
  • "A good example of the difference between well proportione and scale is doll clothing. The tiny buttons found on doll clothes are well proportioned to the collar, sleeves, and other details in the clothes. The buttons are a good scale for the doll. However, when the doll clothes are considered in real-sized human terms, the buttons are much too small. The scale is too small for a grown woman to wear" (Kahn, Ph.D. 2004)
This article has been the first time in my week of college where I questioned the legitimacy of this institution.
Some other highlights from this article:
  • "When you add white to blue to white, it becomes baby blue, but when you add black instead of white to blue, you get navy blue"
  • "Line can be defined in numerous ways. It can be an elongated mark, connecting between points, or the edge of an object."
  • And four entire pages on the color wheel which references a black and white diagram of the wheel.

2 comments:

Matt Blum said...

O Lord. What you are currently experiencing is what I remember as the transition from Edina High School to college in which you must take a step back before you can move forward. Keep in mind, some of your classmates went to school with 22 kids, and may not be as familiar with things like words.

Anonymous said...

can i just say that i love you?