Reality?

I thoroughly enjoyed the Interview of Richard Prince from the simulation articles I was assigned to read for class. Yes, I know that must make me sound like a total dork, but some thing I have been struggling with since I came to college is the lack of black and whites, and the abundance of shades of gray for issues in the world.

The quote of Richard Prince on page 85 of the reading excerpt that particularly appeals to me says, "You know something that can be used as admissible evidence. Something that can be eblieved. It's unimportant whether it's true. it's only that its truth be possible. That's what the virtuoso real is. The possibility."

As you grow up, for better or for worse, you learn the concepts of good and evil, right and wrong. I went to quite a sheltered high school named Hawaii Baptist Academy (HBA). ha ha, yes, as you can probably infer from that name alone, there was a strong influence of southern baptist christianity in almost every aspect of the curriculum. A kind of bubble was created; essentially the students my school produces are very book smart, but the typical student lacks a great amount of street smarts. Coming from a background of so many rules and proceedures, willamette has been the place for me to learn those street smarts I lacked.

One thing I like doing is observing and watching people interact with each other. I like getting to know people, and that quote exemplifies what I have noticed: in an environment where you're not quite sure which way is up, and you don't know the hard truth about controversial issues or which direction to go in life, the possibility of some thing being true or attainable can mean the world to you.

I enjoy working with technology and digital painting..when the programs cooperate with me. However, due to the way the internet functions and how easy it is to create articles and publish them (like the one you are reading now), the almost limitless capabilities of photoshop, ever developing sophistication in creating animated people and objects, and probably just the nature of technological developments in an age of globalization, it is often hard to really know what is true outside of your own opinion. Yet with this cloud of uncertainty that questions credibility of any news article or blog you read, people still take in information from various sources and have hope.

my work: I create a lot of responsive pieces to things/people in the world that just annoy me to no end because there is always the possibility that I will feel better after I got out my frustrations in a visual representation. I do not know if I will feel better after i make the work, but there is always that possibility, and some times that is really all that matters: I could possibly feel better after I draw this monster. Note: Not all my work is responsive.